Change Log for Monday, May 4, 2009

I installed wood flooring upstairs for a couple hours.  The inspector came by and signed off on our propane lines, so we are set to get our tank installed.  Once the ground dries out a bit (we’ve gotten something like 3.5″ of rain since Friday!) I’ll bury the propane lines and get rid of all the open trenches we have outside our side door.  The tile guys are still hard at work and should be done sometime early next week.  The showers are looking really good and we’re really pleased with their work.

Change Log for Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

Amber

• Learned how to install wood flooring
• Installed wood flooring

Matt

• Installed flooring, taught me how to install flooring
• Started building the trim for the light in the entry

Change Log for Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

Matt

• Worked on the wood flooring upstairs – this was fairly challenging because the long wall is not straight, making the first run of flooring rather complicated.

Amber

• Filled nail holes on the railing with wood putty
• Finally finished the plug in the utility room that needed drywall repair, more paint, and spacers
• Worked with Matt on the flooring so I could learn how to do it.  I may end up doing some of the flooring so Matt can do other things and so that work can proceed on that during the week as well.

Change Log for May 1, 2009

• My Mom stained Emma’s door
• Put a coat of finish on the two stained bedroom doors (and wow does that stuff stink!)
• Started sanding the railing in preparation for staining
• Our propane pipe installation passed inspection so I started filling in the trench outside (with a 10 month old in a backpack, thank you very much) but was stopped by the rain

And yes, it is now May and we’re STILL not living in our house…  *sigh*

Change Log for April 30, 2009

• Ordered the counter for the kids’ bathroom
• Bought some supplies for staining the doors
• Uhh…  obviously I can’t go this long without updating the site because I can’t remember if I did anything else.  I know I did some work in the garden, but as to the house?  Hmm.
• The propane company came and installed the propane pipe and risers
• My Mom stained the boys’ bedroom door and prepped Emma’s door.

Change Log for Wednesday, April 29th

• Met the propane guy and found out that there had been a miscommunication in the number of risers needed for our house.  He didn’t have the right amount of materials, so he’s going to come back on Friday morning.  Two steps forward, one step back…
• I did small things around the house today – installed the phone jacks, fixed some troublesome outlet covers, checked up on some materials and made some phone calls.  The morning was rather hectic and scattered, but at least I got a few things done.
• My mom is visiting and helped with the house and the kids today.  She also prepped one of the doors for staining.  

I also updated the move-in checklist this evening.  I think I crossed off more things than I added…

Change Log for Tuesday, April 28th

• The propane trench is dug and the area around the front of the house is graded.  Now we shouldn’t have any water pooling up against the house.  We went down and watched the tractor for awhile – Gregory in particular was quite excited.
• I picked up the backordered phone jacks and a few other miscellaneous items from the electrical place, got a quote for the bathroom counters, and bought a patch to fix the drywall around a plug in the utility room.

I probably should have gone to the house in the afternoon, but I opted to stay up here to wash bedding, sort kids’ clothes, and do some organizing and cleaning.  How is it that I can be very busy all afternoon doing necessary things and still feel somewhat guilty about it because I’m not working on the house?  I am so looking forward to actually living in our house!

Change log for Monday, April 27th

Amber

• Ran a burn pile for most of the day, trying to get rid of more construction debris.  Made the kids happy by bringing down hot dogs, marshmallows and potatoes to cook in/on the fire for lunch.  Emma did school on a makeshift desk by the burn pile – it is too bad I left the camera up at the other house today.
• Moved yet more wood – the scrap pile next to the house is almost gone! 
• Ordered the shower plumbing pieces for the master bath
• Called our cabinet guy to try and track down a replacement drawer front

The tile guys are starting work this week on the master bath and the downstairs bath.  We also have someone out with a tractor to do some grading and to trench for the propane line (Gregory is beyond thrilled) and the propane line will be installed on Wednesday.  The plumber is also coming this week, so it is a busy week for sub-contractors around here.  

Change log for Sunday, April 26th

Amber

• Helped Matt hang the door to the boys’ room
• Moved (yet even more) wood outside from the scrap pile outside the side door

Matt

• Installed shutoff valves to the water lines under the kitchen sink to test if cold water comes out of the hot line.  It does, which means the water lines got reversed somewhere along the way.  Thankfully though it was the plumber who did it so he’s going to come and fix it sometime this week.  Sometimes it is nice to be responsible for everything!
• Finished hanging the doors to Emma’s room and the boys’ room and installed the door hardware
• Did some picking up and organizing

Change log for Saturday, April 25th

Amber

• Moved (yet more) wood outside
• Worked with Matt to start hanging the door to Emma’s room
• Helped Matt with the railing

Matt

• Finished putting up the first section of railing (yay!)
• Started hanging the door to Emma’s room