tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74408014422644856172024-02-18T21:16:30.347-05:00Skocik Money PitA newlywed couple's home renovation adventures!KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.comBlogger344125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-8689449269087098832015-09-05T21:01:00.002-04:002015-09-05T21:01:24.463-04:00The Money Pit is Finished!!!After many long projects, long nights, and lots of blood, sweat, and tears, our money pit is finally on the market. Here are the "after" pictures (I'll be sure to do some before/after photos at a later date).<br />
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KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-65009565010734295482015-08-12T21:02:00.001-04:002015-08-12T21:02:52.316-04:00We're Moving!We are a little busy around here because we're moving to a new state! We will be leaving Maryland by the end of the month for the Rochester, NY area. I don't have much time to sit around but I'll be sure to post a lot of pictures of all our progress (and FINAL before/after photos) when I get a chance. We'd appreciate your prayers during this stressful time! KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-17422179327580253992015-08-03T15:08:00.000-04:002015-08-03T15:08:09.130-04:00Vacation and Hard LaborWe went on vacation this past week with Chris' family. We went to Kiawah Island - 28 people in 3 houses. It took us 14 hours to get down there on Saturday...with some mishaps including vomit and Chris helping to rescue a baby from a car accident in front of us. We were happy to be done driving after all that!<br />
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It was Josh's first time at the beach and he enjoyed it. He was tentative about the waves at first but grew to enjoy them. <br />
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Samantha's favorite thing (besides her cousin Jenna) was collecting shells along the beach with Nana. She tolerated the waves but did have some fun in the water with her aunts one night. <br />
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We didn't get to spend any time in Charleston (hard to tour with the kids) but we did spend a morning at one of the plantations. The kids enjoyed it - there was a zoo area with animals ranging from peacocks and deer to armadillo and tortoises. <br />
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They had an enormous garden that we walked around for hours. The kids enjoyed it a lot.<br />
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I was also able to successfully teach Josh how to "smell" flowers instead of pulling them off! <br />
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The kids were so exhausted from all the fun they were having that they both took naps each day. <br />
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Fortunately, the trip home was much better for us. We left a half day early by driving after lunch on Friday. We missed a lot of the traffic and were home in 11 hours. <br />
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Before we left for vacation, I painted the porch and sunroom floors. I wanted to give them a few days to cure before there would be any foot traffic on them. It's not much but it is a big improvement! <br />
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We have a lot of junk around our house - parts and materials left over from previous projects, tools that never found their way back to the workshop, and just random garbage. Two areas we cleaned up this weekend were there area behind the garage...<br />
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...and the inside of the garage. <br />
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Both are still ugly but they are major improvements over the "before" pictures (here's the behind the garage as an example).<br />
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Chris did a lot of yard work this weekend too. He did a lot of trimming, chopping, and burning to make everything look more intentional. <br />
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One last project was putting in some new landscaping in front of the privacy fence (even though the fence isn't fully primed or painted yet. Once that's complete, we'll need to add a lot of mulch to really make it look nice. <br />
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We have a lot of projects on the horizon - hopefully we'll have more pictures to share soon!KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-55007451476924642452015-07-27T23:13:00.000-04:002015-07-27T23:13:00.043-04:00Sunroom, Porch, and Basement ProgressWe've been working really hard each night after the kids go to sleep. One wonderful and fully finished project is the sunroom. The ugly wall is covered and painted, there is a new light fixture, and the floor has been painted. I'll post pictures next week of the finished room but here's a little trip down memory lane for the room when we bought the house (you must also imagine a VERY STRONG odor of dog urine to get the full effect). <br />
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Another project that is very close to finished is the front porch. There is one railing section to finish so I'll post pictures when it's complete.<br />
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We did a lot of drywall work this week in the basement. The drywall is installed in about half of the space and the first coat of compound is on. It's looking a lot better and hopefully soon we'll have it in much better shape. <br />
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The giant dirt pile next to the patio is no more. We hired a guy to come and move/remove it for us (in addition to some other work). What a difference! We keep saying that we should have done it a long time ago. A little bit of seed and straw and this space will look great!<br />
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We're exhausted! Hopefully we'll get to take a little break this week!KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-63765010757795740762015-07-21T13:28:00.002-04:002015-07-21T13:28:58.948-04:00Fence, Sunroom, and Basement ProgressWe got a LOT accomplished this weekend. My parents came to town and my mom babysat while we worked hard on some big projects. It was insanely hot and I think we all lost multiple pounds in sweat alone. <br />
