Archive for August, 2007
Posted by olivia on August 28, 2007 at at 5:47 pm
The last few days have been action packed! (har har) David’s family drove down on Saturday morning to help us move and took three loads of stuff from our apartment to the house. Ever since then David and I have been unpacking, organizing and cleaning almost non-stop. It’s amazing how much there is to do and how long it takes! But every day we see major improvements. We now have clothes in a dresser and silverware in a drawer, so that feels like progress. Here are some picture of before, during and after. Can’t wait until all the boxes are gone!!
Posted by olivia on August 20, 2007 at at 3:30 pm
This weekend we had two big work crews helping us with the house. Saturday we had my mom, aunt, uncle & cousins (the Kauffmanns), my uncle Mark and Eric Kennel. Sunday we had my mom and the Dean & Nancy Brubaker family. We got a ton of work done and the house is finally starting to look homey. We’re hoping to have all of the painting (except the trim) done before we move in on Saturday. Oh yeah, and the floors are done, although I don’t have many good pictures of those – I’ll add some next weekend! Take a look at our progress.
Posted by olivia on August 13, 2007 at at 7:13 pm
My mom arrived on Friday and helped us with the house this weekend! We did lots of unglamorous things like buying paint, spackeling, sanding, and more wallpaper removal. It was great to have her help. Right now the house looks like a blank canvas ready for color. Many of the walls are completely bare and some of the ceilngs are also bare since the popcorn ceilings were taken out. This Saturday and Sunday will be the last big hurrah before we move in – we’re hoping to get most of the walls painted! It’s an ambitious goal, so we might have to prioritize. But we’re going to have lots of helpers, including my mom who is staying through next Sunday. A few pictures here.
Posted by olivia on August 8, 2007 at at 9:18 pm
Monday night we went over to the new home of my aunt, uncle and cousins: Heiki-Lara, Mark, James & Conrad Nyce. They now live in Telford, PA which is much more convenient for visiting than their previous home in Seattle, WA. We got to see their house, plus it was Heiki’s 40th birthday! My cousin Dara recently had another baby, Eden, who we saw for the first time, and her other kids Elleigh and Jonas are growing like crazy. It was fun to see lots extended family. Here for pictures.
Posted by olivia on August 5, 2007 at at 8:28 pm
We had our first official work day on Saturday and got tons accomplished with the help of David’s family (Nancy, Dean, Nathan & Jasmine – Daniel is in CA). With their help we got all of the staples and tack boards pulled out of the floors, the paneling off of three major areas, and the wallpaper off of two major areas. The picture above is representative of the day, and was not posed. Here for more pictures & details…
