The house has been coming along. It's been a long process. I'm currently working on taxes, which is proving to be a bear. But we will get tons of money back, so I guess it's worth it. Money that will go to purchasing a new refrigerator (hopefully) and a flat panel nice television. I'd imagine we will buy a new sound system too. The cabinets need to be bought for the office. And any of the kitchen cabinets that haven't been paid off by then will be paid off by this money.
Drywall is up, mudded, taped, and sanded. Next came painting, which was actually fairly entertaining, and easy enough I could do it. We used some premium paint in some rooms. A green suede look for the office. The columns are done in this gritty sparkly brown and blue paint. The rest of the rooms are fairly plain. One of the rooms is blue and will likely end up with chair rail (even though I'm not too excited about having chair rail in that room). The dining room is two toned, with chair rail being in the middle. The bathroom is purple, laundry room is blue. The rest of the house is a creamy color. It looked really light until we got the crown moulding up. With the crown up it looks much darker. The crown was much harder than I thought it would be and my husband is still putting the touch up coat on all of it. But at least we are through with the downstairs and upstair halls. We will eventually put it in the bedrooms, but not now. Too much else to do.
Our kitchen is starting to come together. So far we have our kitchen cabinets installed, our counters installed, the sink, cooktop and oven in. The dishwasher isn't installed yet and won't be installed until we get the floor in. The cooktop is induction, and fairly awesome. It can boil water in no time, which is really nice over the standard electric.
So still left to do, put down the tile in the front entry way, bathroom, and laundry room. Finish painting the crown moulding. Put in thebathroom vanity, and hook up all the plumbing in the downstairs bathroom. Put in wood flooring. Put in doors. Put in base molding. Do electric. Get inspection. Finish garage. Put in cabinets in office, and if need counters. Find furniture. Lots to do, not much time to do it in. grrrr….
And then my dear husband is wanting to move. I understand. I hate it here too. But I'm starting to really love my house. I just want to stay in it long enough to enjoy it a little. I'm exhausted and want to rest before I have to worry about moving. I'm overwhelmed. At work. At home. Everywhere. When finances straighten out a bit, I'm going back to counseling. This is just too much for me.
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