Friday, January 30, 2009
Girls and Curls!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Family
I love this picture! How blessed I am to have 3 beautiful, happy, healthy children and a loving husband who is a great father!
Fall!
We really enjoyed this fall. The weather was beautiful and we spent a lot of time outdoors, playing in the yard or the park down the street, or going on walks together in the evenings. The kids loved to play in the leaves when we raked them up. Their joy makes you feel like a kid again!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Remodeling Completed--Almost!
Everyone has been asking for before and after pictures, so I have finally posted some. We started out thinking new flooring and paint, then added new lighting, countertops, vanity tops, faucets, well you get the picture. It is finally done--though some would say it will never be "done".
We thought that we were going to wait to do the outside next year, but we had a couple crazy hail storms, so have had to replace the roof, and scrape, prime and paint the trim and touch up some of the siding.
Yes, we had lakes in the front and back yards. And, we got to remodel the basement twice because some of the water got in through the window wells, only a month after new carpet and wood laminate floors were installed in the basement. Needless to say, digging out, caulking, rocking, improving the slope away from them, and covering the window wells became our next project.
We are still working on the landscaping. We have cleared out some old trees and cedar bushes and done some pruning on the others. Last week I finished clearing out some rock by the front step that I will plant some bushes and flowers in. I dug out some tree roots that were sticking up in the lawn and reseeded some bare spots (can you see the baby grass!) and now I am working on this terrible spot.
I'm hoping to remove the rocks and take out the tree roots (hoping it won't kill the trees--does anyone know how big of roots you can remove without doing damage?), re-dig the railroad ties for the edge on the right side against our neighbors white rocks, then take out the ones on the left side and just continue the lawn on over. That should take me a while!
We thought that we were going to wait to do the outside next year, but we had a couple crazy hail storms, so have had to replace the roof, and scrape, prime and paint the trim and touch up some of the siding.
Yes, we had lakes in the front and back yards. And, we got to remodel the basement twice because some of the water got in through the window wells, only a month after new carpet and wood laminate floors were installed in the basement. Needless to say, digging out, caulking, rocking, improving the slope away from them, and covering the window wells became our next project.
We are still working on the landscaping. We have cleared out some old trees and cedar bushes and done some pruning on the others. Last week I finished clearing out some rock by the front step that I will plant some bushes and flowers in. I dug out some tree roots that were sticking up in the lawn and reseeded some bare spots (can you see the baby grass!) and now I am working on this terrible spot.
I'm hoping to remove the rocks and take out the tree roots (hoping it won't kill the trees--does anyone know how big of roots you can remove without doing damage?), re-dig the railroad ties for the edge on the right side against our neighbors white rocks, then take out the ones on the left side and just continue the lawn on over. That should take me a while!
Downstairs Bathroom
The downstairs bathroom was quite in style in its time. It also suffered from water damage from the Masterbathroom above it which had to be gutted.
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