Well, my floor is finished. This picture shows the tile before grout and before the carpeting was fixed around it. Trust me, it's done. Now I have to stain the french door. I know, I keep saying that. It'll happen eventually.

The upstairs, on the other hand, is not done. It's not close to being done. It's rather ugly right now. In fact, the plan has changed again. The plan to put the washer and dryer upstairs isn't really going to work. Something about pitch and not enough room and blah blah blah. So, the laundry will stay downstairs spread all over the family room. It's pretty disheartening considering that was the reason we started all of this in the first place.

We start gutting Isaac's room next week - just in time for the first day of school. Isaac will be staying at my mom's house (thanks mom) until the upstairs is livable. It's going to be hard to be separated from him during his first week.

Sorry guys. No witty remarks. I'm a little discouraged with the construction at this point. That is the update - such as it is.

All I Can Say is "Yuck"

Words cannot express the amount of mess that is coming from my old bedroom. It's kind of creepy to think that I slept in that spot with all that disgusting stuff. I will never look at old walls the same.

We've already filled one dumpster and had to order another one - this time twice the size. You never really think too much about dumpsters until you have a ton and a half of gross stuff to get rid of. Dumpsters are very useful - and very expensive. Really, if I could go out and buy a few and rent them out, I think I could get rid of the school books covering my kitchen table. I could make some money hauling away other people's gross stuff.

Anyway. The bedroom looks even worse currently, but I haven't ventured up there with my camera. I'm pretending I don't have a 2nd floor right now. Kind of like I don't have a basement either. They are both "icky". I avoid them.

On the good news front - my bathroom countertop is in!!!! Yeah!!!!! It only took about 5-6 weeks (boo). I will go pick that up today and hopefully my new bathroom with be totally done by the end of the day on Saturday. Just in time - they're ripping out the upstairs bathroom on Saturday.

I will post shots of the completed bathroom as soon as I can.

In the meantime, I'm going to get ready for more dust and ick. Keep checking in.

Diann

A Break from our regularly scheduled blogging...

I thought I'd share some pics from our trip to the zoo - in case you were tired of remodeling updates. I realize that I have only 1 picture of an animal after spending 4 hours at the zoo. That's because it was sooo hot that the animals were in some man-made air-conditioned den-like habitat while us stupid humans were walking around in the heat. The boys found a way to cool off though. Putting your hands in some gross animal water did the trick!

I know I've done a lot of complaining about this trip - the heat and all - but truth is, I had a great time. I had so much fun with Dee. It doesn't matter what we do she makes it fun. This summer is flying by with most of it spent dealing with the remodeling job. It was so good to leave it all behind for a little while.

Okay, back to our regularly scheduled programming...

Thanks for checking in.

Diann

Once again, these pictures were uploaded in the wrong order. Sorry. These first pictures are the ones from upstairs. We moved everything out of our bedroom and Alex's room so they can start ripping and tearing today. Looking at our bedroom makes me embarrassed that we actually slept there for all these years. What an improvement is ahead!

I also have uploaded the same picture twice and cannot remove it. I think it's a little too early to be doing this. I am just avoiding the painting I guess. Anyway, you get the idea. You're smart people.

Okay, this wasn't the best update ever, but it's going to have to do. I have cleaning and painting and dumpster deliveries, and oil changing in my car and cooking and laundry and clearing out the bathroom to do today. First, I think I'll go back to bed. :)

Now scroll down further and read the beginning of the blog. Oh brother!

Our bathroom is 2/3 functional now. Isaac christianed it with the first shower a couple days ago. (Please don't tell him I posted this picture - he won't be too happy)

We are still waiting for the infamous countertop to arrive so they can hook up the sink. But it looks pretty much like a bathroom. The trim work is almost all done, the door is up, I have bought hooks and a toilet paper holder and a mirror. There is some painting to do around the door and some touch ups around the shower and shelves, but all in all, it's done.

Today, we start upstairs. Our bedroom has been moved to the play room. My he-man husband moved some furniture to the attic, some to the playroom, and some to the garage. He went up and down steps all day on Saturday. He didn't ask for help (!). He's a little sore now. The ripping and tearing will start today.