Monday, June 22, 2009
The house.
We are making some progress in our house. It is slow but not at all steady. Stuff gets done in spurts but some of the spurts have been enough that one room is painted. (okay, so it still needs something done with the "closet" and another coat but, come on!!)
Another shot of the mostly finished room.
The main room is almost done being mudded (I am ready to call it done.) and the kitchen has been cleaned.
Doh.We had to pull this out because of mold and/or mildew. Yuck.
We now have Hazel in on the work. She is rolling thinned out mud on the walls.
She was awesome.
We also had a new sidewalked put in. I can't find a picture of what it looked like before but, trust me, it was horrible. It was cracked and uneven and everything was sloped towards the house (argh!). The guys that did it were awesome, if you need concrete work, we have a man.
Gratuitious concrete shot.
I don't have a shot of the finished sidewalk except for this picture outline that I drew of Hazel and the picture of Nacho that she drew. But, notice how awesome our sidewalk is. So smooth. So sloping away from the house.
Another shot of the mostly finished room.
The main room is almost done being mudded (I am ready to call it done.) and the kitchen has been cleaned.
Doh.We had to pull this out because of mold and/or mildew. Yuck.
We now have Hazel in on the work. She is rolling thinned out mud on the walls.
She was awesome.
We also had a new sidewalked put in. I can't find a picture of what it looked like before but, trust me, it was horrible. It was cracked and uneven and everything was sloped towards the house (argh!). The guys that did it were awesome, if you need concrete work, we have a man.
Gratuitious concrete shot.
I don't have a shot of the finished sidewalk except for this picture outline that I drew of Hazel and the picture of Nacho that she drew. But, notice how awesome our sidewalk is. So smooth. So sloping away from the house.
Labels: New House
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Post #100
100 numbered lines about 100 posts. *
- I actually have posted more, but not on Blogger.
- In the olden days I coded by hand. BY HAND!!
- This actually worked better than Blogger.
- Blogger sucks.
- I suck.
- My blog sucks.
- My new washer and dryer, however, is AWESOME! Behold the awesomeness.
- Notice the venting Geoff installed. He just cut a hole in our window and ran the vent pipe through it.
- Our window is made out of plexiglass.
- I realize the ghetto-ness of this. But let me bask in the glory of my fancy (and, more importantly, functional) appliances.
- We also had a new main water line installed.
- It is not as pretty as our washer/dryer combo but our old line was far less functional than our old washer/dryer.
- A broken washer/dryer does not cost as much in sheer waste as a broken water main.
- I have no idea what that giant pipe near the hole is for.
- Whatever it is, I am glad IT didn't break.
- I am also glad the City is going to split the difference on the gobs of water we used last month.
- Hazel played outside with Nacho on Sunday while we were in the basement working. I took pictures with the telephoto lens.
- Nacho has become a far more tolerant dog since we had the kid.
- Our neighbor, Thomas, has baby kittens.
- They are adorable.
- Hazel loves to play with the kittens.
- I hope she doesn't turn them evil.
- It makes me happy that my kid loves books.
- She does not, however, love to have her picture taken.
- If I was given a choice, I would take the books.
- Blogger totally sucks.
- It makes me bonkers that I can't just copy and paste a picture without losing the big picture.
- The actual BIG picture, not some metaphorically crap.
- My next 100 posts may be brought to you by something else.
- Like the letter "M".
- For Meadow.
- Now with added cheez.
- Hazel decided it would be a good idea to stick her hand in the jar of nacho cheese and FLING IT.
- It was not a good idea.
- In fact it was a very, very bad idea.
- Never have I seen so much cheez.
- I made her clean it up (mostly) and then scrubbed her off in the shower and sent her to bed.
- This was over a week ago.
- I am still stumbling upon cheez.
- 100 things is a lot.
- And I am trying to finish before my inaugural load of laundry finishes.
- Okay, I am giving up at 42. Hazel wants me to play hide-and-go-seek and I would rather do that.
*Not changing the title. Live with it.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The Wilde Manor
Okay, so this picture has nothing to do with the rest of my post and was taken almost a month ago but I think it is adorable. Thus, I put it on my blog.
Okay, so here is the update of my casa.
Okay, so here is the update of my casa.We have painted the living room, dining room, kitchen, the south bathroom, and the new bedrooms. Basically, we have painted most of the main floor, except the entryway, the north bathroom and what I am now calling the closet, formerly a kitchen. And it is all white-white-white. Like I live in an igloo.
So, here is the dining room, in the process of being painted. See how I taped off all the windows? And then Geoff got mad because some go vertically. This is what you get when you hire a CPA to do your manual labor. I am not meant for such work!
The long view of the living/dining room. I am very proud of the wall that is no longer there. It really makes the room look better.
And the kitchen in progress. You can't really tell but the three closest cabinets were painted at this point (they are all painted now and have pulls and look great). This actually a fairly accurate representation of the paint color. I.E. gross. Oh, so here is one random story: I finished putting all 25 (!) handles back on my cabinets and thought everything was looking pretty good. I asked Hazel what she thought of the kitchen. She said, "It's kind of hideous." HIDEOUS! It looks like a million times better and she said it was "kind of hideous."
And, this is Hazel's soon-to-be bedroom. The part Geoff is working on had a giant piece of paint come off. I don't know how. I am sure I didn't pull it off. But, I sure was proud of it when it was off. Anyway, my point is this: Hazel's soon-to-be bedroom has a LOT of trim. Miles of it. A ridiculous amount of trim. It was/is (not done yet) a beast to paint. And needs a second coat. Or third, or fourth or whatever we are on. 
