A couple of small paint jobs

Paul painting the closet in the bathroom.

Painted shelves by the water heater.

A few new things around the house

The new clock we got for Christmas now in the living room. (Never mind those boxes!)

A new door bell!  That works!  Another Christmas gift.

And finally a stove that works!  It took getting a professional out to get it done, but it works now!

Another Weekend of Work with the Pusch's

Aaron got tired out and crashed for a while.

Andrew is putting up some shelves in the closet with the hot water heater.

The tall cupboard was put in place and the base cabinet.  It still needs the right countertop but it will do for now.  The tall cupboard also needed some additional shelves cut and placed inside.

All the components of the tv were hooked up and even got a Christmas tree put up.

The fake drawer fronts under the sink were glued in place and knobs added!

A new light was put up front (and the old front one was moved to the back) and we even got a wreath and some garland and lights put up outside.

The Pusch family has been such a great help to us in getting this house together.  Guess we'll have to return the favor sometime.  There were even more things done that didn't get photos.  Thanks, guys!

Trying to Get Settled In

We had some good helpers to get the majority of the larger stuff moved over on Saturday December 3.  Things are beginning to take shape and we have been able to make this our new place of residence.

The living room

Georgia's Room

Dining Room

Master Bedroom

 There are still boxes and there are still things to fix and finish, but what an improvement over the first time we saw this house!  And now it is beginning to look like ours.

Moving Day is Saturday!

Plans are to move the majority of the rest of our stuff on Saturday.  There will still be work to complete and things to move but we will begin sleeping at 813 Martinwood Lane!

A Productive Saturday

Andrew, Katherine and Aaron came down for another Saturday of work at the house and we got lots done!  Thanks, guys, for another great day of work.

Katherine and I worked outside cleaning up pinestraw - Katherine cleaned off the roof!

We collected all the pine straw onto a big piece of plastic and then took Aaron for a ride down to the street to dump it all there to be picked up by the garbage collectors.

A really big hurray! - the tiles in the shower are repaired and replaced.  This was a much much bigger job than we ever would have guessed.  Now Paul has to grout it and then we can add the fixtures.

The quarter round has been added around the baseboard.  Not the whole house is done but got a good start.  It got dark too fast and we couldn't see to run the saw outside anymore.

Andrew putting up a new outside light fixture - done with the help of his great wife!

The light in the 'pantry' wouldn't work and found out the fixture had to be replaced.  Now it works!!

Put down luan board at the front entrance to prepare for new tiles.

The tiles are down - now we just need to add trim around the edges.

Moving Progress

The guest bedroom in Leeds is basically empty as moving progresses.

There are a few things in the living room at Martinwood Lane.

The 'man cave' has become the dumping ground for all boxes of things for yard sale, for attic, and for 'don't know where to put it' stuff.

The other project I'm working on is new covers for the dining room chairs.  Got the backs done - now for the seat covers.