Painting

So much has been going on lately. The guys started painting the house and got the two upstairs bathrooms done and the living room/dining room/kitchen done. I went with all one color there being that it is a "L" shaped room. Dad went up yesterday and tiled our master bathroom...the tile brings the light color out that I chose for the walls. Today they were painting another coat in the "big room" and doing down the upstairs hallway. I don't know if they are working in the bedrooms or not. He put a little bit of the downstairs color on for me to see and I love it!! It is so exciting to see all of this progress. I'm sure you'd all love to see the pictures I took yesterday of the color, but that will have to wait until I find the adapter piece I need to connect the camera because Little Manny put it somewhere and I can't find it!!

Friday, I didn't get much bed rest...we finalized the kitchen cabinets and got them ordered (should be delivered the 22nd), ordered bar stools for the kitchen, checked out a sectional, got the answer we wanted about the tile and placed that order and then Manny and I went to Lowes with Little Manny (mistake) and were there about 3 hours. We looked at appliances, got more light fixtures, snuck in the employee lounge for a drink and snacks for Little Man (wouldn't have made it through without them), looked at vanities and I don't remember what else. I just know it was WAY too long to be there with a 2 1/2 yr old!!! We have to get out in the future and leave him with grandma!!

**************UPDATE************ I couldn't find the little memory stick adapter but I did find the USB cord so I have pics.....

The tile dad is laying in the master bath

The contrast above the bathtub to see the wall color

The kids bathroom....a dark gray but with no light it kind of looks green

The kitchen

Looking through the kitchen to the LR

Manny's friend came yesterday and primed all of the walls and painted the ceilings. We've decided because he is giving us such a good price that we are just going to have him paint all of the house. After my doctor's appointment yesterday I ran to get the guys lunch and when I dropped it off at the house I was told I had a half an hour to pick out colors for each room. Now panic set in! I had narrowed down to a handful but I hadn't made any final decisions. I came home and just couldn't make up my mind. The only room I didn't need to make a final decision on was Taina's room because I let her decide. I showed Manny and he told me all of my choices for each room looked the same...example the blue for the boy's room was just a hint different in each selection I made. I got through it though and all of the paint was mixed and brought to the house. The painter is coming back tomorrow to get started in the house; yes I am having him paint every room....I had to choose 8 colors....and I may change the color of the hallway yet.

Carl, the excavator is up at the house today digging for the leech field. I feel like I've been saying he's gonna do this for a while now. I hope it is finished soon!!

We are still trying to solve our tile issue from the Bid & Buy certificate we have and hopefully we'll have a final answer today.

Manny and I ran out to Lowes last night and
picked out a ceiling fan for the living room and
for Taina's room (on the right). I thought it is cute and girly
and being that she picked a very soft pink out for the walls
this will compliment the room nicely. I didn't find one I like for
our bedroom or the boys bedroom. They had a baseball one
but I wasn't crazy about it. We found the chandelier we
want for the dining room, but the only one they had was opened and damaged. We have to check another location. We were able
to find lights for the hallway upstairs and down and the entranceway. I feel very accomplished for this!! While we were there we also looked at vanities and I found one for the kids bathroom, but it again was opened and damaged and I have to pick out a pedestal sink for our bathroom. The vanity I want for the downstairs bathroom I saw in a sales flyer somewhere and need to find it in a store. We also picked up tile for our bathroom at Lowes and saved a ton of money compared to the tile store (and it looks exactly the same).
We still have a lot to get, but I feel good about last night.

Tomorrow morning we are meeting with the kitchen lady to finalize cabinets and get them ordered....so many great things happening!!!

Updates

The driveway has been put in, the excavator cleared out the brush in the back and will start digging the leech field to finish up the septic system. Manny's friend is coming tomorrow to prime the entire house then paint the ceilings. From there we will paint each room with all of the offers of help we received (if they still apply). I guess that means I had better narrow down to one color choice from the 5-10 I have for each room. I am not leaving anything white...I want color everywhere. We also need to finalize the kitchen and get that ordered, solve the tile problem, and buy light fixtures. After that will be buying new furniture for our bedroom, the living room, bunk beds for Manny and TVs for upstairs, our room, and the playroom. It doesn't sound like much but I know it's a lot. Oh yeah....we also need to decide on kitchen appliances....I'm gonna win and get the fridge I want!!

Sheet rock has been hung

The guys came Monday and hung most of the sheet rock...they will finish tomorrow.

The playroom downstairs

Looking from the living room into the kitchen

The dining room

The living room

Another shot of the kitchen

Updates....

Insulation has been completed and we will have sheet rock in the next few days...


One half of the garageDownstairs in the family room; the back half with the bathroom and laundry room
Back half of the downstairs
Our bathroom off the master bedroom
Dining room




Looking through our bedroom wall into the boy's room












Our deck that Dad put up for us...next will be the railing and stairs

One more hurdle crossed

We passed our inspection on the plumbing, framing, and electric. Dad has finished all of his "little" things, the propane piping will be done Wednesday and we are ready for insulation on Thursday. As soon as that is done the sheet rockers are ready to go...we may have walls before the end of the year (or at least in the first couple of days in January). It is so exciting when there is progress being made and you can see it. There have been some periods of time that just seem to go so slowly!!! I am happy to being moving along again.

I have no new pics, but things are slowly coming along. The rough electric and plumbing are done. We have to have an inspection next week of the plumbing, electric, and framing. Then dad has to run the wire for cable and phone. The back deck flooring is almost done. They've lost many days this past week to work on it due to rain and now snow.

We've made a final decision on the kitchen and are now picking out counter top. I've been deciding colors for rooms because before I know it we'll be doing that. We have to go back and make final decisions on tile and get that ordered too. I know there are more decisions, just don't know what they are.

The excavator is supposed to work on getting the driveway in and the leech field, but that probably won't happen with all of this snow and more to come on Saturday.