tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14601281322072415432024-03-05T16:47:54.401-08:00Our (ugly) Dream HouseElbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03945957841804359269noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460128132207241543.post-75641528134870339082017-05-22T08:59:00.000-07:002017-05-22T08:59:00.770-07:00“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames” Rumi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
NO the house didn't burn down, we aren't that lucky to have an insurance claim to build new....we just aren't. But you know what we are lucky at?? S-A-L-E-S<br />
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The Man asked me what I wanted for Mother's day and I happened to be looking at the Lowe's advert and said "why don't we do a joint gift and buy a fire pit kit?" I peaked his interest and lets not lie made it easy for him to get me a gift. So off to Lowe's we went and walked around looking for a fire pit kit and when we found it were super underwhelmed by it. </div>
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I walked over to the retaining wall areas and said "hey why can't we build our own?" holding a installation guide. You could see the sheer non happiness on The Man's face but when we did the math decided to give it a go. We picked out this stone </div>
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We already had sand and pea gravel from other projects that were just laying in the grass by the detached garage so we decided to give it a go. </div>
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It really wasn't a bad project when you look back at all the other projects that we have done. We essentially filled in the shitty hole we were using before with rocks, gravel, sand and leveled it with massive hate fire. From there we just started building a ring and calling it good. Whole project took about 2 hours. We know this cause the little Terrorist was down for his nap and we were able to complete the whole project before he woke back up again. We glued each ring to prevent slipping if we were to put our feet on it (which gives us a few beers or Buffalo Trace and you can bet we will) and only did three layers vs the four we had originally measured for. Four stone high would have been one hellva fire and difficult to put out when needed. </div>
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12 inches high by 54 inches wide (interior is 44 inches)</div>
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We had a BBQ the same night and wowza were the little heathens pumped to try it out. Temp dropped really quick so everyone go just two s'mores and back inside we went. </div>
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It so nice now in comparison to everything else on the top of our hill I see a lot of renovation happening up there this summer....neat-o! </div>
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**We owned everything else (shovel, hammer, tamper, sand from the back of the truck for the winter) caulk gun and level. **</div>
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Our ugly dream house became the Money Pitt. If you have never seen the movie and are in house repairs it will either give you a much needed laugh or you may end up sobbing like a toddler before nap time realizing just how parrell your life is to theirs.<br />
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That's what I kept thinking when we had to do something else to the house. However the strain that it put on our marriage was unbelievable. Any chances of us putting anything in savings went right out of the 1980's aluminum windows that I still have cause its not cheap to purchase new ones folks!<br />
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We have done little things to repair the house but there are A LOT of stuff that still needs its final touches that we just put off for the sake of our sanity and family. There are things that still make my eye twitch (that damn board above the microwave) but we haven't won the lottery and NOBODY in our families are giving us 100k in the next year to do it all.<br />
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Where are we as a family/couple??? There are moments that are still filled with strain when we both see something that we feel is hideous or we want to go somewhere but you know our savings is at like .17 after interest. I try to focus on the fact that we are healthy and that the house is safe and build our love around that. I also remind myself that to get a brand spanking new house with the same acreage we have now would cost over 800k so as long as my house doesn't turn into the image below, I guess we are good right?!?!?<br />
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Elbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03945957841804359269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460128132207241543.post-79554446628334918512014-10-30T12:06:00.002-07:002014-10-30T12:06:41.637-07:00“Sleeping in a tinfoil suit keeps me warmer and helps prepare me for my voyage to the moon. Would you care for some licorice?” ― Jarod Kintz,<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We came close a few times to needing a tin foil suit and we weren't going to the moon but just trying to stay warm. There is no amount of licorice that makes that OK. Our furnace had been repaired twice already and a couple weeks back on a non windy/cold day it died...again! This time the warranty company finally decided to replace it. In the process discovered that the water heater was leaking and we decided to repair it as well.<br />
