• 24Feb


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    Sunday rolled around, I did some more coding and made an impromptu trip to Lowe’s only to find out that our cabinets had been put on clearance.  Yes, CLEARANCE, and those cabinets will be discontinued once all stores sell out!  So if you have a kitchen project and were looking to head off to Lowe’s for cabinets, you better there and get there soon.  They will carry a new line of cabinets moving forward.

    Okay, you know as soon as I found out, I went a found a flat bed cart, and begin loading up for the rest of the kitchen!  My cart looked much like the Beverly Hillbillies truck!  LOL :) Feeling good about the money we saved on picking up cabinets for a steal, I even picked up Read more »

  • 16Feb


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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 »

  • 06Feb


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    Okay, I’ve been MIA on remodeling the house that last few weekends, or at least getting big projects started/completed.  And with the economy only going down more, we’ve been reluctant to starting/finishing major projects like wood floors, kitchen appliances, sprinkler system, ordering furniture and the other half of the kitchen.  Better safe than sorry, if you will…

    But in regards to time, the funny thing is Read more »

  • 01Feb


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    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

  • 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 »