Last Room Standing

We were busy beavers today, filled with new energy now that we can see the finish line to our home improvements.

As usual, I had my 6 hours of work to get through. While I was gone, Harry worked on the finishing touches in the bathroom. He caulked along the edges of the tub, the sink, and primed the shelves for the bathroom closet. He also took the rest of the painters tape off in the bathroom, and cleaned the trim in the office. No pictures of Harry’s work as those were all the kinds of jobs that add the needed finishing touches, but aren’t really able to be viewed in a photo.

Once I got home, I got busy finishing up the taping in the office, and then we headed to Home Depot for what we hope could be one of our last gallons of paint.

The last room to be painted…

 

 

 

 

 

It was still wet when I took these pictures, so it will lighten up somewhat as it dries. We hope to be able to finish this room tomorrow.

In case anyone is missing hearing about this, here are a couple photos from this day last year….

No word yet from the repair place on the fiver. We are hoping to hear early next week, but are somewhat relaxed about the timing since it is only the middle of February. Even so, I am sure Harry will be calling if we don’t hear something soon.

A Short Trip

Today we took a short trip – to the service place. It’s hard to believe, but it has been over three months since we were last out of our driveway with the fiver. And we were going to the same place!

I took one last picture of our full driveway as we were getting ready to head out.

 

 

We have no snow still, and the temps were in the low 40s, but it was a gray day with a cold wind. Brrrr…

 

 

We had an uneventful trip, but it all felt new again, and we had to get used to the feel of being out on the road and towing! Both Harry and I will be happy when we have a number of trips under our belt. Since we came back from TN last June, we have only been out of our driveway three times!

It seemed so strange to drive out and leave ‘er behind.

But we are both glad that we are getting this work done long before the spring season gets here.

 

 

Our driveway looks so empty, through the dusty windshield.

 

 

 

 

One great thing for today – Harry brought out the hitch cover we got at Christmas. Our hitch has been in the garage all this time, but now we can leave it right on the truck.

It fits perfectly!

 

 

 

 

 

We should hear something tomorrow or the next day from the service guy. And hopefully soon we will be heading back to bring ‘er home.

Productivity Part II

We continued our productive weekend with another great day today. Outside was a little chilly, but in here, we were busy getting stuff accomplished!

Since yesterday I have listed and gotten rid of…a desk chair, a portable crib and all its contents, 2 cordless blinds, and a portable stereo system.

Going, going….GONE!!!

I also worked in the office some more. I cleared off this entire shelving unit. Both of these shelves were covered this morning. Now, not only are they empty, they aren’t hanging on the wall! I have these shelves listed on freecycle. Hopefully I will get a taker soon.

 

Here is the office after my day of sorting. Those boxes under the window aren’t filled. One is a keeper box and one is a box that will be going into storage. There isn’t too much in here that we will be keeping.

This room is almost ready for painting.

While I was sorting and pitching, Harry was working in the downstairs bathroom.

He started out by applying the second coat of paint to the areas he had touched up, and the closet.

This closet is not easily painted. But it looks great with the fresh coat!

Harry had to be a contortionist today when he was installing the new faucet set in the vanity.

 

 

 

 

 

And the finished product!!

 

 

So this was a great weekend in terms of getting stuff done. Unfortunately, tomorrow is Monday and we have to go back to… … sigh…

Progress!

We made great progress today! I came home from work determined to break the pattern of being overwhelmed by the amount of stuff before I even got started!

Harry had been working on the downstairs bathroom before I got home. He sanded down the areas that he had spackled, primed them, and was in the process of painting them when I arrived home. He has also done the first coat of paint in the closet.

When I got home, I went upstairs to the guest bedroom and took pictures of two items that have been hanging around in that room for months – a portable crib and a desk chair. We had the portable crib when Schaun was little, but he outgrew it quite a while ago. The desk chair has just been taking up space, as the desk it used to be used with has been out of that room for several months. I posted them on freecycle around 3 pm and they are both GONE already!! What a great feeling. I have since posted another listing of a couple cordless blinds – hopefully they will go soon as well.