Oh, but look how much better it looks already. We did not paint the fireplace. And we probably won't until we remodel the main floor. And the floor is, as Hazel would say, hideous. Notice the plastic covering adhesive remover in the bottom right corner. I don't know what we are going to do with the bedrooms. The both had carpet with pad that was glued to the floor. Everything was so old that the pad has basically bonded with the paint and whatever else was on the wood. It sucks.
The dining room post paint. But, pre-carpet removal (obviously). I-G-L-O-O.
The kitchen in painting progress. I realize I am in no order here and it would be nice if I would group kitchen with kitchen and what-not. But, not going to happen. I am exhausted and lucky to be coherent enough to type. And upload pictures. Seriously, Internet, what more do you want from me???
Here is our bedroom, post painting. Ummm.....this is kind of a lame picture. I wonder why I uploaded it. Maybe I am not as coherent as I first thought. Anyway, I thought about painting another color in the closet and window seat insets. But, I don't know what color. I totally get mind-freeze when it comes to picking colors. Thus, the igloo.
Hazel got tired while lazing around not really helping at all.* And decided to cover herself with newspaper and have a nap. It seems I am raising a hobo.
The long view of the living/dining room. I am very proud of the wall that is no longer there. It really makes the room look better.
And the kitchen in progress. You can't really tell but the three closest cabinets were painted at this point (they are all painted now and have pulls and look great). This actually a fairly accurate representation of the paint color. I.E. gross. Oh, so here is one random story: I finished putting all 25 (!) handles back on my cabinets and thought everything was looking pretty good. I asked Hazel what she thought of the kitchen. She said, "It's kind of hideous." HIDEOUS! It looks like a million times better and she said it was "kind of hideous."
And, this is Hazel's soon-to-be bedroom. The part Geoff is working on had a giant piece of paint come off. I don't know how. I am sure I didn't pull it off. But, I sure was proud of it when it was off. Anyway, my point is this: Hazel's soon-to-be bedroom has a LOT of trim. Miles of it. A ridiculous amount of trim. It was/is (not done yet) a beast to paint. And needs a second coat. Or third, or fourth or whatever we are on. 
Oh, but look how much better it looks already. We did not paint the fireplace. And we probably won't until we remodel the main floor. And the floor is, as Hazel would say, hideous. Notice the plastic covering adhesive remover in the bottom right corner. I don't know what we are going to do with the bedrooms. The both had carpet with pad that was glued to the floor. Everything was so old that the pad has basically bonded with the paint and whatever else was on the wood. It sucks.
The dining room post paint. But, pre-carpet removal (obviously). I-G-L-O-O.
The kitchen in painting progress. I realize I am in no order here and it would be nice if I would group kitchen with kitchen and what-not. But, not going to happen. I am exhausted and lucky to be coherent enough to type. And upload pictures. Seriously, Internet, what more do you want from me???
Here is our bedroom, post painting. Ummm.....this is kind of a lame picture. I wonder why I uploaded it. Maybe I am not as coherent as I first thought. Anyway, I thought about painting another color in the closet and window seat insets. But, I don't know what color. I totally get mind-freeze when it comes to picking colors. Thus, the igloo.
Hazel got tired while lazing around not really helping at all.* And decided to cover herself with newspaper and have a nap. It seems I am raising a hobo.
Although, it seems she can rouse from her hobo dreams to have a hobo snack on the floor. Notice, no carpets. Yee-haw! One day, we will refinish the floor and they will be beautiful. So sayeth the Meadow.
And now I am going to put my little hobo and myself to bed. For I am, as they say, exhausted.
*Seriously, my kid is NO help on this house thing. I would go so far as to say she is, in fact, a hinderance. Luckily, my mom came down last week and took care of Hazel. Then Hazel had a sleepover at Tutu's house. Then she started REALLY missing her mom and dad. She has claimed the Harry Potter room under the stairs and it is now full of stuffed animals, a monkey chair and her portable DVD player (which was meant to be because the nail holes that were already in the wall totally fit it.) So, then she can be around us without actually getting in the way. Except that she likes helping. Okay, this is the longest side note ever. Meadow out.
Labels: hazel, New House, Stories
Friday, October 10, 2008
Explanation
So, Geoff found this house (in the previous post) and was like, "Dude, we gots to buy this house" and I saw it and I was like, "no." But then I went and looked and it was okay. Except there are a lot of things that need to be done. But we are handy so maybe it will work out.
Anyway, Geoff went and looked at it Tuesday and then we thought about it and then they dropped the price $30k and then we were like, "Okay, let's do this." and we offered even less and they accepted. Except we have to close by the end of the month. Eek! And they want more earnest money, which is kind of weird to me, because that is like nothing.
We tried to take more people to it tonight but it was locked up tight. But, they got the main idea. It is giant. And it decent shape at the bones but needs a lot of work. But not for Halloween. We could totally have a Halloween party in this house without doing anything.
That is the story. New house. We are crazy and are signing ourselves up for a ton of work. I hope it works out for us. Good thing Geoff and I love each other because it is going to be a tough year.
It is like I can't just take time off. I must always have some crazy project. Wish us luck.
Anyway, Geoff went and looked at it Tuesday and then we thought about it and then they dropped the price $30k and then we were like, "Okay, let's do this." and we offered even less and they accepted. Except we have to close by the end of the month. Eek! And they want more earnest money, which is kind of weird to me, because that is like nothing.
We tried to take more people to it tonight but it was locked up tight. But, they got the main idea. It is giant. And it decent shape at the bones but needs a lot of work. But not for Halloween. We could totally have a Halloween party in this house without doing anything.
That is the story. New house. We are crazy and are signing ourselves up for a ton of work. I hope it works out for us. Good thing Geoff and I love each other because it is going to be a tough year.
It is like I can't just take time off. I must always have some crazy project. Wish us luck.
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