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One big eyesore in the backyard was this space behind the garage that used to be a poorly built shed area. Since we tore the shed down, we've taken to stashing (in a very unorganized manner) random junk from other projects. In order to hide this ugly area, we installed a couple fence panels. <br />
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I still have to finish painting it to match the other fence but it's already a huge improvement!<br />
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The entrances to the weird shed were a couple dwarf doors - one from the yard and the other from the sunroom. Since we want the sunroom to look nice and be functional, we needed to remove the door and fix the wall. <br />
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The wall was very poorly built - it curves like an "S." The correct way to fix it would have been to remove the whole wall and rebuild it. Of course we didn't want to do another huge project so we did the next best thing. My dad removed the old door and frame and installed cinder blocks in the opening. <br />
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It was then fully sealed but was still curvy and ugly. We added a frame, some paneling, and trim to make it a lot nicer. I still need to paint this wall but it is an enormous improvement over the dwarf door. <br />
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We also had an electrician friend come over to start installing the wiring for the unfinished space of the basement. He was able to finish over half of the outlets and even got a few of the lights installed. We put in a little bit of drywall on Sunday evening but have a lot more to do. It will be a great space when it's finished. <br />
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This week, the kids had swim lessons. Josh did alright in water babies with me (just having fun in the water). Samantha was in an independent class and did her usual non-participating for the first two days of class. After a couple nice talks with her, she finally decided to at least try for the last couple days. Here's a video of her kicking - we just need to keep working on it! <br />
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I'll just end on a cute picture of Samantha.<br />
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Hopefully we'll get a lot accomplished this week too!KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-88455014959312910672015-07-13T14:25:00.000-04:002015-07-13T14:25:10.006-04:00Tedious Work We've been doing plenty of projects around here - tedious ones but it's forward progress. Chris did a lot of work on the porch railing. There is still one section left to complete but it looks great!<br />
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I've been spending a lot of time with some brick colored paint and a tiny brush. The previous owners were quite sloppy with their trim painting so there is a lot of random white paint on the brick - particularly where we removed walls and along the top of the walls. Here are a couple of the spots I've finished - it's not as noticeable as it was before at least!<br />
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We also had some fun. I took the kids to the science center on Friday - they had a blast!<br />
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Our neighbors got some new chicks so we got to pay a little visit. They have a dozen and they are adorable. We'll be visiting often as they grow!<br />
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I made some colored beans for the kids to play with and I got about 45 minutes of quite time out of them (although I need to sit close so they don't throw them around the house). <br />
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Josh had a little tumble on the sidewalk and got a big scrape above his eye. Fortunately it was just a little bump and he only cried for about 30 seconds. He's happy and it makes him look tough! <br />
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We also went to a small street festival and happened to run into Elsa. <br />
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We hope to get a LOT done this week (with hopefully plenty of pictures!). KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-45387810855044982612015-07-06T13:18:00.003-04:002015-07-06T13:18:51.692-04:00Fourth of July Fun!Another week of summer, another week of fun. <br />
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I took the kids to a local farm to pick blueberries and raspberries. Josh probably ate a couple pounds of berries while we were there. We also had a nice picnic and a visit to the goats and alpacas. <br />
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Our July 4th festivities included two parades (the first was very rainy!). The first parade was long and the kids got a LOT of candy. <br />
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After church on Sunday we went to the Maryland Zoo. The kids had a great time...and were exhausted (they fell asleep before we left Baltimore!). <br />
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Happy Josh (post berry feast)!<br />
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Chalkboard art. <br />
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Story time with Daddy. <br />
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Finally, our first ripe tomato of the season! <br />
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We have more fun planned this week!KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-2316367159285939362015-07-01T19:36:00.001-04:002015-07-01T19:36:40.023-04:00More Summer Fun!We've been so busy around here...but almost all of it is of the fun variety. <br />
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I took the kids to a local farm this week. They have a storybook forest, hayrides, and of course some animals. We had a great morning there - here are some pictures of the fun we had. <br />
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We have also been taking advantage of the free summer concerts. On Wednesdays during summer there is a lunchtime concert at the lakefront. We've gone that past couple weeks and the kids really enjoy both the music and getting to eat a picnic lunch. <br />