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Here is what we use to have....yes....it was nnniiiiiccccceeee<br />
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And here are the awesome pictures of the water heater<br />
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I would persoanlly like to thank Lou at <a href="http://aireserv.com/">Air Serv</a>, he has made cookie list for life!! He was wonderful to deal with and got everything replaced and done in less than a week and on a day it started to snow. When they got here to when they left was right at 4/5 hours.</div>
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Here is how it all looks now</div>
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Damn that cookie was good and boy oh boy did we buy into that optimism when we created out house priority list. Reality hit in 30 days later but from time to time I like to look it over and think "SILLY FOOL". My priorities have greatly changed and I'm at the point of picking and choosing battles in rooms. Can't redo entire kitchen??? Awesome...lets do the sink instead, small victory.<br />
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Elbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03945957841804359269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460128132207241543.post-58967206365359195372014-10-05T17:16:00.000-07:002014-10-05T17:16:50.800-07:00So much to do that you forget all that you've done...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yes that indeed has happened. I was cleaning the house today and just thinking about all the things that have been done to the house and there are a few things that I forgot to post about cause something else took over.<br />
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Case in point, the basement. That hideous nasty basement that was freezing cold and don't get me started about that bathroom. I originally wasn't going to do anything with it until we could do it all at once...then reality kicked in and that would be 5 years! So we put up some paint, few rugs and brought in the furniture from the detached garage and WALA looking fancy!<br />
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We took out the door right next to the stairs to allow easy access into the closet from the garage. A must when you have 2 kids in the winter!</div>
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This is the only place where our master bed fits as well as mirror. The sofa set is the one from AL and on the opposite wall is where we put the TV and there is surround sound. If there was enough room to build in a closet this would most likely end up being our master suit....but oh well. One step at a time :)</div>
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I forgot to post this cause really with this house I honestly forget weeks. Found this great playset for the kids on CraigsList. Was located in Denver, had to bring a trailer and take it apart myself. No issues, we've got tools! Get there and the owner didn't realize that every bolt was essentially glued on due to the previous owners painting over them. They had just bought the house and didn't need the set. So what ended up being "easy breakdown" took 4.5hrs. with him staying to help!!!<br />
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My Mom went with to take pictures and bag bolts which thanks be to God on that one cause if not it would have been an expensive pile of wood to burn. There was no way I would have been able to get it back together.<br />
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It took about a week to get it together and I had to go and get new metal (15' stakes) to hold it down. There is no doubt that it is a huge hit in our house. Probably should have dug out the grass to prep for mulch...but eeeehhhhh that's a next spring project!<br />
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Elbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03945957841804359269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460128132207241543.post-22533649873585043142014-09-13T19:34:00.000-07:002014-09-13T19:36:21.457-07:001 Step forward...85 back<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I can't even express how much I lost my every loving mind the other day. We ordered patio doors from a company, that I'm not even going to list cause that letter to the corporate office is still pending, and were told 11-14 weeks for door to be put in. Well....that would have put us into October...sucks but okaaayyyyy...its "how things are". Our neighbor also ordered windows from the same company and told me that they were extremely back logged and to call them. Needless to say when the lady told me 16-20 weeks I was not a happy camper. Especially with the excuse "its cause of all the hail damage..." my response was "we ordered our door afterwards so that's bad planning on your part!" Jordan even called from Afghanistan is how bent I was about things. <br />
