Day Thirty two

 This week has flown by and now it is Saturday-----WOW!  Mom and I leave for "the house" around 9am
but stop at Wal -Mart on the way.  There are only a few jobs for us to do today.  Most of what is left has to be done by Glenn and Lansen.  There are a few areas that will need paint at a later date but they are not ready yet.  I decide to finish painting the medicine cabinet and the floor molding.  Elena prepares the bedroom floors so Mom can put a third coat of polyurethane on.  After seeing the living room we decided a third coat was necessary.  Glenn painted the second coat on the ceiling in the upstairs bathroom.  Lansen and Elena measure the living room for floor molding then work together to cut it.  Glenn makes a trip to a rental store to get a special roller for installing the vinyl and a nail gun to make putting up the molding easier.  After we all leave Glenn works on the pluming for the bathtub. 

Lansen and Andres will start moving in tomorrow.  I feel like the home improvement shows the day before the family returns home.  There a several unfinished projects and tools and construction debris ever where.  The living room, bedrooms and dining area are finished except window blinds.  Tomorrow should be interesting.

Day Thirty one

I need a real job so I don't get tasked with being at "The House" by 8 am to meet the delivery man or set up man.  Today it was the FIOS Verizon man.  I love how they say you need to be available between 8am and 5pm.  You would think they could narrow it down just a little better.  He did arrive at 8:30 so getting there at 8 wasn't a total waste of time. 

I was up at 5:30 so I could clean at least one of our bathrooms and do a few loads of laundry before leaving at 7:00.  I haven't seen our Maid (that would be me) in several weeks and things are defiantly falling behind.   If we don't get the Fairfax house finished soon our house will need a total renovation. 

I finished the second coat of paint on the bathroom and cleaned the light fixture.  After looking over the medicine cabinet and still not being happy with how it looks I decided to paint it black and white.  The vinyl floor is black and white so it should look pretty nice when it is finished.  I also painted more floor molding.

Lansen was the only other worker today until Glenn got there after work.   They got the kitchen sink totally functioning.  Lansen attached most of the floor molding in Josh's room.  Glenn installed part of the shower wall in the upstairs bath.

The boys will start moving in tomorrow and Sunday since school starts on Monday.  I just wish we had another 2 or 3 weeks before they needed the house.  It will be a little harder to finish up once they move in.  Everyone is being a good sport and trying to stay positive.  Getting the internet and TV put a big smile on Lansen's face today.

First piece of furniture

Day Thirty

Front of house

Oh my, I can't remember what we did yesterday.  Glenn and I were there early, the mold man came to do a follow up inspection and it passed with flying colors.  Glenn stayed and put in a few hours before going to his real job.  He finished sanding the bathroom so I could get at least one coat of paint on the walls.  We need this finished before the sink and toilet can go back in place.   While he was sanding I put a second coat of paint on the hall closet. 

Bathroom with wall again

Floor molding and vent cover

Lansen and Mom arrived later in the morning.  Then Andres showed up early afternoon.  He and Lansen spent most of the day cutting the floor molding and placing it in the correct room.  They also put some cover plates on wall sockets and vents.   Mom sanded the living room floor and applied a second coat of polyurethane.  It has been very difficult to put the polyurethane on the living room floor.  You have to go through the room to get up stairs.  Some jobs require cutting things downstairs and hauling them upstairs.  The floor also has to dry a minimum of two hours.  Everyone had to take off their shoes and wipe off their feet to travel through the living room  to keep it clean before a coat of poly was applied. So after the second coat was good and dry we put sheets of plastic down so shoes could be worn.  There was great rejoicing!!!!!Glenn applied the third and final coat just before leaving for home.   What an ordeal but it is finished.  SIGH!!!!!! 

On the way home Mom and I stopped by Home Depot to pick out some vinyl floor for the bathroom.  We also got a new facet for the sink and some other odds and ends.   You will never guess who we saw there_____ well maybe you will_____ Glenn.  He had to stop by after his real job and before heading to "The House".

Day Twenty nine

Dishwasher

I was at "the house" by 8 am to except delivery of a new dishwasher.  There isn't one currently in "the house" but we decided it would be pretty important. 

Kitchen sink

I paint the trim in the dining area while I wait for Lansen, Mom and John to arrive.  Glenn had put in the sink fixtures last night and it looks great!  Our vision is becoming a reality. :) 

John painting

Andres and Lansen

Lansen starts by sanding the upstairs closet near the bathroom so it can be pained.  Then he works on changing some of the electrical sockets in the bedrooms.  John paints a second coat on the wood in the dining area then paints the upstairs closet.  Mom works on the living room floor.  I paint the kitchen walls then stain the medicine cabinet and put contact paper on the shelves in the upstairs bathroom.  When Andres arrives he works with Lansen to cut the baseboards for the bedrooms.  It is great to be working on the finishing touches in the bedrooms.

