Quick Update

Things are crazy here at the project house and the project business...crazy busy!  I'll get additional photos up soon, but the new wood floors on the project house are complete and they are incredible.  We are very happy with them!

A Little Hillbilly

We've gone a little hillbilly here in our household.  Since the new wood floors are in the process of being installed, we had to do something with the appliances.  All of the kitchen appliances are being replaced, but until new ones arrive we wanted to keep the fridge.  The sunroom is keeping its original tile, so the logical place to put everything was in that room.  Dinner table, buffet, refrigerator, washer and dryer.

In case that wasn't redneck enough, we're washing everything in our master bathroom sinks since it's the only place we have water.  I'm pretty sure after the last house we said we would never do this again...yet here we are.  Washing our hands, dirty laundry and dishes all in the same 9" sink.  There are simply not enough Clorox wipes for my life.

Kitchen, Be Gone!

This weekend we worked hard to get the kitchen demo'd.  We are planning on putting in a large island (instead of the peninsula that was there), new countertops and new appliances.  As everyone knows by now, our plans could change tomorrow - but, for today this is the plan.

As you can tell from the photos, we have no flooring right now (just plywood)...it's not terrible for a short spell, but having to always have on shoes in order to not get a splinter from the floor is not a way to live long term.

 

If You Squint...

We are getting ready for hardwood to be installed on the new house and it's SO exciting!!!  Obviously, all the previous flooring (carpet and ceramic tile) have to be removed prior to this (we decided to go ahead and tear out the fireplace while we were making a mess).  We have about 75% of the tile out and all of the carpet out...which means the funky smell is finally gone.  Again, we're living in this project as we do things so we move the sofa, chair and tv out every evening and then move them back in before we go to bed.  It's loads of fun.  I put down a couple of rugs (one of them was left behind by the previous owners so we decided to put it to good use) just so we aren't walking around entirely on plywood for the next week.  If you squint when you look at the pics, you can almost imagine what the hardwood will look like.

 

 

 

 

This weekend we plan on tearing out the kitchen.  We originally didn't plan on ever doing the "no kitchen" thing again after the last project house.  Unfortunately, this is the price you pay for a new kitchen.

I've had several people ask me if Bailey (cat) is doing well with another move/project/transition.  It would appear that he is doing just fine.

Cadillac vs County Landfill

This week we started the demo on the project house.  While we aren't gutting the entire house, we're doing enough to make a big mess.  The only way to lose the mess is to make multiple trips to the county landfill and unload our truck/trailer.  If you haven't ever been - it's an experience.  The smell, the fact that you sink 6 inches into....something, everything.  It's just disgusting.

While I've been several times with Trent, yesterday I decided to put on my big girl pants and head to the landfill all on my own.  Actually, I went twice.  Since I'm always in the passenger seat when I go with Trent I was unaware of the rules.  So. Many. Rules.  While they close at 5pm, you must arrive by 4:30.  Your trash has to be covered by a tarp.  You can only pay with cash.  The list goes on and on.  I did not have cash and I did not have the trash covered.  Therefore, I got to head home and grab money and a tarp.  All that being said, I still got the better end of the deal.  What?????  I sound crazy, right?!

Trent offered to take my car into the dealership for the alignment.  He did this on the trade that I would go to the landfill.  I'm 100% certain that no one from Cadillac is reading this blog.  On the ridiculous off chance that someone is, hear this:

You make a gorgeous and incredible vehicle with every bell and whistle known to mankind.  However, I would rather go to the dump on an 88 degree day and unload a truck full of trash alone than deal with Cadillac's service department.  And after his experience yesterday, Trent feels the same way.

We're Ahead (a little)

It's the second day of a new month and I just ran numbers on the storage unit.  Since this is only our second month as the mean people who make the tenants pay on time the new owners, we were uncertain about how long it would take to get everyone on our system.  We officially had 10% MORE people pay on time this month (compared to June)!  It's not 100% of the payments on time - it will probably never be 100% of the payments on time - but it's improvement.  While I'm sure some people are disgruntled about the new system, one of the renters put some artwork on her payment envelope. 

In other positive news, we received our first property tax bill last night and it is a smidge less than we expected it to be.  Woohoo!!!

So much good news, I should go shoe shopping.  Isn't that what everyone does when they hear good news?!?!