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After a Daddy/Daughter date night, Samantha and Daddy went out back to catch some lightning bugs. We were nice and released them after a few minutes!<br />
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Unfortunately, our church picnic was on Saturday but they had to cancel most of the activities because of the rain. We went for the book sale and take out dinners though. <br />
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Chris worked hard to finish another section of the front porch railing on Sunday afternoon. It has been unfinished for a long time and we still have three more sections to go...someday it will be done!<br />
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I'll end with a picture of Samantha playing princess dress up. She definitely had a great time with this!<br />
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I took the kids to the Baltimore Aquarium with a friend this week. They had so much fun! I think Josh could have stood at just one tank all day long. Here are some pictures from our visit.<br />
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A book club meeting and birthday cookout filled our Saturday. It's great to have fun on our weekends!<br />
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We've started a Father's Day tradition inadvertently. Each year so far we've gone to a park for a picnic and hiking or playing. This year we went to Patapsco. It was very crowded but we found an out of the way spot for our picnic and then went on a walk with the kids. It was definitely summer - hot, Hot, HOT!<br />
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This week is more very hot weather so we'll be spending a lot of time inside or at the pool. Here are just a couple more pictures I liked from the week.<br />
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KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-74601582582958148502015-06-15T14:08:00.003-04:002015-06-15T14:08:37.943-04:00Late Spring (But Feels Like Summer) FunWe had a very busy week. It's not quite summer yet but it's been ridiculously hot and humid here. <br />
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Samantha went to a preschool playground play date to meet some of her new classmates. She was of course shy but did make a couple new friends so hopefully she'll get to have more fun at the next one. <br />
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I took Josh to a "Kanga Training" class through our Parents as Teachers program. It was a tough workout since Josh is getting very heavy but he was so comfy during the class that he fell asleep halfway through.<br />
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I got to do a couple fun things too. I attended a fundraiser called "Power of the Purse" and bought a couple large bags to use for library books and diapers. I've never attended an event like this but I did have fun. <br />
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I also got to go out to dinner with the girls. It's been a fun monthly activity and Chris is great to watch the kids while I have some mommy time. <br />
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The highlight of the week though was when our good friends Traci and Jim stayed for a couple days with their two daughters. It was wonderful to see them - it had been so long! Samantha and their daughter, Claire, got along really well. It was wonderful to see them become fast friends. They all left to go on vacation on Saturday morning and we hope they have a fun trip. <br />
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We used the weekend to do some fun family activities. It started with the "Power of the Past" event at the Farm Heritage Museum. They had a lot of old bulldozers, buckets, and tractors running - as well as lawn mower racing. We also toured the "before electricity" house, schoolhouse, and museum. Here are some pictures from our visit.<br />
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Josh also got to try his first french fry (I think he liked it!).<br />
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We really tired him out too!<br />
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After naps, we went to the Shrine of St. Anthony for their festival. It was a great event with activities for the kids. They got to go on pony rides which they really enjoyed. <br />
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There was also a scavenger hunt that took us all over the shrine grounds and at each stop Samantha got to collect a bead for a rosary bracelet. It was a fun activity that got us to see places we wouldn't have had an opportunity to go visit. <br />
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We didn't get much work done on the house - we enjoyed having a little break! <br />
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I'll end with a few pictures of Josh this week. <br />
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He enjoys imitating his big sister - here with a Minnie Mouse necklace.<br />
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As well as sitting in her chair to read a good book.<br />
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And finally feeding himself his yogurt at breakfast (although quite a bit messier!). <br />
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Maybe this week we'll get more work completed after having this nice break!KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-7393036660416101622015-06-07T22:12:00.001-04:002015-06-07T22:12:24.569-04:00Summer Fun!We had a couple lower key weeks around here. While we continue to do work on and around the house, we've also been able to have some fun. <br />
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House work has been limited to maintenance mostly - cutting grass, cleaning, weeding the garden, etc., etc. A few exceptions have been installing a concrete slab area for the garbage and recycling bins, installing and painting another sheet of drywall in the laundry room, and nailing the base plate to the concrete floor in the basement. Unfortunately, I don't really have any good pictures to show of any of these - you'll have to take my word on it!<br />
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Last weekend we attended the summer reading kickoff celebration at the library. There were a lot of crafts and the kids really enjoyed the "enchanted garden" too. <br />