Lansen went looking for his tee shirt and discovered Mom had thought it was a rag and tore part of it off.  OOPS!

So that wasn't a rag!

Lansen wearing the tee shirt

Day Twenty eight

Dining area

So Tuesday was like Monday since we didn't work on Monday.  Mom and I show up at "the house" and she realizes she forgot her work shorts.  She wants to stain the living room floor so she can't wear her good clothes.  I usually wear a pair of shorts and a long tee shirt that looks a little like a dress since I am (under 5').  No big deal it's just us girls until Lansen comes in the afternoon.  I lend Mom my disgusting short shorts and decide I can just wear my underwear and  tee shirt until Lansen can bring me another pair of shorts.  All was good until Andres shows up to work unexpectedly.  We both do our best to pretend we always dress like this, and continue going about our jobs.  This worked fine until Lansen arrived with my shorts.  We totally lost it laughing hysterically. 

Lansen worked on attaching the garbage disposal and sink into the new counter top.  Andres painted the brown paneling white in the dining area.  I painted the second coat in the dining area.  Mom got the floors stained.  And Glenn worked on drywall and some electrical stuff. 

Lansen working under the sink

Glenn has spread the word they can move in this weekend.  It won't be a full move in but pretty close.

Day twenty seven

It is nice to know the Blog is missed when I don't get it posted.  I wish it meant that "the house" is finished but not so.  I did take Monday off due to appointments and other obligations, it was NOT REST. :(:(   There is a funny story to tell though.  Monday is trash day at "the house" and they take everything so it is nice to put out old doors, lumber and remember the 15 bags of sand.  Whatever is put out magically disappears by Monday evening.  So Glenn sent me a text saying the trash people didn't take the kitchen sink.  "Maybe it is so they can claim to take everything but the kitchen sink." 

The sink no one wants imagine that

Day twenty-six

John painting

Living room

Elena taping in the kitchen

The Pastor spoke on Rest today and how we need a day to recharge.  I say "amen" but that will have to wait,  We have kids starting school in 8 days and "the house" isn't ready yet.  :(  So after feeding our soul and tummy's we head to Fairfax and get to work.

I think some people are taking pitty on me and decided to help with the painting.  Maybe it's my slow progress or due to how much paint I am wearing.  John and I finish a second coat in the living room and finished the white wood trim.  Then we move to the kitchen, Elena had already cleaned the walls and taped it.  She also painted the Harry Potter closet.  It really went a lot faster with the helpers. 

Mom putting up contact paper

Mom did several support jobs, reloading paint rollers, cleaning paint rollers, bringing drinks to the crew and cleaning in the kitchen to get ready for the counter tops.  After seeing the back wall inside of the cabinets she decided to put some contact paper up.

Glenn bounced between the upstairs bathroom, kitchen cabinet area  and supervising the work crew.  Lansen worked on cutting a slot for the new sink in the counter top.   After fitting the sink in he celebrated by being the first to put a dirty cup (Starbucks of course) into the sink.

See the sparks?

Measuring before cutting for sink

First dirty cup in the sink!

Josh and Danielle showed up as everyone was finishing for the day.  Glenn was happy to stay around and put them to work for a few hours.

I have too many pictures to fit in my blog so when our project is finished I will do an online album.  Here are a few from today. 

Josh ready to work

Day twenty-five

Was Saturday only yesterday?  These long work days are running together and my brain is turning to mush.  I even admit to wearing my grumpy pants to work and throwing a pity party.  We are all getting tired and a little on edge.  Nothing a mani and pedi won't cure.  SMILE

Glenn started out at Home Depot to purchase the kitchen counter tops, sink and a dishwasher.  I started out mowing our yard, doing several loads of laundry and answering several text looking for my input.  It probably would have been easier if I had gone with him but he did a great job on his own. 

Sawing floor tiles!  WHY????

Lansen, Elena and Glenn had several projects underway by the time my work team arrived.  Lansen was working on the wall/closet upstairs.  Remember the one he framed a few days ago, now it has drywall.  Glenn was doing more work on the bathroom floor.  Elena sanded Joshua's bedroom floor and moped it so Mom could apply the last coat of polyurethane. 

New wall.

Cutting drywall

John and I painted the living room.  Elena helped by taping and doing some trim.  Mom did some yard work by trimming bushes and getting rid of weeds.  Glenn did some mowing since the grass is very long. 

It is pretty easy to follow our progress by how many rooms have tools in them.  In the beginning the living room was Command Central with branches in the upstairs hall, kitchen and family room.  Now there is a little pile in the upstairs bathroom and closet, a few things in the kitchen and the family room is Command Central.

Thank you Elena for taking some pictures today.