Thursday, October 30, 2014

“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,

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.

Here is what we use to have....yes....it was nnniiiiiccccceeee



And here are the awesome pictures of the water heater


I would persoanlly like to thank Lou at Air Serv, 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.

Here is how it all looks now



Pretty sure our home warranty isn't going to renew us when the time comes :)

Monday, October 20, 2014

“Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory.” ~ Fortune Cookie

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.

Here we go, slashed out means we have done it:
Priority Blocks

Summer
Paint - 2500
Front Door - 1400
Gutters - 850
Repair eaves - 350
TOTAL =  5100

Fall
Driveway (main) - 5000
Garage Doors - 3000
TOTAL = 8000

Winter
Master Bath - 6000
Back Porch - 6000
TOTAL = 12,000

Spring 2015
Windows - 7000
Stone Exterior - 3000
TOTAL = 10,000

Summer 2015
Play set - 1000
Retaining Wall - 5000
TOTAL = 6000

Fall 2015
Carpet (Basement) - 1000
Basement bath - 2500
Laundry - 1500
TOTAL = 5000

Winter 2015
Countertops - 3000
Kitchen Cabinets - 6000
Kitchen Floor - 3000
TOTAL = 12000

Spring 2016
AC - 5000

Way later!

Detached Garage - 5000


This list isn't the actual working list anymore but again, I like to look at it from time to time and remind myself where we were and where we are going.

Sunday, October 5, 2014

So much to do that you forget all that you've done...

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.

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!

Before

Seriously...that red was H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E.  

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!

Here is how it looked after


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 :)