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Almost the entire week was rainy so we spent a lot of time inside - at home and at the library. We attended an orchestra event at the library that was wonderfully done. At home we did a lot of blanket forts, sensory bins, and crafts. The kids have been hard at work making crafts for Chris' aunt who is in the hospital (we hope she likes toddler/preschooler level art!). <br />
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When the weather finally got a little less rainy, we went out to the driveway to do some sidewalk chalk painting (colored water with cornstarch). Josh really got into it and may have decided to paint his cloth diaper too. <br />
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Our weekend was filled with both fun and work. I weeded most of the garden on Saturday morning and Chris did some car maintenance in the afternoon. We went out for dinner and followed up with some frozen yogurt and washing the cars (to wear the kids out from the sugary dessert!).<br />
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Sunday after church I took the kids to the county family wellness event and Chris worked in the basement to start installing the base plates. He needs to use a powder activated "gun" nailer to get the nails into the concrete. It's very loud so I wanted to make sure the kids were out of the house for awhile. <br />
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When we got home, I packed up a picnic lunch for our next fun activity of the weekend. We went to the Belmont Manor open house. This is a beautiful property that is now owned by the county and is mostly used for weddings, retreats, and business meetings. <br />
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We chose a great spot for our picnic right in front of the manor house and overlooking the front of the property. Here's a picture of Josh enjoying his sandwich. <br />
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The kids seemed to enjoy it (disregard Josh's grumpy face - it was nap time). <br />
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The formal gardens were also very nice - the aqua garden complete with lily pads and frogs. <br />
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The highlight for Josh though was probably the terrapin in the nature center (in the carriage house). Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of his reaction. <br />
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This upcoming week is VERY busy. Hopefully I'll remember to take some pictures and share next week! KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-77484436064029413752015-05-26T15:17:00.003-04:002015-05-26T15:17:49.595-04:00Summer is Here (i.e. IT"S HOT!)<br />
We did a lot of work this weekend. Most of the work involved moving things from one part of our house to another so that we can tackle our last MAJOR project (yes, there are still some minor ones left too). <br />
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The last major project is finishing the rest of the basement. It is about 900 sq. ft that is currently a disaster. Here's a reminder of what this part of the basement looked like when we first bought the house.<br />
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Yes, it was bad, confusing, and moldy. We can only assume that they planned on this being a separate apartment (although not a legal one). We've opened everything up and (with the exception of the bathroom) will be one large space. <br />
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After a little demolition, we were able to install most of the foam insulation before the weekend was out. We have to leave a few of the half studs in place because there is wiring on them currently.<br />
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We did have a lot of fun this weekend too. My parents came down and we celebrated my dad's birthday on Friday. On Saturday, we drove down to Karsyn's Karnival. It is a carnival to raise awareness for Down syndrome. A family friend started the carnival for her youngest daughter and it was a great event. The kids loved the petting zoo and the pony rides in particular (even though Josh doesn't look very happy!).<br />
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I'll finish with a couple other kid pictures - Josh enjoying dinner (after playing in the pool) and Samantha with one of her huge block castles. <br />
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<br />KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-15076906532203205732015-05-19T22:41:00.001-04:002015-05-19T22:41:24.670-04:00Laundry Room - Little by LittleWe've had a busy couple weeks. The work we've done lately include planting the rain garden and starting to work on the laundry room. <br />
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Even though we had about two weeks with no rain, as soon as I planted the rain garden we had two big storms. We'll see how the plants do with so much water. <br />
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The very exciting work though is the laundry room progress. Our goal for this space is to make it a place where I won't dread doing laundry. This includes paint, drywall, new floor, better lighting, better storage, and reconfiguring everything. <br />
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Just as a reminder, this was the laundry room when we first saw the house - it was tiny, disgusting (look in that laundry tub!), dark, and scary.<br />
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Since we bought the house, the laundry room hasn't changed much. It is still dark and disgusting but we made it over twice as big. Still not a place you want to spend much time!<br />
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The first step was to remove everything - this took awhile. Besides the washer, dryer, and cast iron laundry tubs, there was also the beer fridge and large sink/cabinets for beer brewing. Once it was all removed, it was obvious how disgusting it really was. <br />
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The floor was not at all level or flat so we poured some self leveling concrete.<br />
