House cleaning

Today (oops Friday; I just realized it is now Saturday morning...can you guess who else is wide awake with me...Julian) Manny and I went to the house and started cleaning. The final coat was put on the floor Wednesday so I wanted to get the dust off of everything. I started in the kitchen and wiped down the insides and outsides of all the cabinets. I washed the stove and wiped my handy little stainless steel wipes over all the appliances. These wipes are much easier than the cream I used to have in the condo (of course they streak easier too). Manny wiped down all the walls to get the dust off and even cleaned the fan in the living room. Taina had fun with the swifter cleaning up our dusty footprints each time we came back upstairs from the family room. Manny monster was at daycare...otherwise I would have gotten nothing done. I can't wait to go again Monday or Tuesday and clean the fans in the bedrooms and see what else I can do.

Dad is almost done tiling down stairs; the bathroom and mechanical room have to be finished. Then he has to put the toilet and vanity in and do the baseboard trim down there. Upstairs just needs the doors hung (Mom has been painting them) and closet rods put up and shower rods too. Dad also has two sides up on the deck and needs the last side and stairs done too. I can't wait for everything to be done so we can move in!!!!!!!

Taina dancing while she cleans

Problem solved and progress made

Last week Dad tried again to find the leak in the radiant heat....and he found it. He was able to jack hammer a few more areas, find the problem and fix it....YEAH!!! This was holding up the downstairs being tiled and now that it has been fixed we are on the road to completion. Dad tiled all day Saturday and most of Sunday. He has most of the room done, needs to do the bathroom, mechanical room and laundry room and little spots in the hallway. He and Richie are working on the deck today and tomorrow and will hopefully have the railings up. The upstairs is pretty much completed (need to put closet organizers in). The guys are coming Thursday to do a final coat on the floors and then everything is done upstairs!!!!

The culprit

This one's for you Ryan

our kitchen (no it's not in the showroom of Lowes)

another shot (I am soooo in love with our kitchen!!!)

pantry (Dad put up the trim around it)

sink faucet (it is stainless steel; just doesn't look it in this light)

window trim

kids bathroom vanity & cabinet

our bathroom

So Ryan commented that I needed to update what has been going on...so the kids, Mom, & I took a trip to the house to get some pictures tonight (thank goodness for daylight savings time). The upstairs has minimal things that need to be finished and then downstairs needs almost everything to be completed (tile, hang doors, bathroom)

Trim work and cabinet doors

I finally got up to the house after what seems like a long time of not getting there. Mom had cleaned up the garage so that looks awesome. Dad put the cabinet doors on and I love the fact that Little Manny can't slam the doors or drawers (we have stoppers). Appliances are being delivered tomorrow. Manny has puttied up all the nail holes in the trim work and Mom painted the doorway trim. The three of them got so much done this weekend. What was I doing you ask? Taking care of a newborn, fighting with the two year old to take his nebulizer treatments, wrestling with the 2 yo to stay out of the fridge and helping the 8 year old put on makeup. (Yes I did clean and do other things as well). I think we were all kept busy, they just had more peace than I did!!

Our bedroom

Kitchen cabinet doors

Hallway

Kitchen updates & gutters

The peninsula

The crown molding on top of the cabinets

Sink

Sink area

Part of the peninsula and looking into the living room

The completed kitchen floor (I LOVE IT!)

Everyone comments about our outside lights...here it is

Gutters were put on today

Mom and Dad are up at the house working today. Dad has finished laying the tile in the kitchen and Mom is painting the baseboard trim. I really wish I could be up there doing something, but I can't stand for that long and I can't be around the smell of the paint. Tomorrow Manny will go up and take the hinges off the doors and putty up the nail holes in the door frames, then they can be painted.

Last night Manny, Lil Manny and I went to Lowes yet again. I think this is like 17+ visits in the past 3 weeks. We went to order our appliances, but the guy called in sick so we'll go back another day when he is working (this way he gets his commission). While walking through Lowes Lil Manny tells me he has to go potty. So we head to the bathrooms and as we get there he says, "no go potty, go get cookies." Now the little stinker tricked me because he knows the employee lounge is next to the bathrooms and he wanted cookies. Yes, I told you we've been at this store quite often!! I have bought him snacks there plenty of times; just so we could get our shopping/browsing done. What a smart little cookie I have!! I did cave and get him M&M's and we got out of the store without a peep out of him!!

Floors

The floors have been sanded and 2 coats of sealer put on. Dad is almost done laying the tile in the kitchen. Everything is soooo dusty from them sanding the floors; the walls included. It was so exciting to walk through the house and see it getting closer and closer to completion. I sat there imagining what it will be like to live there. Remember, we haven't had a house of our own for 18 months now; that's a long time!!

I tried to get a good picture of the tile in the kitchen but everything is so dusty