Early June Update

This is more of a what to do when you're tired and ready to cry about everything. I have had some health things pop up since my last update, so I've been extra busy. Work has picked up, I work in the pest industry, which I love my job, and it's actually my crazy escape place. My health is up in the air, as I have an appointment on the 6th that should be telling me more things about what is going on. The house! The thing we come to this little thing for, well let's get to the meat and potatoes.


The First half of May.

So here we go, My high school friend Chris H came by to help us one weekend when John's Brother was away. I am so lucky that even though I only hand 1 friend help out, he worked like 3 of us. He really kept us on track that weekend, I owe him big time!  We tore up the old floor, and the old plywood. We found out that the floor had a pretty significant pitch to it, which is bad for flooring choices, but ok in the long run. We will work with it. We laid the new plywood down, and also got one of the two supporting walls up that day Chris was helping. We enjoyed Subs from the corner store and some sodas. I love living within walking distance of small stores with good food. We're also about a half a mile for a great fishing location.

We have electrical almost done, HVAC system is almost done and our plumbing is ALMOST done. We are going to natural gas, because it's the most logical option, and it's allegedly free after we get our deposit back! Biggest and most exciting step, WE HAVE WALLS IN OUR KITCHEN! AHHH!

 The Living was also started in the past few weeks, we decided that the tacky fake brick behind the tiki god wood stove were not going to be part of our house. This is strictly because they took up valuable floor space, and we don't really need a wood stove when we have an HVAC unit that was paid good money for. Besides, Larry has asthma and the Wood burning stove would irritate it if we did use it.

We were keeping the cabinets in the living room since we're not living there yet it made sense, but the dumpster was being picked up this past weekend, so it was a much needed removal, so I made a few Vine videos of John being super manly and breaking down the cabinets. We are not keeping for basement storage. Who sells 4 cabinets that are the most awkward sizes ever? NOT us! We still have a handful left for a lemonade stand (I will post that DIY) when we get that far, and tool storage for this handy man.

The Living room had an amazing bookcase around the Bay window, it was taking up nearly a foot of space into the living room, and Larry kept stepping on it when he would climb into the window. The steam heaters used to sit under the bookcase causing the wood to be bent and starting to be brittle. The walls were obviously in rough shape after the removal of the bookcase. 

Traveling home from Lowe's has become a great game of, hold this, make sure your drink doesn't tip, and pick a CD and you're not changing it in the 2.5 miles from the house! This is my view from the passenger seat of one of the many weekly trips to lowe's. Strapping for the ceiling, and 2X8s for the walls, and the door framing. 

I'm a high strung person for the most part, I hate leaving things unfinished. I think this is why I crochet and cross stitch so fast. I sometimes have to stop, take a breath and remember that this is going to be my house, that WE are going to be living here for a large chunk of our lives. We are investing in this beautiful piece of land, and this amazing house. We are lucky to have each other. I keep picking out all these meals I want to make in the new kitchen, and books I want to read in the living room, and music I want to listen to in the library. I just wish there were more people to share this experience with. I think that's why I started this blog about the house, I feel like the people who care the most about my experiences are hours, states, and oceans away. This is something that I will look back at and be like, "You know what, I'm proud of every bruise I earned from that house." 

Thanks for taking the time out of your day to come see more of the house, I'm so excited about it all and I really am proud to say I'm dating an amazing guy, who's family loves me.

What are you most interested in seeing in my house?!

Amanda