Day 84

Not much work gets done during the week.  I think that's why I've been posting so little lately.  I was able to go over on Friday, Saturday and today to work.

My backsplash arrived!  It is still sitting in the garage and I haven't opened any to see if it's correct or broken.

 

Josh did the grout in the bathroom and I think it looks great.  It's not cleaned up yet. 

 

 Josh's sister, Cheyanne, came over and has been painting all the trim white. 

 

 

So many cabinets in the living room!  I started to sand the drawers so we can paint them white.

 

 

My dad and Josh buttoned up the wall in the dining room.

 

 

All of the doors that I hand sanded.  I think there were about 23 or so.  I went over last night for a few hours with just the radio to keep me company.  Josh had been digging ditches all day, so he was taking a break.

 

 

He dug out a ditch by the road and around the house here.  The spout just went straight down, so hopefully this will lead the water away from our basement.

 

 

Here, he is explaining that the water will collect and disperse in this large bucket with holes, away from the foundation.

 

Before we start painting cabinets, we laid out them out in the kitchen to make sure they would fit in case we needed to return any of them.  In this picture the gap is where the range will go.            

 

 

The sink is under the window and we aren't able to put the dishwasher right next to it based on the set up, but I think it will be ok, since it's still close.  We did figure out that we need to exchange a 30 inch cabinet, for a 24 inch. We have an extra upper cabinet, but I think we are going to put that in the laundry room.

 

And today I was outside cutting down shrubs and maybe some rose bushes.  I like things to look clean and I told Josh I want an "open concept" yard.  Haha.  Once I cut them down in front of the house, I cut down about six more in the side yard.  There are also two more large ones that I was working on and had to use a hand saw.  That's making our fire pit pretty big, so I think Josh is going to burn that tonight.  I think I will do a video soon, showing our property, since I did one of the inside before.

 

 

I mentioned before that there was a really uneven spot on Oliver's wall, so Josh said he would putty that up and hopefully it will be fixed so I can do a second coat.  I decided to sand the wainscoting in the bathroom even though it already has two coats of white on it.  It's just too rough for me.  I haven't done that yet, but I'm sure I will next time I go over.  And I think we are getting close to painting the kitchen.  Fingers crossed!