I've been a pitiful blogger as of late, but I promise I'm not sitting around twiddling my thumbs! =)
Since we came back from Christmas, we've been in full swing around here. Steve has been working day and night and the girls and I have been holding down the fort here. Unfortunately, I've been a little under the weather the past several days so I'm trying to get well and pack here and there! I can't believe we have less than 3 weeks until we move again! This whole process has gone so much better than I anticipated. It's a lot of hard work and we won't have near as much done before we move in as we had hoped too, but all I can say is WE ARE SO BLESSED! We've been blessed with good workers, people who have given up days and evenings to come and just serve us, girls who have offered to babysit (and as soon as I can be of any help at the house, I'm taking them up on their offers!), deals at different stores, Steve has done amazing work and God has kept him healthy as he's worked many nights in below freezing temperatures with no heat.
So, here's where we are right now...
Last week we were able to have gas run to the house and it is all hooked up and working!
Two new A/Cs and Furnaces have been installed and work.
Stairs should be done this week.
Flooring has been picked out and will be put in the week before we move in.
We bought all of our kitchen appliances yesterday. They are all stainless steel. OH, and I was able to get a mac-daddy of a refrigerator at a steal of a price!!
The outside of the house is painted! All but the porch, which will be done when it warms up.
We hired some one to do the drywall. It is being put in as I type!
Steve is making progress on the kitchen counters and they look so good. We bought all the tile for them yesterday.
The girls' bathroom and master bath are starting to be put back together!
Prayer request: The pipes at the house are frozen and we really need them to thaw out. No tiling can be done until that happens.
Since we came back from Christmas, we've been in full swing around here. Steve has been working day and night and the girls and I have been holding down the fort here. Unfortunately, I've been a little under the weather the past several days so I'm trying to get well and pack here and there! I can't believe we have less than 3 weeks until we move again! This whole process has gone so much better than I anticipated. It's a lot of hard work and we won't have near as much done before we move in as we had hoped too, but all I can say is WE ARE SO BLESSED! We've been blessed with good workers, people who have given up days and evenings to come and just serve us, girls who have offered to babysit (and as soon as I can be of any help at the house, I'm taking them up on their offers!), deals at different stores, Steve has done amazing work and God has kept him healthy as he's worked many nights in below freezing temperatures with no heat.
So, here's where we are right now...
Last week we were able to have gas run to the house and it is all hooked up and working!
Two new A/Cs and Furnaces have been installed and work.
Stairs should be done this week.
Flooring has been picked out and will be put in the week before we move in.
We bought all of our kitchen appliances yesterday. They are all stainless steel. OH, and I was able to get a mac-daddy of a refrigerator at a steal of a price!!
The outside of the house is painted! All but the porch, which will be done when it warms up.
We hired some one to do the drywall. It is being put in as I type!
Steve is making progress on the kitchen counters and they look so good. We bought all the tile for them yesterday.
The girls' bathroom and master bath are starting to be put back together!
Prayer request: The pipes at the house are frozen and we really need them to thaw out. No tiling can be done until that happens.
So, progress is being made! I started packing this weekend and hope to get more done at night once the girls go to bed. This is by far the biggest, most expensive, hardest project we've endeavored on and we probably won't ever do it again =), but we are grateful for what we are learning and grateful that even though there is so much to do, we'll be settled in soon!
