Nothing left but the small stuff.

No writing tonight. I needed to get on and post the final pictures of the room. We still have a few things to do, but I think we may have broke some records:)

We will be moving in tomorrow:)

Thanks to master painters Betsy and Loretta ,our check list tonight is: Paint...check. Windows.....check. Tile.....check. Fantastic.

After two long weeks of hard labor, we can finally move our furniture into the new living room tomorrow. I cannot believe that we got it done in two weeks. Now that I think back at our lofty goal of finishing in one week, was completely ridiculous. I am going to be short again tonight, because we ended our work early tonight (that being 10 pm). I thought I would maybe read a little or how about........sleep. I will post a picture tonight before carpet, and tomorrow after.

Deadlines....

are made to be broken. Carpet was suppose to come tomorrow, but will now be here on Monday. We did finish drywall today and about 1/3 of the way through mudding. Electrical is now up and working in the room. Last night as we were lying bed discussing our new room, we decided we needed to tile by the sliding glass door, so we went and picked out tile this morning. We will put that in tomorrow between coats of mud. Father's Day will be spent painting, but I did promise to make it up, probably the new Terminator movie is in my future.

Ladders: Not a big fan!

Build Wall, check. Rough in light fixtures, check. Saw off part of 100 year old roof, check. Pick paint color, check. Hang dry wall, almost check. Another long day of work. We both are very happy with our prescription strength ibuprofen, that is what got us through the day. Chris has decided he is learning more about me (my weaknesses) as we are going through this construction. My fear of heights and ladders came out today when I was suppose to hold up some drywall on the ceiling so he could screw it in. After climbing the wobbly ladder my knees began shaking and the shortness of breath started, I tried to just concentrate on the wall ahead, but it didn't work. So, Chris quickly put in two screws and finished hanging the piece without me. I then called Adam to come over tonight to help Chris finish the ceiling. I promised him it would only take an hour, as there were only four pieces to hang, I think I was just about right on the time. Thanks Adam!!! We took a break to take Drew to ice cream. OK it was really the two of us that wanted the ice cream, but Drew enjoyed it too. When we got back home Chris put Drew to bed as he has missed his nightly readings with Drew, I cleaned the kitchen and then back to work we went. Tomorrow is another day and carpet has been moved to Monday, giving us a couple more days. See you tomorrow night!

Nothing's Gonna Break Our Stride.....

In floor Heat, check. Subfloor, check. Sliding Glass Door, check. Ceiling drywalled. check. As you can see we had another busy and productive day. It was difficult rolling out of bed this morning, as both of us were aching. However, we had a long check list to accomplish if we were going to stay on target. The in floor heat was the first to tackle and that seemed to go quite smoothly. Next was the subfloor which also went in with no problems. After the subfloor we had to make our daily trip to Lowe's to get our drywall and our sliding glass door. It wasn't until we put in the sliding glass door that I realized my husband is a construction genius. His precise measurements for the door allowed it to slide into place with no issue. I am told this doesn't happen much, which leaves me to believe he is a genius. With the door in place, the ceiling drywall began and off to Lowe's I went for our second batch of drywall. While I was gone, Adam, Steve, and Chris drywalled over half the ceiling. We are in great shape for tomorrow to finish drywall and start mudding. I hear its a pain, but no pain no gain.

No sleep til.........

Along with my ability to grow a construction beard, our checklist is complete for the day. Insulation done: check. Finished 60% of the floor, and started in-floor heat: check. Added Ice to beer cooler: check. That's it tonight, we wanted to continue, but Dew will be up at 7:00 and so will we! Next up......everyone's favorite. Drywall. I'm so excited, I think I might get sick to my stomach. Night Night!

Short and Sweet

We are tired tonight. We have been working since 8 am, but we have completed the checklist. Frame sliding door: check. Confirmed insulation appointment for tomorrow:check. We picked out and ordered carpet to be installed on Saturday: check. Michelle, almost single-handily tore out about 90% of the old plywood from the subfloor. check. Re-Framed back door and old window. check. Time for bed. check. Check. Here is tonight's picture:

What a tangeled web I weave.........

So the checklist for today: Get electrical run. Check. Build west wall. Check. Remove remaining part of laundry room/ closet. Check. Today was a successful day in "Project Livingroom". All the electrical is run, and I have customized a new idea for the north wall that will save us time and money. I would say things went well. Tomorrow we will tackle the framing of the sliding glass door, work on the north wall and HOPEFULLY get the insulation guy in here to spray polyurethane. We will let you know how that all works out tomorrow! Here is tonight's picture:

Construction Has Begun!

I started a few days ago actually....but that was DE-Struction. We tore out our laundry room, which was part of the garage , to make room for our new living space. I am going to try and chronicle our progress every day. We have a very ambitious goal of finishing this remodel by the 20th of this month. I know, it's only a week away, but give us the benefit of the doubt:) We are like a well oiled machine ( and we both have the week off) . Here are the pictures of our last two days of progress. See ya tomorrow night!

Pics from Wolf Lake......Drew's JcPenny Debut :)