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So fast forward, door is here, someone cancels their install we get in a stand by list. Now when I ordered the door I SPECIFICALLY asked the sales guy if the rot that I noticed on the frame was going to be issue (outside) and how bad the patio was too. The door was sagging/bowing and aluminum with no handle on it so I was clear that there was going to be issues. Cause lets be real everything that "should" be easy with this house hasn't been. I even gave the electrical incident as the example and was told that it wouldn't be a issue...blah blah blah.<br />
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Installer shows up...first thing out of his mouth "ummmm Ma'am we have a problem" no kidding no power tools plugged in and that's what he says. He suspects there is rot but this is going to take more than the hour they had him slotted for. I said I know that, I told the sale guy to plan for F-O-U-R. <br />
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yes that is his hand in my door frame...his 6'7 hand in my f-ing frame!!!</div>
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So the E-N-T-I-R-E 2x8 was rotted where the old door use to be. Oh oh oh and he said that there was not way there wasn't water damage on that basement wall. We walk down and what do you know...its been patched and skimmed. Was hard to tell with the color the wall was but explains why there was always a musty smell downstairs. </div>
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Thank you sweet baby Jesus laying in the manger that the installer was a contractor and was able to frame the door in cause you know it only <b>SNOWED</b> that night!!!! I think the hysterics is what caused him to work till nearly 11pm...yup 11pm...I was a hot ball of pissed off I was. Think I might have terrified him into staying for fear of what would happen if he left me with a gaping hole in my kitchen...while it was <b>snowing.</b></div>
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The door is really nice and even Jordan noticed the difference on skype. He said he could actually SEE the trees instead of just the green blob from the previous doors. </div>
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Elbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03945957841804359269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460128132207241543.post-25367623651884010862014-09-13T19:17:00.003-07:002014-09-13T19:17:46.115-07:00Watch out....we've got garage doors YO!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
If you could have heard the squeal I let out when I saw those bad boys put in....it wasn't a elegant moment for me nor was the dance I did but hot damn we've got garage doors!!!! Not just any kind of door, no no no! We've got Mahogany prairie windowed doors with silent open! Oh oh oh ohhhhhh and remote open from my phone...hello technology.<br />
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I will say that the guys over at <a href="http://www.mountainfoxdoors.net/">Mountain Fox Garag</a>e are just consummate professionals and if you ever need a garage door you NEED to have them do it. They could have robbed us blind....blind I say cause other contractors tried. These guys came in gave us the honest bid and we had doors in less than TWO WEEKS!!!! (this is me doing the chair dance). Don't feel me in it...well you will...check out the pics!<br />
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So here they were, the hot holy mess of doors. What you don't see is that the bottom of the right door didn't seal...like AT ALL!! you would close it and then have to step on it for it to come all the way down. Not annoying at all. Nor were the bugs and dust that managed to make it in all the bloody time and how freezing cold the basement was. OOOOORRRR how loud it was to open...ok you get it...it was rough. </div>
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And where the old opener use to be is now a fancy motion detected light</div>
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I can't possibly say enough about how much I'm diggin these doors. Do y'all feel me...I'm loving these doors! There is zero dust now and the basement is soooo much warmer. I'm pretty excited so here it comes. </div>
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Elbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03945957841804359269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460128132207241543.post-7514176818208197022014-08-22T18:10:00.002-07:002014-08-22T18:10:18.181-07:00Gardner in Her Element<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
That would be a great National Graphic or Discovery Channel show...them following my Mami while she wanders in the gardens she has planted mumbling and more often than not letting out a squeal and "oohhh my goodness look at this BEAUTIFUL flower!!!" ooorrrr "look at the size of that friggin rhubarb...it is HUMONGUOUS!!!"<br />
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But I will give credit where credit is due she made an amazing garden. Cause in her words "its a great mix of spring, summer, late summer and fall mix..." I picked out roses and a few bulbs and banned her from going to Lowe's discount area and threatened to burn flowers if she bought more over. <br />
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The Columbines are "fresh and just needed water" and the dahlias "were the first ones that landed at Home Depot and aren't they puuurrrttttyyy!"<br />
