5 Weeks Remaining

Tired. Tired. Busy. Exhausted. Tired. Looking forward to life POST-rehab. Tired.

Shiz-news

The update for the day is...

The front door(s) are ready to be picked up and Nathan and Paul will go pick it up tomorrow and possibly tackle the installation, depending on time.

And, as my husband just informed me, the tapers are...

HERE!

Sweet! Now only if we could get a plumber out here to fix those pipes.

Sidenote for the afternoon is in reference to the only game Nathan will play. Ping-pong. We were lucky enough to acquire a great ping-pong table from a relative, and sweet mother of jesus it's AWESOME!!
Thus far:
Nathan - 11
Kathy - 1 (but I'm getting better, I PROMISE!!! That and I have to let him win until the rehab is over... you know, don't want to emotionally crush him and then have him too upset to rehab.)

1, 2, 3, 4, and on and on and on

I've decided to start a list. We have thrown away our deadline date, as it was too much pressure and just not doable. So, since I need a little somethin' somethin' to keep me going, I'm making a list. And as things get done, they will get crossed off and my happy-meter will increase.

Things to do before move-in:

• Have plumber fix copper piping.
• Install front door (to be delivered end of this week, beginning of next week).
• Finish up drywall that cannot be started until the previously listed are completed.
• Tapers... and the exciting news of the day is... THEY ARE COMING MONDAY (ahem... or Tuesday)!!!
• Install doors (interrior).
• Tile upstairs bathroom.
• Build and install both bathroom vanities.
• Paint and prime.
• Install and prep counters and cabinets for kitchen (we have old metal cabinets from the Habitat store and will need to refinish those, and pick up our counters and prep that, which will be made from tractor trailer flooring... new, but made from mill scraps... very excited about both).
• Install fixtures... (plumbing, HVAC, electrical).
• Refinish floors.
• Put in appliances.

MOVE-IN!!! And then there's more stuff before we can refinance, as in decks with railings, windows, railings on our stairs, and risers, treads, and railings on our stairs to the third floor. Then there's the refinance, and then there's the projects that will take place to "finish" the house... rebuild the dormers, redo the slate on the front, strip the woodwork upstairs, paint exterior, and on and on and on. We will be tinkering for the next 20 years. I'm excited!!!!

Updates...

I feel good. Great actually. But keep in mind that with this whole process I've been up, I've been down, been depressed, ecstatic, and numb. But now anyway, I feel good. Great.

We are not going to make the May 1st deadline, but that's okay... we will be in there soon and that is the most exciting part! The plumbing setback is what it is, a setback. We are paying another plumber to come in an redo the existing type m piping in our walls, and then we will move on with life and forget about it. Not as big of a deal as we originally thought, so things are looking up.

The front door should arrive later this week which is really going to be nice. The front of our house is a bit dismal and this should brighten it up ten fold. Sweet.

Thanks to our wonderful neighbor Tom Tschetter, whom with Nathan started repairing the plaster. It looks amazing and honestly I had no idea it could. There are several factors to consider when calculating why I don't catch on or visualize things like I should, but we won't go into it. Bottom line is I couldn't imagine how beautiful the plaster work could have turned out, and was pleasantly surprised at how nice it did.

Also today we had the old player piano moved from the second floor to the first, which is something we've been worried about for the past few months. The thing is probably from the early 1900's and it is heavy. Heavy. Heavy. Four guys used brute strength to drag it down the stairs (my stomach was in knots, and Nathan was developing an ulcer with each passing second). It made it down and only our front door window broke, but that's why it's so wonderful that our new front doors are coming this week! They were very nice and handled the situation very well. I'd recommend them to anyone (McGuire moving).

Jonah has finished our window stops and the panelling for below the windows. They look AMAZING!! He is a fantastic woodworker and replicated the existing panels perfectly! Thank you, thank you, thank you Jonah!!! I'll be putting pictures up within the week to showcase.

So, what is left you ask? The tapers will come in about two or three weeks, our "second" plumber will be fixing the existing plumbing soon, then we have the front door to install, the cabinets and counters to build/prepare, tile to lay, will need to paint, set all fixtures (plumbing, HVAC, and electrical), finish the floors, and install the windows. After that it's smooth sailing and move-in! There will be tons to do before we can refinance, but one step at a time please.