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Once that was cured, we painted the wall (even though most will be covered) and installed a vinyl floor that looks like hardwood. It turned out really nice - I can't wait to finish everything else and get my dream laundry room!<br />
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Fortunately, some of the changes just require some time - the laundry tubs look like new after just a few coats of paint. <br />
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We have some plumbing to reconfigure before we can put the appliances back but hopefully they'll be in place by the weekend.<br />
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Some other fun things we did included a picnic, Mother's Day, and getting the kids' portraits taken.<br />
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The kids keep enjoying playing in the turtle (we've been using it as a pool on hot days).<br />
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Some big news - Josh can walk! He still prefers to crawl but he is definitely capable.<br />
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And last, Samantha had her last dance class - she had fun and got her exposed to taking instruction from another adult. I got a short video of her - she saw me so stopped dancing like she was before though.<br />
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Hopefully next week we'll have a nicer laundry room to show (not finished of course!).KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-29111126327973576852015-05-06T15:51:00.000-04:002015-05-06T15:51:18.586-04:00The Garden is In!It's been very warm (hot) here and there are no signs that we'll be having another frost any time soon so we decided to plant our garden a little earlier than normal. At the beginning of the weekend the garden looked like this:<br />
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After many hours in the garden over two days, it looks much more like a garden should. <br />
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This year I made three trellis systems out of bamboo and twine for our tomatoes, beans, and squash/cucumbers. I really hope this helps them grow well and keeps the groundhog/bunny damage to a minimum. We also installed the first part of our drip irrigation system and weed mitigation. I still have more to do and hope to finish up this week.<br />
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We planted corn, okra, zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers, winter squash, pumpkins, watermelons, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and beans. Our planter boxes contain our strawberries, lettuces, peas, beets, carrots, and chard. Hopefully we'll have a productive harvest. <br />
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Another big change in the garden this year is that Chris was able to find time to build a gate to keep Tucker out. It only took 4 years to get one installed but it's already doing a great job! <br />
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One fun thing I did with the kids was to go to Kinder Farm with friends. Josh loved the goats and chickens and Samantha loved the pigs (well really all the animals). It was great catching up and getting the kids out of the house at the same time.<br />
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With nice weather most days, we've been spending a lot of time on the patio. Even though we only put out cushions when we have company, the kids enjoy playing on the furniture anyway. <br />
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<br />Josh is enjoying using his walking toy on the patio a lot. This weekend while we were working, the kids played in a shallow pool. Josh left the pool and grabbed his walking toy. Due to his wet feet, you can see the path he took around the patio. Maybe we can teach him to walk in a straight line when he finally starts walking by himself. <br />
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The last picture of the week is the kids thoroughly enjoying our shredded paper. <br />
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KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-38356655930728257712015-04-27T21:45:00.001-04:002015-04-27T21:45:33.546-04:00Now We Won't Fall Down the Stairs!<br />
The railing is finally installed! This area has gone through quite the transformation since we first saw it over 5 1/2 years ago. Here are just the recent photos of this space - the railing really makes it look finished. Chris did a fantastic job (now I just need to finish caulking and touching up the paint).<br />
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Before the riots in Baltimore, I took the kids to the zoo on Monday. We had a nice day and plan on going back often since we now have a membership. Here are a few pictures of the visit:<br />
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The kids are generally pretty good about playing together. Here is a picture of them playing with the rice sensory bin.</div>
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Finally, Josh is so close to walking but doesn't realize that he can do it yet. Here's a video of him using his walker and every time he runs into something, he picks up the walker to head the right direction. </div>
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KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-31235777433672496042015-04-22T13:19:00.001-04:002015-04-22T13:19:26.644-04:00Carpet and CrittersIt's been a couple weeks since I wrote - we've been doing a lot! <br />
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The big house news was the carpet installation upstairs. What a difference some carpet makes in this space. There were quite a few different tiles on the floor up here so it was nice to have a consistent flooring! <br />
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We still have a few things to finish up here - installing the railing, caulking the bathroom, installing the bathroom fixtures, and painting the stairs. Of course now the weather is warming so we're spending more time playing and working outside instead. Maybe a rainy day will force us to finish so we can post some real before/after pictures.<br />
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I took the kids down to DC last week with some friends to look at the cherry blossoms. We had a good time with a picnic and even stopped by the Air and Space Museum too. It was great!<br />
