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This past weekend was one for the record books in regards to Love, Rest, and Life.
Friday, we had dinner with Chad, Kel, and Maddie. Maddie is growing so much. She’s now sitting up on her own and holding her bottle. In a lil’ bit, she’ll be talking up a storm and takin’ her first steps. Time flies… when we’re having fun with Maddie! 
Talking about time well spent…
Saturday, Mal and I had a very special Valentine’s weekend and she surprised me with Read more »
As you can tell by the title, the only thing I did was baseboards and switches this past weekend. And & to admire my own work, I didn’t do a bad job either! HA! So what happened this weekend…
For one, it is now officially Black History Month and Two, we had the most beautiful weather Saturday and Sunday.
In regards to the house remodel, I installed the final pieces of door casing leading from our bedroom into our Master Bath. I then completed installing baseboards in the dining, partial living room, and washroom. I also started to install the bi-fold doors for the washroom but lost interest quickly after being persuaded to lunch. LOL! In addition, I installed new light switches in the half bath and master bedroom.
All in all, I guess seeing we get warm weather throughout the week or next weekend, I just may take a crack at the closet storage. If not, It’ll slide to another weekend. :)
And after all that hard work, I called it a weekend. I didn’t even work Sunday although I was up early to watch the sun rise! That was pretty amazing in itself, seeing that the office has a great easternly view. Actually, I did work, but it was “programming” for clients… but then again, that really isn’t work at all seeing I love the challenge of making it all come together. We also attended a Super Bowl Party with some friends, but left right before halftime. So we had a rather “relaxing and maxing” Sunday.
But oh well… off to start a new week!
-al
Well, we’re back for another fun filled weekend of house work. Nothing big happening… really. Lets see…
It’s Super Bowl weekend which we’ll be attending a party with friends here in Austin. But next year, we’ll probably be throwing one, seeing we got a surprise house warming gift from our friends, Brian and Cara: they bought us a Read more »
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 »
From the time we decided to do tile, I didn’t know quite know what I was getting myself into. But nearly 1200 pieces later, 10 bags of mortar/thinset, 1 bucket of premixed mortar/thinset, an amazing tile saw, no knee pads, improvising like crazy on some wicked cuts, bloody at times yet sore, callused hands, and a back crying out for it to all be over: PRICELESS! It was done with great honor when installing the final pieces of tile in the kitchen, washroom, entrance, and small living closet last night.
In some ways, it was the marking of another major milestone completed. But then again, we have the laborious task of grouting now, which takes roughly 8-9 hours to complete all 3 process steps for a 400 square foot area with a team of three. The only spaces remaining that need to be grouted are the dining room, rest of the kitchen/breakfast, entrance, one tile in small living closet, washroom and half bath… and then were done. Ha, easier said than done!
But no, in short order, we’ll attack the washroom first, grouting it, then cutting, painting, installing and caulking baseboards, and maybe even installing doors. Afterwards, we’ll be ready to hook up the washer and dryer and that’ll be another project completed. YAY! So this will all happen sometime within this busy week or definitely by the weekend as Mallary will want to wash before leaving to go back to the cold New Hampshire way of life for a week of training. So me and the dogs will be back to roughing it for a week! :(
And as a sidenote, I’ve had to get accustomed to wearing my house shoes… the tile is extremely cold to the bare skin of my footsies and tossies… Oh well, at least we have the tile completed! <Sigh of relief>
Knees and back rejoicing for now…
al
