A home of our own!!!!!

Thursday,May 5, 2011 we closed on our home! while not really mexico's independence day, Cinco de Mayo is now our independence day from paying rent forever!

I Own a Home
I can not boast of a broad estate, 

But I own a home with a rose at the gate.
I hold the title, and I keep the keys, 

And in and out I can go as I please.
My home is not grand, but I live content, 

For no man sends me a bill for rent.
And no man comes with a brush and a pail 

To paint a sign on my door, 

“FOR SALE.”

I can not boast of a broad estate, 

But I own a home with a rose at the gate.

now light grey with green

before front window

front window now

before from front toward kitchen

toward kitchen

before kitchen

 

Kitchen now

before dining area

Dining area

before attic

attic so far

This mess becomes...

this wall

this bathroom and

Christmas- moving and building...AAAaaaahhhhh

Home Sweet Home 2010

  Christmas day saw us out of the old house and into the new. Old house swept, steamed and bleached. One garage empty one to go. God bless you Mary McIntire and all those light bulbs. I hope your smiling from heaven up there. Wayne got your light bulbs moved today and he may have reached his breaking point on this last garage. Yesterday was Christmas though and Angie had to work from 6 am till 2 pm. Since yesterday her dad and I still liked each other we were busy little elves working hard to surprise her when she got home.




Remember this corner that would someday be Angie's room?

Here is the same corner as of Christmas 2010!!!!!

The Mantle Piece mirror now head board was a Christmas gift find from a local antique shop.




















The busy elves also hung her medicine cabinet- Maybe the only place I wish the cabinets were not oak- but it will work for now. I painted her shower ceiling and around her shower stall.
The grays were here choice. Lightest gray on her bedroom walls. med gray in her bathroom matches her bedroom ceiling and the darker oil based around her shower is around her bathroom window and will be on her vanity cabinet. White sink, chrome features. yep the oak will have to go.
 No pics but she also got a closet rod and shelf and a door knob.
Next will be 2 shower curtains. One will cover her shower and the other will cover that hot water heater next to it. Couldn't find anything gray local so I will look up north when we see Barbi.
 Her floor temporarily has self stick tiles down but we have enough white ceramic tile to do her floor when we have the funds to rent a wet saw to cut them. Heat Lamp and exhaust fan are in. Needs a timer for the heat lamp so that it can't be accidentally left on. 250W bulb. Thank you Mary for light bulbs that Wayne had to move today.
Another Christmas present was Angie new padded toilet seat.
Tell me Santa didn't have her on the nice list!!!
Moving has stressed us all to our limits but we are going to keep on keepin on, or kill each other trying!
Merry Christmas Everyone!!!  Pam

Almost a house

Have not had time to blog but I will up date some photos for those that are following and praying. I do hope that every one that is following is praying!!!

Angie's Bathroom has plumbing

my room before

I am getting better at this plaster stuff

from the living room to my room

lets see some more of that hard wood

Some of my rooms furniture. It does feel better to see something moved. Everything is away from the walls to allow access for the electrician.

before from front door toward kitchen

after from front towards kitchen. Looking forward to us and dog not tracking dust onto the hard wood

lets look back at the kitchen

Kitchen today

Now you saw my bedframe in my room. I cant move my mattress into my room till Angie has a room. Must not leave my children behind. So lets see her room.

Before

now

new floor and paint

tile going in

Thought we would finish this project Saturday but we had 8 hours of sewer issues instead.
 Got this far Sunday before we ran out of glue with the hardware store closed.



 One more in progress pic that we didn't finish Sunday. Rough weekend-

This is our other bath or will be. The shower tub and sink all are completely functional now. The toilet and floors are next.

 We are tired sore and overly emotional but we are plowing through. The end is in site and it looks like it will be a happy one.


Hope everyone's holidays are happy and construction free. Pam

November news

  Spent some time recovering from the creepy crud bugs. That is cold and flu bugs not spiders.
  The house kept moving along without me. Now  I am back to share some more pics for those that enjoy watching us grow and to show off  some of what we have gotten done.
   All the sheet rock downstairs is up and screwed in. Thank you Bobby for helping us figure out some of those tough spots and for your patience and ingenuity with us and our budget! Bobby was here in the day time this last week while Wayne was at work and I had my hands full with the one year old I babysit. In the evening I get to go over and mud and tape the joints. I have not even come close to keeping up with the rate the sheet rock is going up.

  Wayne spent Friday and Saturday working on the back of the house. to the right is the before. The big black rectangle is where the back door used to be and the tan rectangle is where the old window was. We also discovered when it rained last week that there was a drip in Angie's room from the seam between the 2 roofs. So after a couple days of tar and flashing the leak is fixed and the stucco is patched. Now we have one door and 3 new double insulated windows. The window on the left is in my laundry. The middle window is Angie's room and the little window on the right is Angie's bathroom.

Now for kitchen progress

getting better

spooky kitchen

Our dishwasher should be here Tuesday and the kitchen is getting closer. What a nice surprise to see that those cabinets are oak!  =) 

This pic was taken before the electrical outlets went in yesterday. I am sure I will enjoy all those outlets when we are in the house. Right now it seems a little excessive.

Yesterday I finally got back to my project. we have to see some befores first though.

remember this

and this

then this

and at least one of these

then this

now a layer of plaster started

yep thats me playin in the mud!

yes that is a sawhorse in the middle of my living room

finally done at 1:30 this morning

lets see one of those before pics again

That is a shadow under the window and by tonight it should all dry to a uniform color. 

We are all really happy about how it turned out. 

Especially me since...

 I did it all by myself.

 I will try to post more soon but everything is starting to come together so fast.

 Tomorrow we should have the floor in upstairs. 

Upstairs?

 Have I mentioned an upstairs? 

Here is a sneak peak at some of the before pics.

 Before the sheet rock you could see the stairs between the living room and my room.

 Here is Wayne on the stairs after building this pony wall and working on leveling floor joists and putting in studs for sheet rock. 

Post you again soon.

 May the Lord bless all your endeavors!

Pam