Fireplace

This is for you Ann Marie. In 2 hours, it was all gone! Totally, not one piece of lava rock remained after hammering away. (there was another video, but it was longer and took far too long to load) We had already worked out that day and then in a few hours we went to a graduate student Homecoming function at Elmhurst. I wonder who won the first door prize for 50 bucks?

Tub time!

Yep, the tub has been added where the cast iron was pulled. There is alittle frame now and some piping for the faucets in the guest bathroom. I also found a cool mirrored cabinet I would like to put inthe odd, unusual space between the tub and the wall. Still to be determined! But underway!

Recent additions

The water lines have been finished for the heated flooring upstairs and down. Apparently each "zone" of the house will have it's own controls for the heating and coolong. Now that is definitely an upgrade from the old system in place!
The windows are a nice touch. To see them seal up the house and to look through them from the inside makes it feel like a house again, not just some wooden shell. The electric is on the way with switches, plugs, and can lighting. I can't wait to cook and actually be able to see my food without a giant shadow over top the counter.Other than that, not much new. Will look forward to some siding later this week? Or did I say that last week? humm. Well, it is Columbus day and I better use it wisely. Lots of laundry and a paper to write for my last class. Oh, how I can't wait for the YOA (Year of Alicia) coming up!

Guilt

How could I not miss the little guy? I mean really, I am on my computer looking at his fuzzy face in a file folder that has just about consumed every drop of memory of my laptop! So that noone forgets our little man, let these pics help restore his almost 4 year old self in your memory!

Living, again...

Just to update, Mike and I are living in what is hopefully our last place before getting back in our house. We have been graciously given a furnished home of a friend who has relocated for work. I try to tell myself that we are doing him a favor by "housesitting" even though I know it is really the other way around. I must say, I enjoyed going to the grocery store on Sunday and filling up a cart with the bare bones basics I haven't had for a while. I might even unpack my spices, oils, and things that I can use over the next month or 2. It is so quiet without Atlas and I am sorry to say that i miss the peace and quiet and am glad to have it back. I guess that will all come to a screaching halt at thanksgiving if we go get him and possibly move back in 1037 which won't be called big blue anymore!

Bye for now.

Kitchen

Here is the plan for the kitchen. We ordered the cabinets yesterday, I think. Anytime someone else, one of the Mike's, "takes care" of something, I am really not too sure exactly what happened. Anyway, this is the west side of the house, the long wall in the kitchen. To the right dog leg will be the dishwasher and sink. There will also be an island with vege sink (I like the term flamenco sink better) with the position to be determined. My mike made a placement call that didn't clear me and it was totally in the wrong spot-hopefully, mike the contractor will make it all better for me. I wish we could speed up time to get this all done in a jiffy!

Blog blah blah

Not doing so well today. Mike and I must transition to a new location for a few days while Stacy's relatives are in town. We packed up my car and I officially look homeless. Over the past 3 (or was it 4) weeks, I have accumulated alot of stuff in my temporary housing that is now all squeezed into my car. Also, I apparently lost a mascara and eyeliner at the gym yesterday as a result of my first conversation with someone I had met in a few random places before while getting ready for school in the locker room. Unfortunately for me, today happens to be parent visitation day at school so I hope I can find my master make-up kit in the car to get my face ready! Tonight is Thursday class, so I will have to scramble when I get to Jefferson (the street behind ours) at 9pm. Mike is getting settled first with a gift of cold ones for the fancy vending machine in the basement--nothing like a beer for only 10 cents!