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One thing that comes with warm weather is critters (and bugs and snakes) coming out. Unfortunately, a baby rat snake found it's way into our basement. I was able to take care of it (and in the process probably made Chris happy I'm not squeamish). <br />
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We also had a lot of ants show up on our porch and patio - at least they're staying outside for now!<br />
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One other fun thing we did was to travel up to Penn State for the Blue-White game over the weekend. Unfortunately, I forgot to take any pictures of the day but the kids had fun (particularly the Creamery ice cream!). <br />
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Hopefully we'll have a lot more to show next week!KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-91600699509054766272015-04-06T23:29:00.000-04:002015-04-06T23:29:13.479-04:00Josh's First Birthday and Happy Easter!We had quite a day of celebrating on Sunday. It was not only Easter but also Josh's first birthday. We traveled to Ohio to spend the weekend with Chris' family. <br />
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The kids had a lot of fun being with cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Not to mention the Easter baskets and egg hunt!<br />
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Josh had his first taste of cake. Initially, he wasn't so happy about it but it grew on him. <br />
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During our trip, we visited the zoo at Oglebay for an Easter treasure hunt. Samantha had a great time! Of course the only good picture of her we got was with the goats.<br />
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One other thing Samantha enjoyed was playing with toys that Chris played with as a boy. Here she has lined up all the dinosaurs on a "sidewalk" she built. <br />
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A couple things at the house this week included getting (and spreading some) mulch...<br />
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...and removing this lovely railing upstairs. <br />
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Finally, our church hosted an egg hunt this morning and the kids actually went for a photo with the Easter bunny.<br />
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We were able to finish up a lot of the bathroom this week. The shower and floor are grouted and the vanity, lights, shelves, and toilet are all in place. <br />
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I moved a ton of stuff downstairs that was not necessary for the remaining work. It gave Chris plenty of space to install most of the trim. Hopefully we'll be able to caulk and touch up the paint this week.</div>
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While Chris installed the trim, I took the kids to an egg hunt. Samantha loved it and even Josh was able to collect several eggs for his bucket. They did a nice job with crafts, cookie decorating, face painting, and even a couple moon bounces.</div>
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We also had an egg hunt today with my MOPS group. Josh's face says it all - it was a blast! <br />
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Last week we hosted a St. Patrick's Day play date (a week late) with some friends. Samantha loved the Irish music and requested it for many days afterwards. Josh was a happy little leprechaun too. <br />
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Samantha had so much fun during the play date but wasn't so thrilled about the green mustache and goatee! <br />
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I'll end with a couple pictures from the week. Josh really enjoys knocking things down so Samantha and I started to build towers with yogurt containers. Most of the time he'd only let us get two stacked but we finally made one almost to the ceiling (he loved knocking that one down!). <br />
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Samantha has been coloring a lot lately. When the crayons are left unattended, Josh makes a beeline for them. Unfortunately, one of these times was while I was getting dinner started. He nibbled on quite a few colors before I realized why he was so quiet. Little stinker!<br />
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I still have to grout the floor but overall it's a big improvement from what it looked like when we bought the place:<br />
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The work still to be done includes installing all the bathroom fixtures, installing trim, installing the railing, touching up drywall and paint, installing carpet, and painting the stairs. It'll still be at least a couple weeks - just in time for it to get nice outside.<br />
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It has been warm a few days so the kids have been going outside with Chris when he gets home - and they love it! It's been a long winter.<br />
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Josh has been more active lately - he loves jumping on the couch when Daddy is coming home.<br />
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And here he's trying to cut one of Samantha's princesses with a plastic knife - we'll have to watch this little guy! <br />
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We had a big snow last week and tried to play in it. Unfortunately, it was a little too deep for the kids to do much. <br />
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I'll end with some pictures from the science center. Samantha's friend was turning 3 so we all went to celebrate. Josh loved the water table and Samantha really enjoyed building towers and playing in the undersea area. <br />
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KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-60105503199005803082015-03-02T13:55:00.000-05:002015-03-02T13:55:02.749-05:00Small AccomplishmentsWe accomplished some small things upstairs this weekend. There are a couple big tasks left to finish the upstairs and a lot of small ones. <br />
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We installed backer board on the floor, installed the first part of the shower base, installed some lights, installed a door, and sanded the stairs. <br />