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So yea...I will own up to my 10 and the lawn cause that was 70 bags of dirt, 2 bags of water and a shiz ton of water.<br />
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There's a whole lot of "mira mira...ttttaaaaaaddaaaa" and braggin rights going on at the Barr Casa. Time to go pick some flowers. Thank you <a href="http://www.americanmeadows.com/">American Meadows</a>, <a href="http://www.springhillnursery.com/">Spring Hill</a>, Lowe's, Home Depot and Zulily for feeding this addiction of amazing!<br />
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Elbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03945957841804359269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460128132207241543.post-28865387992524473292014-08-17T15:20:00.000-07:002014-08-17T15:20:27.636-07:00Ohhhh how I love me some gutters<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yes I did say gutters, next to a good scotch, cigar, yellow diamonds and my Jimmy's right now gutters are my version of a yellow diamond. Its ok...I have issues...give it two weeks it will be garage doors.<br />
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We GOT GUTTERS!!! <br />
I know right...how can a house NOT have gutters?!?!! That sounds really insane, like isn't gutters house 101?!?!?! Well guess what..it's not and we had to pay to put them in. Now that seems like a fairly simply deal right. Roll of seamless gutters, some screws, maybe some paint...pppsssaaaahhh what would be complicated.<br />
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oh wait...its OUR HOUSE...everything is complicated out here.<br />
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Our fascia was rotted cause the house never had gutters (shocking I know) so that had to be replaced. But a carpenter only replaces the wood, not paint it. A gutter guy only does gutters not the wood and the painter well...you get my point. After weeks of looking I found a company that does it all and it was great. They gave us great discounts that it was no problem going with them. Booked the appointment and a couple weeks later...I have GGGGGUUUUUUUTTTTTTTEEEERRRSSSS!!!<br />
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Elbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03945957841804359269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460128132207241543.post-81756501209475689512014-07-09T11:53:00.000-07:002014-07-09T11:53:07.015-07:00To Plant a Garden is to Believe in the future<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Apparently my mom feels our future is going to be vast!!! I bought a few plants, less than 10, knowing that things were going to be a bit crazy when we first bought the house. When everything that happened with the retaining wall went down I essentially gave up all hope of a nice tiered flower bed and that raised galvanized vegetable garden was no longer in the plans for the next...ohhhhh three years. <br />
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Enter my Mom...my green thumb, bulb salivating, can make any plant come back to life Mom. She went bonkers in the "clearance" aisle at Wal-mart, Lowe's, Home depot...anywhere selling plants. Lets not add what my neighbors, (million and 5 year old Mrs. Faye who still mows her own lawn and Garden enthusiast Mrs. Trudy who knows every tree/plant I have on my property) giving her different types to plant. She got tools, a back brace and put her music on and went to town. Ohhhh....she had me get a TRUCK BED full of mulch (yes only $5 but still...truck bed) to cover said plants or use to kill other areas "for future planting"<br />
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All that being said...holy hell it looks amazing. I'm pretty sure she is going to take up target practice to get the deer and/or raccoon in the neighborhood but she did any amazing job. I may not have the best looking exterior house but my Mom sure does have impressive gardens. <br />
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Elbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03945957841804359269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460128132207241543.post-64256775733560785922014-06-20T09:06:00.002-07:002014-06-20T09:18:21.754-07:00Please PAHLEASE don't electrocute yourself!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
When we were discussing things that we could do ourselves Jordan said he could do the outlets and the switches himself (no need to pay someone). I am pretty sure he heard the teeth suck clearly half way across the world. But The Man said he had itI had to trust he had it. And let me tell you....he TOTALLY did...until the front entrance. Where for <b>three solid hours </b>he cussed at the switches climbed up and down the stairs at least a hundred times and couldn't get them to work. All I heard was "this doesn't make sense, why would you wire this backwards?!?!?!" I tried so so sooo very hard not to be snarky with my comments but I finally had to pull him aside and say "its because it's our house that everything is backwards...can we please call the electrician now so we can enjoy our day?" He gave in and a couple bennies later the lights work...ish...the flood light is a super emotional whence that goes on in a breeze but not when someone walks buy. Again...our house...why wouldn't it be moody :)<br />
