Why are women so fascinated with new appliances? Why does my heart jump at joy at that shiny white and stainless finish? I don't know but my first response at seeing my shiny new white dryer rolling through my front door was to jump up and down clapping my hands and squealing EEEEEE!!!!

Here is Dan putting it in it's rightful place.


Look they match now!!!


When I opened the front door, a light popped on! My dryer has it's own light inside!!!!!


In conclusion. Thank you Mommy and Lennart so very much for my beautiful shiny new dryer that matches my beautiful shiny new washer you also bought me and I'm incredibly greatful for! No more high pitched squealing for hours on end while my laundry dries. Now, off to attack the mounds of laundry I'd been avoiding so I didn't have to hear the old one whine at me!!!! I don't think I've ever been so excited to do laundry! Well, since the time you bought me my first new washer :) Now I have my first matching pair!!!! EEEEEEEE!!!!!

Appliances

Oh boy do we have a busy busy schedule for the next 2 weeks! We have windows going in tomorrow, plumbing, drainage, ductwork, floors and walls and ceilings to repair. The good news is we ordered all of our appliances today! The bad news is the oven and vent for the stove won't be in until January 12th. Our original hope for moving in would have been today, then we were hoping to move by Christmas, then we pushed it out until the first of the year. With this delay, who knows when we'll move. I'll probably be planting my spring garden before I even live there! Ah well, such is life.

Windows

Our windows came in today! Tim came over and did some prep work and said they would be back to install on Wednsday!

Lights!

We went holiday shopping today and stopped by to pick up our light order! Here is a pic of our full trunk! Can't wait to get them installed :)

Wednsday

Wednsday we had more shockingly beautiful weather so we headed over to the house early. I put a coat of paint on the hallway ceiling.



Then the boys dug into those blackberry bushes again.

They also tore down the bits of old fence and transported a whole pile of rocks to another pile.

It was a long day, but we got a lot accomplished.

When I got home I had a voicemail saying my lighting has come in! I'm off today to pick it up.

Yard Work

We got a lot of little things accomplished today. We showed up at the house around 9:30 this morning, coffee cups in hand. I put a second coat of paint on the entry and hallway.

Tim, our contractor stopped by to measure the doors and spent some time giving us some helpful hints on how to patch up some ugly spots in the house. I then had Dan install the new hallway light to match the entryway one he installed last week. If you don't remember, here are the previous fixtures.

My helpful hubby working away.

Voila!

At about 2pm a drainage guy came by to work out a quote to fix the water that keeps seeping into the crawlspace under the house. The inspector told us due to the flat lot all the water when it rains tends to accumulate under the house. We are looking into a french drain. Shortly after he started his measuring our second plumber showed up. Bad news. We were hoping the first bid was just trying to get us scared, but this guy also told us almost all of the plumbing was put together badly and is completely falling apart. He'll give us a bid tomorrow for a complete re-pipe! So that's the bad news, but I can't figure it can get any worse from here because we have a new roof, new windows, new floors, some new walls, new wiring, foundation is great. What else could there possibly be to go wrong? It's all uphill from here right? :P

While the guys were talking this all over I started chop chop chopping my way through the 30 feet of blackberry brambles that had taken over our entire fence adjoining the park. I got about a quarter of the way before I ran out of steam and was screaming what have I gotten myself into? I left it to the boys to finish.

Nemi and I decided to check out the park next door. If you look up the path behind her you can see our house on the left. It's the second roof :)

We met a really nice man probably nearing his 50's and his little Daschund. Nemi pet his dog, and I told him we'd purchased the house. He said he'd been watching it and peeking in at the progress every time he walked his dog! We told him, way to put pressure on us! He was really nice and excited to see what we accomplish with the house.

Painting

Today I put a second coat of white on the nursery ceiling. Then I started in the hallway. My mom and I decided to try and add some white to the gallon of ugly paint and it turned into something I really love!

Here's what the hall originally looked like.

Here you can see the original darker color I had chosen, and the lighter version I made by mixing in the white.

Come on, nobody looks good in overalls.


This is what it looks like now!

Mmmm reminds me of a latte! Tomorrow hopefully I can get a second coat on. I can't wait until the bathroom is finished. Right now this entire wing of the house has no power, therefore no lights! It's really hard to get an even finish when you can hardly see what your doing!