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Moving Day

Well we have come a long way... we still have a long way to go... well get there...

we currently have a flushing toilet, a shower that works, a working bathroom sink, and a kitchen sink we can wash our dishes in... so we are moving in...

alright enough writing back to work with me!

a little blurry but you get the point...

the kitchen...

a window!! now we have a door and a window!!

the french doors bring in some great light and the floors look great as is... except for a few small spots... starting to look like a home :)

we stayed later than expected to finish the window framing... its amazing once you get doing something- your desire to finish the task at hand is so much greater than your desire to rest... even if it is 11pm...

our new back door... sooo pretty :)

had to cut our a little bit of the plumbers work... not much tho...

Moving In...

well, we are finally moving in!!! countdown 6 days... we were happy to see our friends sandor and annie are also moving into their place... they were so generous to donate their make-shift closet to protect our clothes from dust... their place is looking great...

so much work done over the past week... as you can see from the photos brian and shorty did such great work!! we are only a hot minute away from being completely finished all framing on the 1st floor... this week we will focus on getting the place ready for move in day and packing up/getting out of the apartment... it will be nice to not pay a rent and a mortgage! :)

alright well off to bed... prepare for another long week...

repaired floor... after the stove and cabinets are in place there will be a small open area between the cabinets and wall... that is where we plan to have the tile mosaic... i cant wait :)

just beautiful!!!

home sweet home... this is what we will be living in... believe it or not we are excited!!

making progress...

well we are rolling on the framing thanks to shorty and brian... brian has taken 3 days off from work and shorty is coming over to help us out big time... today brian and shorty framed the ceiling in the kitchen... i walked in and could tell it was a challenge... it looked so nice as you can see in the photos... they could not make it level (nothing in the house is level or square) so they made sure it was flat...

brian also repaired the floor in the corner of the kitchen... we have decided to do a tile mosaic... im excited about doing that... i cant say that i have been too much help around the house the past couple of days... my efforts have been primarily focused on packing up the apartment as move in day it 7.31... just 10 days away!!

on the slate for tomorrow is finishing the remaining ceiling on the first floor, framing out the basement stairs, the kitchen back wall, the kitchen door... i think that sounds like enough for one day...

it is amazing to see the work they have done in one day... cant wait to see what it looks like at the end of friday :)

bill and brian work on the bulk head.... got it most of the way finished... we should get alot done this week... shorty is going to come over and help wed, thur, and fri on the ceiling and finishing framing the kitchen... brians mom and chester will come the 4th-8th and help out with electrical and whatever else we will be working on at that point... the house is coming along... cant wait to be in costa rica...

rough in for toilet and vanity... were moving along :)

add a shower curtain and were good to go! plumbers will be in this week to finish up... we will be good to move in by the 1st... just pretend there are walls!!

plumbing leading to upstairs bath...

Our sunflowers have nearly doubled mom in height!!!

Progress smogress

Plumber is coming saturday july.16th to rough in all the plumbing... We've been boxing some things up and hope to move in in two weeks... Progress will slow as we spend a little more time thinking about wedding stuff, and trying to re-gain some momentum... Being able to shower and use the toilet will be a major accomplishment !!

More wood floor exposed.. just a small portion left where we have 2x4s laying on the floor

Up close sunflowers...

The sunflowers took off so well.. they are beautiful and about 7ft tall. Garden judging takes place in a couple weeks.. I've got a feeling we'll get some recognition.

Beth built the wall behind the fridge.. our first wall in the kitchen... we will be consulting Shorty soon about how to frame out around the windows and door in the kitchen.. and about the wall under the stairs and door to the basement....

Another view of pantry / bath

Beth getting ready to show PAT who is boss!!

Beth loading the 22 shell into the Power Acuated Device... we call it PAT for short.. She was very exicited after we picked up PAT.. Shoots nails through 2x4 and in the brick.