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The shower base requires some more work before we can put the backer board in the shower. We should be able to start tiling this coming weekend. We had a couple issues with some of the lighting but nothing that can't be easily fixed with a trip to Lowe's. The stairs will be painted as one of the last things to happen. At least the sanding is done so we have very little dusty work left.<br />
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KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-60131405496876666982015-02-24T14:44:00.001-05:002015-02-24T14:44:51.572-05:00Snow, Snow, SnowWe had some cold temperatures and a lot of snow this week. <br />
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Samantha had fun playing in the snow and helping Daddy shovel off the driveway a couple times. Our snow Saturday was almost 9 inches deep so the pile of snow next to the driveway was fun for Samantha to climb over. <br />
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Sunday was really warm so we put on our rain boots and went for a walk. Of course Samantha loved playing in the puddles.<br />
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Our house work for the week was finishing the drywall and painting in the upstairs closet (there were a lot of corners!). Chris also finished up the drywall in the bathroom (with the exception of near the shower). I was able to finish painting the railing parts and all the doors. We should be able to finish painting the bathroom and putting down the backer board for the tile too. <br />
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I did a little extra painting this weekend. A friend in my book club celebrated her 60th birthday with a painting party. We painted "Aurora Through the Trees" and had a lot of fun. I'm not an artist but I think I did alright - Samantha was able to describe the painting when I showed it to her!<br />
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Now for a few kid things from the week. <br />
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Samantha is starting to improve her drawing and coloring. Here is a picture she drew of Josh - his head is the small scribble on the right and his arms/hands go up and down instead of to the sides. <br />
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She was really proud of the Mardi Gras mask she made. <br />
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Overall Samantha is a pretty good eater but every once in awhile she starts playing with her food once she's full. Here's what she did with her clementine and cereal this week. <br />
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And she enjoys building towers every time she plays with blocks. Future architect? <br />
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Josh likes getting into everything possible. One of his favorites is storming the castle. One day he pulled himself up, threw all the princes on the ground, picked up a princess and started chewing on her head. He looked like a mini-King Kong. <br />
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During all the snow shoveling outside, he really likes sitting on the couch with me watching all the activity. <br />
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Hopefully we'll be able to get a lot accomplished upstairs this week - we can't wait to move the furniture out of the basement!KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-71231240691439736772015-02-18T14:25:00.000-05:002015-02-18T14:25:11.491-05:00Snow = 4 Day Weekend!This long, long weekend had some ups and downs for us. I was sick on Saturday and haven't felt fully recovered until today. Fortunately, Chris was home so I was able to sleep a lot to get better. <br />
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The rest of the weekend was very cold and windy. We stayed home from church on Sunday to avoid spreading my germs and because of the wintry conditions outside. <br />
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We did get some work completed upstairs though. The closet space needed drywall but first Chris had to build some framing for a bulkhead around the ducting. We know that it's not the prettiest but it's in a closet and once it's painted it will be wonderful!<br />
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Monday was President's Day so Chris was home already. I was able to prime the parts for the stair railing in my makeshift spray booth downstairs.<br />
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Tuesday morning brought in enough snow that they canceled work for Chris so he was able to stay home one more day. It was great having him home so much!<br />
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Samantha has started tracing letters - and wanted to send a few Valentine's cards. Here's one to her cousin Jenna. She traced over the "SAM" and did a pretty good job!<br />
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She also started her dance class this week. The class runs for 12 weeks and it's basically just the girls having fun - singing songs, dancing, playing, etc. It's an independent class so the parents sit in the lobby and there is a video monitor so you can see what is going on. Samantha is the one in the black leotard.<br />
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She had so much fun and can't wait to go back!<br />
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Since Lent is starting, we made a "Lent calendar" so that she can count down the days until Easter. She taped all these onto her white board (and we've already had a couple Josh incidents already). <br />
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We also have a "Lenten Sacrifices" jar. When she does good things during Lent she gets to put a dried kidney bean in a jar and on Easter the kidney beans turn into jelly beans. She already earned 3 today so I better stock up on jelly beans this year!<br />
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One other thing Chris accomplished while he was home was getting Josh to imitate the word "dada." He hasn't said it unprompted yet but hopefully he'll be talking soon.<br />
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He's also enjoyed playing in his tunnels in the basement a lot - particularly when they are covered in balls.<br />
