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Chugging along, lots is happening

I'm a little delayed in updating but lots has been happening this week.  We told our contractors we had to give our apartment complex 45 day notice this past week and things have picked up since then.  The ceramic tile has been installed in the kitchen, the bathroom walls are up & base cabinets installed in the kitchen.  On Thursday night we got a call from the contractors asking if we had time to go pick out our kitchen sink that night and granite Saturday morning.  We said of course because we don't want to slow the process down.  So the sink and granite have both been chosen.  

We also had our second draw inspection this week.  We re-submitted our change orders with some additions.  Hopefully they go through without drama this time. 

Greg and I also worked on the girls room this week, we got it primed and painted over the course of a couple days.  We also pulled up the carpet and filled in the holes in the floor.  I can't wait for the girls to move in.    

Here are some of the pictures from our progress as the week went by:

 

 

 

Lots of action today

When we scheduled the foundation work we were told it would take three days.  So I scheduled PTO for Wednesday - Friday this week.  Since they finished the foundation work yesterday I debated going back into work today but decided to take N to the doctor to have her stitch removed instead and then head to the house to get some more work done.  Yesterday, I fixed the paint in the play room and pulled up the carpet (by myself!).  I figured today I could finish pulling up the tack strips and fill in the holes.  I spent a couple hours working on this and then got a little frustrated.  There are a lot of staples in front of the closet door.  I got about half of them out and decided it was time to work on something else.  I did get the tack strips up and the holes filled in, I just need to revisit the staples.  

After I went to lunch I stopped in at Lowe's and picked out paint samples for the girls room. I decided to go with Velvety Blush.  I started priming their room today and got two walls done.  After the frustration with covering the pink paint in the play room I decided it was worth the extra energy to just go ahead and prime up front.  Once I get the paint done this week I will go ahead and pull the carpet up in there as well. 

While I was doing this our contractors had lots going on.  The electrician was installing the air vent in the girls bathroom and updating some of the outlets.  The contractors were taking out a little more of the wall in the master bedroom and prepping for the ceramic tile installation in the kitchen.  The framer came and put down the plywood on the floor in the kitchen and framed the wall for behind the peninsula.  I also met the hardwood guy who will be refinishing the hardwoods in the living room & hallway. I've never been in the house while there was a lot of action, it was pretty interesting.  I probably made the contractors crazy but I said hi to everyone who came in and asked about what they were doing!  

As always here are some pictures:

 

The foundation is stabilized!!!

I've spent the last two days at the house while the foundation repair guys have been working. Today they wrapped it up a day early.  There are seventeen pilasters approximately every 3.5 feet and they are secured to the house.  I might paint the walls someday so that it doesn't look so intimidating with all the filled in cracks.  But, for now, this is how it looks: