operation windows

Vacation is over and time to get serious again about getting the house ready to live in.  The guys spent yesterday tearing off the last of the siding on one wall of the house only to find that the added on room they put on years ago is about 1-2" out farther than the other wall....another roadblock.  So now David will have to put up furring strips and another layer of osb to make it level for putting up siding.  And here I thought we would have that entire wall sided by weeks end.  Why would I think such a that things would go as planned... how silly of me!  Oh well, it is still possible that the wall will be complete by the end of the week.  We will see.  Today should have been spent on the outside but it was so cold and the wind was blowing so hard that David decided to pick up all the boards in the yard and trash and start a big fire.  Then the guys came in and worked inside cleaning and moving things around a bit so David could put the first of the windows in the entry room off the back porch.  The girls and I spend the first half of the day cleaning and putting away more of our things.  There is only one box left that needs a place.  I think we are running out of room in the basement!  YIKES!!!  LOL  Then we spent the other half sewing and using the Cricut to make some cards.  Fun times!  We spend the night there last night and the beds that David built were very comfortable.  Looking forward to being able to stay there every night.  Think curtains are in the near future as David kept waking up to the neighbor's Christmas lights twinkling.  :-)

operation basement kitchen

It seems as if I don't get a chance to upload photos as often anymore.  We have finally gotten the basment ready enough that we can sleep there if we need to.  David built beds and Jireh helped him paint them red.  She is on the top bunk and David and I on the bottom.  Jonathan has his bed on the other side of the basement and Jasmine is in the kids nook.  They can't wait to spend the night and see how it is.  We have gotten so much done.  The water heater is up and running and David put me in a double utility sink.  I don't have a drain yet but I do have a bucket under the drain so we can use it.  The kitchen is done and everything works great!  The cabinets are awesome and the pantry is completely done.  We bought a used dehumidifier and put it in the pantry so it would soak up the condensation.  The basement is dry and painted.  Next will be to seal all the cracks and hopefully put down some vinyl flooring if I can find some on clearance.

shelving

kitchen cabinets

new table and chairs

beds that David built

living space

water heater

Jasper