a day off

Clay and I decided to take a day off and play while the kids were away with Grandma and Aunt Teresa in the Smoky Mountains. Our destination – Eagle and Cumberland Falls in Corbin, Kentucky. We spent the afternoon hiking the trails and playing in the water. Unfortunately, my phone is not water resistant and when I slipped and fell in – well… my phone was not happy. I did manage to keep it alive until I could retrieve the photos off of it. Darn. I liked that phone.
Enjoy the pics!

details, details…

The mantel is stained, the tile in the master shower is almost done and the grass seeding is well underway. We have to touch up the paint and get our final inspections completed… are we done YET?

Repent, for the end is near!

We are getting down to the details of finishing the house – so exciting!!!! Just about everything is complete with the exception of the master shower. After my allergic reaction and us not knowing whether it was the tile or not, we have decided to error on the side of caution and have someone finish the shower for us.

“Sink” not, my heart

We managed to pack in working at the house AND making a little free time to celebrate Father’s Day and Clay’s birthday. We have been planning for months to buy a flat screen tv for over the fireplace so there was lots of joking about it being Clay’s present for every occasion for the next two years.

We took the cat over to the house to give him a little pre-view of his future home. He wasn’t too happy about it at first but eventually warmed up to the idea.

All of the sinks are in with water attached, we just have to hook up the drains. I installed all of the locks on the doors and finished making sure all of the interior doors had locks and knobs as well. The contractor will be in tomorrow to rock the fireplace. (I am so excited!) The bracket for the tv will be put up as well. We still have to finish the master shower and carpet the stairs but all in all we are ready for the inspector on Wednesday.

Counter tops

The counter tops came in and were installed last night as well as the floor in the MBR finally being down. The insulation was blown in the attic (very poorly done job, might I add!). The fireplace needs to be rocked, the shower tiled and the sinks put in. Day by day.

Helping Hands Weekend

We had a bit of help this weekend! The guys came out to help install the HVAC units, the fireplace and finish the back deck. I was so very appreciative!

I installed the vanity lights, made a little adjustment to the flooring under the stove and basically piddled about just seeing if I could help anyone. After my little brush with severe allergic reaction, quite frankly I was afraid to mess with the tile. I am not sure what I am allergic to but the tile is what I was messing with that evening. Better safe than sorry!

wow… what a week.

Well, not sure what it is that I am VERY allergic to but over the course of 24 hours, I ended up in the hospital with a anaphylactic reaction. Still moving slowly but at least I am not ready to come out of my skin anymore. Clay was so kind as to take a picture of me looking “my best”.

the devil in the details

Much has happened since my last post. Kitchen cabinets, a deck, a patio… our deadline is approaching – June 20. Still so much to do!

the last tile floor

We got the tile for the last bathroom today. This one is going to be a challenge. I am tiling the walls up 42″, a complete shower and the entire bathroom and closet WITH a warming mat underneath. What am I thinking!?!?!?! Who has a Tylenol?!?!
Clay set the toilet in the kids bath and we put up the shower curtain rods. I put down the transitions between the tile and hardwood.
Surprisingly enough the problem we ran into this weekend was the doorbell. Apparently the doorbell we chose doesn’t support two back doors. Bother!

Day 6: Final day of flooring

Today was bitter sweet – the hardwood floor is down but my parents, brother, his wife and kids all head home tomorrow. We had a nice visit while we worked extremely hard. Everyone’s backs and knees are feeling destroyed! That last piece felt like a victory. The floor looks beautiful and I couldn’t be more thankful that everyone came to help out. It would have taken Clay and I ten days by ourselves.