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