• 16Jan


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    For the past 3 months, we’ve been working quite hard to make the house a home.  So far, we’ve accomplished a lot for only working Saturdays and Sundays.  We’ve had some “lessons learned”, some slight deviations from the original plan, and some long days of thinking: what have we done and got ourselves into? :)  But all in all there is nothing like the feeling of accomplishment we’ve experienced with each completed task especially when looking at our pics from last year.

    But as we head into this weekend full of many tasks, the following awaits us (a way to remind me of what needs to be done): Read more »

  • 12Jan


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    Like most people, we get the “what happened” or “what is the latest on the house” or “how is the house coming along”…

    Well, here we go…  We were to suppose to work on hanging all doors, build/install master closet, install baseboards, and grouting the remainder.  Hmm… long way from it, but we did get some things done this weekend.  Of course we made our trip to Lowes and Home Depot on Friday night and loaded up on the supplies we would need for Saturday and Sunday projects… like two kids in a candy store!  :)  

    First…, Read more »

  • 15Dec


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    Well, the tile arrived early Saturday morning around 9am and that’s where we begin…

    Low and behold, productivity bugs bit Alvin in the behind this weekend and much got done.  It wasn’t that I hadn’t been working hard either!  I think the pictures tell the story.  But if not, then I know my back can and my popping and clicking knees will cosign to that too!  :)  My hands are raw and tender, but Read more »

  • 12Dec


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    Hey real quick… we have all of our tiling and shower supplies, and await tomorrow’s tile delivery.  Hopefully, the weather will warm up for us a little… :)  But that was not the point of this post.  

    The point of this post is to let you know we got the new shower valve converted/installed (see pic of old setup).  I had a friend of mine come over and finish up on this past Wednesday.  Took a few hours to do, but we’re good as new! WOOHOO!  I’ll be sure to post pics after this weekend (pic of new shower only).

    I really don’t expect too much to get done this weekend due to me having to Coach my AAU/RRPark’s team from 10am-11am, and then attend Smarter Solutions, Inc.’s Christmas Party Saturday night.  Oh well, there is always Sunday…  

    But my hope is that we’ll at least get the shower hole filled with dirt, concrete filled over the dirt, backerboard, and water proof membrane installed.  And after that due to time constraints, we’ll tile the master bedroom, bathroom, and closet.  And that should do us for now… :)

    Well you go have a good weekend and look to hear from us on Monday!  

    Ciao, al!