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Elbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03945957841804359269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460128132207241543.post-72888705342078096682014-06-20T08:59:00.002-07:002014-06-20T08:59:11.996-07:00What's in a door...EVERYTHING!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Jordan and I went to look at front and garage doors knowing that they are going to have to be replaced before the cold sets in. The color we had picked for the front door was just perfect for me but I was super super concerned that it wasn't going to be something that he liked. So off to Lowe's I went to do a color match. And this is a testament to just how much time I have spent there in the past 90 days when I walk up to the paint area, my expert Donna looks at her trainee Sam and says " I don't care what you are working on when you see this lady you stop and help her. She spends A LOT of money in this store!" <div>
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This is what was in the house</div>
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This is the color we picked out I'm thinking its gonna look fancy!!</div>
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When we bought the house we knew that we were going to have cut down some trees. I mean come on there is a tree DIRECTLY under my house in front of my master bedroom....trees were coming down. So being a smart person I went and got estimates and let me tell you cutting down trees is the business to be in. I was quoted anywhere from $2000 - $6000 to cut and haul the trees. My Mom, bless her awesome self, gifted Jordan and I a husqvarna chainsaw for father/mother day and let me tell you...I LOVE THAT THING!<br />
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There were a total of 36 trees that had to come down and 10 that had to be trimmed and let me tell you after the whole electrical/landscape debacle my hate fire was raggin' and I had trees to take it out on. Pretty sure I scared the bejesus out of my Mom a few times but man oh man was it fun. Now not all the trees are down, there are 8 that have to be professional removed. They are taller than the house and there is no way I am risking doing damage by taking it down myself. Plus Jordan wants to take down some trees too :)<br />
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I have to have the fire department come out and make sure that I'm good to go and thank you El Paso Country for the Slash/Mulch program. No kidding $2 a load and they take all the branches and my neighbors who have wood burn have taken the actual trees. Awesomeness!<br />
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Elbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03945957841804359269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460128132207241543.post-7959469635634836312014-05-10T16:20:00.002-07:002014-05-10T16:27:15.844-07:00Can of Worms I say<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Really starting to feel like the house is that way. I start one project get about 30% into and than 5 more things pop up. I get to 80% and I feel like "eh" and force myself to finish the last 20%.<br />
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Lets talk electrical shall we??? We knew when buying the house that we were going to have to update the electrical due to the panel being only 100amp and a Federal Pacific (50-50 chance of just burning the house down). When we brought out the electrician to give us a estimate this is where things turned south. Like everything else in the house the builders cut corners and the didn't lay a conduit for the electrical line to the pole. YUP live wire barely 6 inches in the dirt roughly 95 feet in length. A-W-E-S-O-M-E<br />
So a $1600 project turned into $5500 in a blink and now we had to dig a trench. This was my past week. electrical and a trench...joy. Now par for course we get the trench going and my retaining walls, made up of lord knows how old railroad ties, started to crumble. Just crumble and now that is another $2000 in just trying to get the retaining wall by the house replaced. The retaining wall by the lower driveway I am going to do at a later date cause when our fantastic landscaper said nearly 6k for it all I just felt like I got gut punched. That will be a later post on how that went.<br />
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oh oh oh oh oh and tttthhhhhaaaannnnn my furnace died after we turned the power on. You know on the day it snowed, in MAY, it just died. Thanks be to God for that warranty and it only cost us $75. Two out of the three major components went to furnace heaven. But at least its working and keeping us toasty warm. <br />
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Huge shout out to <a href="http://my%20skin%20-%20is%20so%20much%20better%20-%20no%20joke%21%21%20i%27ve%20had%20a%20few%20people%20tell%20me%20how%20awesome%20it%20is./">Swartz Electrical</a> and their entire staff for not robbing us blind and genuinely caring about the work they do.<br />
<a href="http://coloradosprings.aireserv.com/">Aire Serv</a> for getting the heat back up in half a day (Friday afternoon no less)<br />
Mountain Splendor Services,<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">PH - </span><a href="tel:719-683-9214" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" value="+17196839214">719-683-9214</a><br />
