Project Holiday Remodel

So things are progressing nicely. All of the new electrical was completed and roughed in by Friday - 7 new circuits to the kitchen replacing good old knob and tube. Saturday was all about drywall - ceiling and walls are done along with the first coat of tape and mud. Progress... today - second coat, Friday - third coat. Weekend I'll tile the floor and put in the high hats. Then we wait for the cabinets to arrive.... tic toc tic toc....

I know.. pictures...

Yet Again...

Yet agin, the Birds let me down.

Yet again, Fat Andy decides to change the gameplan and not do what works (15 rushing plays? thats all???)

Yet again, McNabb can't come through in the clutch.

Yet again, a pending game against Dallas that could have had great meaning, will most likely mean nothing.

I hope the pending QB controversey takes place in April, and not August.

WTF Was I thinking...

A Kitchen renovation is huge.. I know. But what I should have known, after being through this before, was that doing a reovation on any room in a 90 year old house is going to get messy. You're also going to find things from previous "projects" including questionable wiring, random brick walls, random old doorways, and of course, a dead critter or two. Good times.

Needless to say that Friday and Saturday were spent not only doing demo, but doing a lot of cleaning up every few hours. The final result is a nice starting point, and a jam packed dumpster. The second dumpster arrives Friday and the demo of the lanudry/bathroom begins - should be much easier and quicker. Then we get to put it all back together again!

Onward

So today I return... I return a man on a mission - several missions actually. First and foremost is to maneuver through this rediculous job market and find a new home. It's moving along nicely with some potential hits. This is the time of year where business find ways to squeeze money out of their customers for the year end numbers - I understand. See you guys in January I guess.

Secondly, we decided to pull the trigger on a major renovation - the kitchen. Or, should I say our "very Brady kitchen" from the late 60's. Actually, it's the kitchen and the laundryroom/bathroom on the first floor. Why did we decide to start this right before the holidays? What not!? Yes, I'm doing it myself as well. The goal is to get it done by the third week of Feb...

The 20 yd dumpster arrives this afternoon and hammers start swinging first thing tomorrow morning. I'll post some before and after pictures.... maybe... if I get around to it.


Hope all is well with everyone. I should really post more often....