Getting there

Camera cord has been found and we have a bathtub!!!

The house has turned the corner and become a home vs. a construction zone.

This week all new windows were put in so another layer of drywall dust was mopped up last night!

Good riddance to the old black frame windows and all the dust!!!!

Here is a photo of the painted kitchen counter tops and new stainless appliances (old windows still intact, however). We love our cabinet pulls from my favorite store, Rejuvenation!! Our first dinner party with my Auntie M and Carolle Lynn. Mum brought over the stew but we couldn't find utensils or a wine opener!!! We were willing to drink the soup straight out of the bowls but Drew had to run to the neighbors to get a corkscrew!!

Ahhhh, our beautiful tub. It's perfect and looks even better in the bathroom than in the driveway!

True before and afters still to come . . .

And so it goes

Here continues the posts with no pictures since the camera cord is buried in a box somewhere.

But the good news . . . we are all moved in!!

Our beautiful pedestal tub will be delivered this week so for now we are driving to mum's house to get cleaned up.

Even though we're surrounded by boxes, it's starting to look like home!!!!

I will try to post before and after pics this weekend!

Remodel 2.0

The tale of remodeling with a toddler.

Week 1: Ellie can't be at the new house at all! It's just fraught with danger . . . stray nails, screws, hammers! And she might breathe in chemicals from the new floors or icky paint fumes.

Week 2: Ok, Ellie can be at the new house for a little while but someone needs to watch her all the time! And she needs to go outside for fresh air.

Week 3: Ellie is playing with a hammer. But that's ok, at least she's occupied and we can get more work done.

(no photo of Ellie playing with stray nails and a hammer because . . . oh yeah . . . we're in the middle of a remodel!! :)

More than sweat equity

this is blood, sweat and tears equity!!!

So much work has been done but the to-do list is still miles long!

3 generations of painters!

We have painted, literally, every square inch of the house. Including the ceilings and inside of the kitchen cabinets.

This may not look like much but those copper pipes have consumed Drew's every thought for last month!

But the good news . . . we now have running water!!!! Yeah, Drewby and Jon!

p.s. I re-posted Ellie's singing video, hopefully, you will get to hear her pretty voice ;)

Tra la la

Ellie is just bursting with song lately.

And it's amazing to me how she remembers so many lyrics.

Here is a little sample . . .

Demolition 1.0

What a weekend!!!!

We got the keys on Saturday morning and it took only minutes to start pulling the hideous laminate floor from the kitchen and bathroom and the awful carpet from the family room.

After we dug into the bathroom we decided to do a major remodel and made the hall closet smaller to allow room for a gorgeous new freestanding bathtub.

Here are some demo pics . . . before and after's will come later . . .

Notice the huge pile of rubble behind Drew Goodbye pink bathtub, hello smiles!

Happy me with my crowbar!

Our friends (who now live so close) stopped by for a visit.

Ellie and Olin played in the puddles in the culd-a-sac.

Lots of work still to do but a great start so far!!!

Oops

Dialogue from yesterday:

Drew: Do you know what your daughter said this morning?

Me: Oh-no, what did she say?

Drew: She was mad at the cat and said "What the hell"

Me: We never say that! Where could she have learned it?

Drew: Ellie come over here and tell mommy what you said earlier

Me: Drew don't ask her to say it again! What the hell!

Me: Oops