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My hair follicles hurt...yes they hurt. <br />
While so much has happened I look around and still feel that its NOWHERE near enough. I'm going to try and break things down in bits so that I don't flood one post with pictures cause man oh man are there pictures.<br />
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<u><b>Gabe's Room</b></u></div>
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Vivi picked out the paint for his room. Its a very vibrant green but it really works in there. We had a ceiling fan put in and I am going to update his doors and closet here soon (add to list) but here is how his room turned out.<br />
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<b><u>Vivi's Room</u></b></div>
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She originally picked out no kidding pepto pink and I just ignored that and went with the purple. She went bonkers when she saw it. She also suckered me into the ceiling fan and the guy at Lowe's didn't help the case when he said I could replaced the blades. <br />
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Vivi yet again picked out the paint and must say the kid has a knack for it (1 out of 5 horrible is pretty solid). Jordan picked out the iron cast towel hangers and I just pretty much tried not to burn it down. All in all I say it came out pretty nice. I got the hardware at Hobby Lobby and we already had the shower curtain and Brave/Mike the Knight Stickers.<br />
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Lastly here is Vivi drawing a picture of her "forever house". As you can see she is a bit excited!</div>
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Elbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03945957841804359269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460128132207241543.post-49638808904165784492014-03-25T21:41:00.005-07:002014-03-25T21:47:07.457-07:00Hot Mess = Our house<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
11 days later and the hurricane of making the house "safe" to move in is in full effect. <br />
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Things we have done so far:<br />
1. Had the popcorn ceilings removed. In doing so we discovered that the drywall wasn't put in properly (shocking) which added 2 days to that project getting done.<br />
2. Enclosing in the half wall in the living room. That is actually going well (thank you Eddie and crew).<br />
3. The original appliances have been replaced (thank you all the sweet angels) and are working (thank you Angel Paul for that!). <br />
4. The kids bathroom has been painted. Just waiting for the ceilings to be done and will get to the doors.<br />
5. The Alarm system was put in (go safety)<br />
6. The kitchen has been painted as well as the cabinets and just waiting for the ceilings to be done to finish.<br />
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Happening this week:<br />
1. The Carpets :D<br />
2. New Lights/ceiling fans double :D<br />
3. Finishing Kids bath and fingers cross kitchen<br />
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Elbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03945957841804359269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460128132207241543.post-32457423608347426512014-03-15T05:49:00.000-07:002014-03-15T05:49:34.349-07:00Its Officially OURS!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Like I said in the last post we got Le Ugly Dream House at a relative steal. Reason behind that is the seller essentially refused to do ANYTHING to the house aside from fixing outlets and the railway coming to the front door. Aside from that...nada! Me being me and Jordan being my partner in all things essentially said "oh really well than we want you to pay; 1. Our realtors fee 2. Half of closing 3. Titling fees 3. Insurance/taxes to this point"<div>
Now if the seller had just spent a mere 5k in the house he probably would have gotten 90k in closing but since he was being difficult he got under 20k (HA!). Meanwhile we were able to buy down 1.25% and got money back (wwwwwhhhhaaattttt uuuuupppp). So when you see the dancing pictures it will all make sense :D</div>
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I couldn't have dreamed of a better birthday gift of being handed the keys to where we are going to raise our kids for next 18+ years. Le Ugly Dream House = El Barr Casita</div>
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We are days away from closing on our house...our very ugly dream house. It has 1.6 acres, 3 bedroom, 3 baths and is less than 10ms from "town". We are getting the country feel but still close to town for the kids and work (wherever that will be). I'm really shocked how well priced we got the house for considering that its the non burnt part of Black Forest but woooooooooowwwwwweeeeee does it need work! Thus begins our journey making our Ugly Dream House into our<b> </b><i><b>Dream House</b>.</i><br />
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Here are pictures of what I'm talking about. Hello Brady Bunch Split level!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Classic Split Level...can you believe that they painted it this color!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Master Bath - look at all that lovely blue!</td></tr>
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