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Thursday, January 20, 2011
What's Happening Outside?
The weather has been very wet and cold lately so not much outside work has been done. So when I got home last night I was surprised to see that work on the foundation of our dining room and porch had begun.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Molding Makes a Room
Yesterday Ricky began putting up molding around the opening between the greatroom and kitchen.
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| Molding around Great Room opening. |
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| View of molding from kitchen. |
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| Close up view of molding. |
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| New doors for downstairs also arrived yesterday! |
Bark Avenue
On Monday the pups spent a much needed day at Bark Avenue with Miss Becky being pampered. They received a bath, haircut, pedicure, and a few other services. They arrived for their appointments at 9:00 am and I picked them up around 5:15. This is what they did after they got home!
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| Charkee showing off her shaven belly! |
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| (L-R) Charkee, Kami, and Kolle snoozing away. |
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| Kami and Kolle have changed positions, but Charkee hasn't moved. |
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Lookin' Out the Window
This is where I found Charkee this morning.
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| Sitting in the windowsill. |
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| Oops! I got caught! |
Construction Happenings
Doug and I had an appointment in Newnan yesterday at Mega-Granite to finalize our granite selections for the kitchen and master bath countertops. When we left home, Ricky, Jeff the plumber, and Red the sheetrocker were here working and we had no water. When we arrived back home hours later we had water and electricity and lots of mud on the sheetrock!
I was so excited when I looked in the laundry room and the washer and dryer were hooked up. That meant I could finally wash clothes (our laundromats in Thomaston are not the most desirable places to be). After washing one load of clothes, I put them in the dryer and turned the dryer on. UH-OH....something did not sound right so I turned the dryer off and looked behind the dryer to see what was going on. It looked like the dryer vent was not hooked up, but I knew it had been before I turned the dryer on. It seems when I turned the dryer on, the vent hose went puuuffff, so I asked Doug to look at it. After a few minutes, I heard #$%^&* and asked him what was wrong. The vent hose was completely gone and was under the house somewhere. So as of right now, I have a dryer full of wet clothes...
Ricky has been working in the master bath getting things ready for the new shower and tile flooring. He has also been constructing a pocket door for the closet.
The AC vent is in the hall and some changes are being made so its a little more attractive.That ugly vent needed to go!
Here's a sneak preview of the granite that will be going on the kitchen and bathroom countertops.
As soon as the countertops are installed we will make an appointment for the granite folks to come out and make a template so they can begin cutting the granite.
UPDATE ON DRYER: Doug went under the house this morning and got the hose and reconnected it. We are spending our day washing/drying/folding clothes. Never thought I'd be so happy to do laundry!
I was so excited when I looked in the laundry room and the washer and dryer were hooked up. That meant I could finally wash clothes (our laundromats in Thomaston are not the most desirable places to be). After washing one load of clothes, I put them in the dryer and turned the dryer on. UH-OH....something did not sound right so I turned the dryer off and looked behind the dryer to see what was going on. It looked like the dryer vent was not hooked up, but I knew it had been before I turned the dryer on. It seems when I turned the dryer on, the vent hose went puuuffff, so I asked Doug to look at it. After a few minutes, I heard #$%^&* and asked him what was wrong. The vent hose was completely gone and was under the house somewhere. So as of right now, I have a dryer full of wet clothes...
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| Washer and dryer were moved back into laundry room temporarily. |
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| Looked what was in someone's pocket and came out during the wash! $$$ |
Ricky has been working in the master bath getting things ready for the new shower and tile flooring. He has also been constructing a pocket door for the closet.
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| Makings of the new shower in the master bath |
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| All four windows are now in in the master bath. |
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| Pocket door for master closet |
The AC vent is in the hall and some changes are being made so its a little more attractive.That ugly vent needed to go!
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| The old grate will be replaced and some cosmetic work will be done. |
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| Cosmetic work in progress. |
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| Tropic Brown for kitchen countertops |
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| Cafe Montana for bathroom countertop |
As soon as the countertops are installed we will make an appointment for the granite folks to come out and make a template so they can begin cutting the granite.
UPDATE ON DRYER: Doug went under the house this morning and got the hose and reconnected it. We are spending our day washing/drying/folding clothes. Never thought I'd be so happy to do laundry!
Friday, January 14, 2011
The Beat Goes On
The beat goes on, the beat goes on
Hammers keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da
Carpet was once the rage, uh huh
Wood flooring has turned the page, uh huh
The electric drills the current thing, uh huh
Ricky is our newborn king, uh huh
The beat goes on, the beat goes on
Hammers keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da
The lumber store's the super mart, uh huh
Little dogs still keep up their barks, uh huh
And men still keep on sawing wood
Electrical wiring’s a nightmare in this hood.
The beat goes on, the beat goes on
Hammers keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da
Plumbing has been a bad headache
Cold weather and ice have made us shake
But the work keeps going faster every day
When its finished we’ll all yell hooray!
Hammers keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da
Carpet was once the rage, uh huh
Wood flooring has turned the page, uh huh
The electric drills the current thing, uh huh
Ricky is our newborn king, uh huh
The beat goes on, the beat goes on
Hammers keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da
The lumber store's the super mart, uh huh
Little dogs still keep up their barks, uh huh
And men still keep on sawing wood
Electrical wiring’s a nightmare in this hood.
The beat goes on, the beat goes on
Hammers keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da
Plumbing has been a bad headache
Cold weather and ice have made us shake
But the work keeps going faster every day
When its finished we’ll all yell hooray!
The beat goes on, the beat goes on
Hammers keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da
Hammers keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da
Monday, January 10, 2011
Winter Wonderland!
Cabin fever set in so I went out for a walk up and down the road and took a few pictures with my phone. School has been canceled again for tomorrow. Its a good thing since the roads still have lots of ice on them (not snow). The roads that have thawed a little will refreeze tonight.
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