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That's it for this week. Hopefully we'll have more progress to share after this week!KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-61966381274427642712015-02-09T06:27:00.000-05:002015-02-09T06:27:00.192-05:00Happy 3rd Birthday Samantha!Samantha turns 3 today! We still can't believe how fast the time has gone. She is an intelligent, kind, loving little girl and fills our home with such joy. We're excited to see what the next year brings!<br />
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To celebrate her birthday, all the grandparents came down this weekend. She had a great time getting spoiled by everyone. <br />
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She had requested a pink, strawberry cake for her birthday so I made my best attempt!<br />
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She got a lot of nice gifts from the family but just like Samantha, we only got one semi-decent picture of her opening gifts. <br />
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This week was pretty cold so we spent a lot of the week indoors. One morning I made "cloud dough" for the kids to play with. Josh loved it and only tried to eat it a few times. <br />
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Since we don't have much to talk about with the house work this week, I'll end with another picture of the little guy. <br />
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KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-3369605207344870052015-02-01T20:16:00.000-05:002015-02-01T20:16:17.977-05:00One More Room PaintedOne more room painted for the week doesn't sound like much but it was quite a bit of work. Before we even started, we had to remove all the items from the room (including about 15 full sheets of drywall, a big bookcase, etc.) and clean up all the drywall dust. <br />
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After touching up some drywall, the ceiling was primed and painted and the walls were primed and painted. The blue walls needed two coats of primer and three coats of paint - not a fast job!<br />
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Of course we didn't just work on the upstairs this week. On Saturday we attended a preschool fair to see if there are any other preschools we want to consider before signing Samantha up to start in the fall. <br />
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Chris also got to brew this weekend. A friend from work is letting him borrow a grain mill so he's finally able to buy bulk grains and save a little bit of money in the process. The mill worked pretty well and he's finishing up the boil tonight. <br />
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I have still been trying to organize the house - it's a slow process. As I go through parts of the house, I realize what I need to make it more functional. One thing we've been lacking is easy access storage for our cold weather gear. I used an oatmeal box I emptied this week and turned it into two boxes to store our hats and gloves. It may not be the prettiest but it's functional and hidden in the front closet - but the best part is the I spent $0. <br />
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This week we have more work to finish upstairs - it's not fun or easy. The closet needs some additional framing around the duct work before we can drywall that wall. It also won't be easy to finish the drywall since there are so many corners. We also have more drywall work to finish in the bathroom before we can prime and paint those areas. Let's hope we're able to get everything completed soon!KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440801442264485617.post-70711241357893727172015-01-26T20:36:00.004-05:002015-01-26T20:36:38.913-05:00What a Difference Paint Makes!We've been working very hard this week to get the first upstairs room painted. There was a lot of work to get to this point - every night Chris would disappear upstairs for a couple hours and return covered in drywall dust. <br />
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Once the drywall was in perfect condition, we took turns over the weekend working on priming and painting. We still have the second coat of paint to do tonight to have the living area ready for carpet and installing the new railing. It's impressive how much a simple coat of paint will change a room. <br />
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The stair area also needed a little facelift. Just painting the trim around the sides made it look a lot better and cleaner.<br />
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To do the drywall and painting work above the stairs Chris rigged up a very interesting scaffold. It was definitely not OSHA approved working conditions but it got the job done!<br />
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We still have the bedroom, bathroom, and closet area to finish upstairs before we want to get the carpet installed. Hopefully by the end of February we'll finally have this entire floor completed.<br />
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The weather this week gave us a little bit of snow so Josh got to go on his first sled ride. He really enjoyed it! <br />
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Josh was also able to play in the turtle sandbox (minus sand). He found some pieces of ice on the bottom that he used to help his teething pain. Speaking of teething - number 8 finally came in this week too. <br />
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And of course Samantha really enjoyed the hot chocolate she got after playing outside. <br />
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Josh is getting to be a big boy - he had his first serving of chili... <br />
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...and enjoying playing with his tools so he can help us on the house some day. <br />
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And I'll end this week's post with a Samantha-ism that I found particularly funny/weird this week:<br />
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"Josh, your ears are so beautiful! When you are bigger, you can wear earrings and eat candy!" KristyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939828907113562362noreply@blogger.com0