Some progress?

Well here it is a couple of days after Thanksgiving and I am still full....The food was just great at the hall and was shared by all the Magnolia Family that cared to participate...Then it was just relaxing watching TV in the afternoon(to full to do anything anyway)...

Friday morning the carpet layers came about 10 AM and started to work...It was after 2 PM before they got done...They did a great job...I couldn't have ask for a better one so I was pleased....Today I took Marilyn over to see the work on the house that Gene and I have been doing and for her to see the new carpet....She has been kind of layed up with some pulled mussels in her leg and hip...I have been trying to keep her from straining too much so she can heal up so to speak...She said that now she knows how I feel with my knees hurting...I wouldn't wish that on any one though...I think that she kind of perked up when she saw the new carpet and how well the colors in the room matched...I am happy she is happy...We started to put some of the furniture back in the rooms after we vacuumed the lint and loose threads from the carpet...Well it's a start and a long way to go to the finish....I am glad we have time on our side....

Ready for Thanksgiving???

Well for the last few days Gene and I have done a few jobs at the house getting ready for the carpet layers....We have gotten the rooms cleaned and moved everything out of them...Today while I did a few little odd jobs, Gene put some new plywood down under the kitchen sink cabinet and then used up all the left over tile flooring from the kitchen and installed it under the cabinet...It sure looks great and now it matches the flooring perfect...We then installed a new reverse osmosis machine under the sink for our drinking water and cooking water...They sure make a difference in the taste of water and you don't have to go to town or buy water from a water machine...We have one in our house at Magnolia that we love but will leave it installed when we sell the house for the new owners to enjoy...I did get a call from the installers and they made an appointment to install the carpet Friday morning....Now I will have to get up kind of early to make sure I am over at the house to let them in...I know that it will be worth it though when it's all done and we can start thinking about moving a little at a time...Oh well no hurry thank God....

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day and a day of rest and enjoying great food and company...We all should be thankfull and greatfull for all the blessings that we have...We are so blessed...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone..

Sunday a day of rest

Today we had a day of rest and did nothing over at the new house...Matter of fact we didn't even go over there....Yesterday Gene and I started fairly early in the day and thought we would be able to get through what we wanted to do early....We stopped at the hardware store and got some materials needed and headed for the house at Siesta....I refurbished the old trim and matched the color of the old and new trim....Gene took down a kitchen light that we wanted to replace and update...When he went to install the new light he found that the glass was broken, so while I returned it to the store , he started to install the new trim...I couldn't get the exact same light that was broken so I had to make a new choice of light....Marilyn doesn't know just what it looks like yet but it is up and she will have to live with it for a while at least....When Gene got the trim done it looked just great...It couldn't have been better...While he installed the new light in the kitchen, I installed a new light fixture over Marilyn's washer and dryer...The light in that area was just a piece of junk and not even right for the area...Before we moved the furniture back in the kitchen, we took a good look at the finished job and I was so pleased at how every thing turned out...I know that Marilyn will love it....After moving everything back we quit for the day....Tomorrow I am going to just clean up in the rooms and have them ready for the carpet layers whenever they call...It's just a waiting game now...Of course we can always find little things to do so we won't be bored at all...It was sure nice to have the day off...HA HA

Progress

Hooray the kitchen flooring is down and it looks great....Gene did a great job in putting it down..All the seams are totally invisible and every thing matches perfect...We even had time to reinstall the washer and dryer again for the last time I hope...We didn't get all the trim down installed cause we ran out of time and didn't want to stop in the middle of it before we were done...There's always tomorrow....We will have to also move all the furniture back in the kitchen from the bedroom so the carpet installers will have clear access, when they do eventually get here...A lot of odds and ends to do, but nothing real major now....I can finally at least see the light at the end of the tunnel so to speak....

Moving Along Now

Well this last week we have moved along fairly well...Marilyn finally decided what flooring she wanted down in the kitchen....I wanted to try to get it down before we had the carpeting installed...We managed to get the carpet ordered Wednesday and it will be several days before it gets here from the factory to be installed....That gives us time to get the kitchen flooring down...Oh by the way she picked out the color of milk chocolate for the carpet...Being she did pick out the flooring, we had to remove the washer and dryer and move every thing out of the way in the kitchen to be able to put the flooring down...She finally decided to have the same pattern in the kitchen as in the bathrooms.... I was so glad cause I knew that it would be easier to install than linoleum, being we have an island in the kitchen...We got started on it today and Gene is doing a great job...I am helping out as much as I am able...Some times I just get in his way so I wind up doing some other job that has to be done any way....He got most of it done before he and I just gave out for the day....There is always tomorrow....I am sure the carpet won't be in until next week some time and by then we will be ready for it....

Still Working

Yesterday we took off to kind of rest up and regroup...Gene's wrists were hurting for some reason,,, He wasn't sure just why they were so sore, but that's the way things go some time...He seemed to be better today, but I didn't take any chances and we didn't work very long...He managed to replace a small section under the clothes dryer that some one had butchered up some time ago...Some of the work that people have done in the past hasn't been the best quality or else they didn't know how to do the job properly...That is just some of the can of worms you can open up when you buy a house from older folk that can't really supervise work being done for them....I managed to get the washer out and will replace the hoses just to bring things up to date....We replace the vent hose and will install a new outside vent tomorrow...Will try to put every thing back in place and get ready to order the new carpet...Don't know just where we will get it yet so it may take a little time to decide...Oh well...We need to put the trim in the bathrooms so there is always something to do and a lot of clean up....

Still Busy

It seems like it's a never ending process with the house, but I know that it is just me wanting to get it all done...We just get something almost done and something else comes up that we didn't expect...I guess that is just the way things go any more....We have made quite a bit of head way...Today we got the last bathroom re tiled and just have to do the trim around the floor to be all done...They look great and Marilyn is happy with the new tile....We also found another soft spot in the floor in the living room and decided to replace a section of it...It also turned out well....I had some tile left over so we decided to tile under the washer and dryer space...I managed to get the dryer out and found that the exhaust vent and tube has to be reworked to some extent....I don't really like the looks of the dryer and am going to really check it out before I reinstall it for good...Maybe will have to replace it with a new one as it is quite OLD so might be the time to do it, just have to see...I think we are going to take a break tomorrow for a while as we need to visit Wal-mart to see if they have moved any thing and pick up some needed items...

Update

Well I better kind of catch up on the blog....The last few days has been in painting still as slow as ever it seems...Today we finally got the bed room and closet done...What a chore...The closet was a killer for me...We also finished the master bath...Gene has been tearing up the old carpet and padding...He found a small spot on the living room floor that was kind of soft, so he replaced a section with new plywood and it's just as good as new..It sure looks different with out all the carpeting....He also was able to get all the old staples pulled and make sure the flooring was smooth...A job well done...I started to rip out the carpet in the master bed room but by this time we were tired and quit for the day...There's always tomorrow...The place is coming along slowly but we're making headway now...Later...

Busy at the house

Well we have been busy working on the new house every day for a few hours at a time....The worse part was having to mask off trim and such before Gene shot the bed room and bath in new texture called Orange peel...It turned out very good...Gene sure does a good job, but he pays the price in pain for a couple of days in the back and arms....It is just different work than he is use to...Friday we spent the day putting down hardwood flooring in the Texas room...It turned out very well....The last couple of days we have been doing some painting...Talk about slow....I don't really care for painting myself...I have done a lot of it in the past but never did learn to like it....Just the last stroke of the brush or roller is the best part...HA HA I don't even mind taking off the masking tape, cause that's where you can really see the results ( or mistakes ), but that's part of it...Well you have been caught up so to speak for now....Later...