After I got those listed on freecycle, I moved into the office. I started putting in one box those things that we want to keep, and more items in a larger box that we can use for staging the house when we are ready to list it. I took some pictures out of old frames and threw the frames away. I also pitched a basketful of miscellaneous items and threw a bunch of old magazines, phone books and other types of paper products in the recycling bin. It felt so good to look at the room and actually see a difference when I was finished for the afternoon!

Tomorrow I hope to keep up my productive ways!

Friday Again

Thanks for the birthday wishes for Harry. He took it easy on Wed. and is feeling much better now. It was a persistent bug. Now I’m just hoping I don’t get it!

We didn’t get too much accomplished this week other than planning type stuff. We’ve been checking items off our list, but I feel like we’re moving at a snail’s pace.

On one of the warm days we had recently, we went outside and opened up the slides. Everything looks good inside – no signs of little visitors. So all of Harry’s prep back in the fall has paid off. Harry did notice one small problem. When I opened the off door slide, Harry happened to be over in the living room area, and noticed that the top of the slide isn’t going firm against the seal when the slide is open. It’s tight at the bottom, but at the top there is a gap of about an inch. We are guessing it’s been that way right along and we just didn’t notice. So Harry called the guy at Heartland, and we are going to take it over to Diedrich’s, the place about 15 minutes from here where we took the rig after the tree fell on it in October. They are going to take a look and call Heartland with an estimate. From what I understand, it is an easy fix and just requires a slide adjustment. I’m glad we found it now though. It gives us time to get it taken care of long before our planned trips, which start in May.

This weekend I hope we finally will get our bathroom put back together. It will be nice to have all of those pieces out of the office and back where they belong. The next item on the list is to start prepping the office for a paint job. It is the LAST room that we need to paint!

We have a fast cold snap coming through on Sunday and Monday. Then the temps look to be rebounding back into the 40s. If the weather forecast is to be believed, we are going to make it to at least the 19th of February without any major snow. It sure has been an interesting winter…can it last right through March?

One Year!

Today is the day that we are exactly one year from that magic day that Harry becomes eligible for retirement! Otherwise known as Harry’s 54th birthday! We had planned to go out to dinner tonight for our celebration, but unfortunately Harry has been fighting a cold/sore throat/cough for the past week and is still not feeling that great. So we may be laying low, and celebrating on the weekend instead.

Of course, I had a great weekend!

Super Bowl Champs!!!

I had a great, although sometimes nerve wracking, time watching the game Sunday night.

Of course, then on Monday, I had to trudge off bright and early to work to join all the other sleep deprived people for a fun 9 hours. After two subsequent early nights to bed, I am now feeling back to normal! I am one of those people who needs a solid night’s sleep to function well.

We had a great productive weekend. Harry did an awesome job on the bathroom floor! We just need to touch up some areas with paint, especially painting the closet. Then we can put this room back together.

Ariel did a good job overseeing the project.

 

 

 

Our weather has been staying the course. At the moment, we have had the least snowiest winter by two tenths of an inch, with 13.6 inches so far this year. But our weatherman assures us that there is plenty of time left in the winter snow season, with most of Feb. and March still ahead. I’m pulling for a record!

Housework

We spent some time today working on both our places – former/present and future. While I was at work this morning, Harry got started on the bathroom floor.

It’s looking good! The floor should be done tomorrow. We have a few places that we have to touch up with paint and then the vanity and mirror can be replaced.

We also went to Home Depot and picked up a couple items. Mostly stuff for the bathroom, but we did buy a new closet shelf for the downstairs guest room. And I couldn’t resist the temptation to look at storage options for the rv.

 

I bought some fabric baskets. I love the way they look. I am going to get a couple of those wire shelves to put underneath the baskets to add a little more storage to this area.

 

 

 

 

I put the other two baskets in the bottom section in the desk area up by the tv. Neither Harry nor I will ever use this for a desk. Now it has become a useful space.

 

 

I can’t wait until the weather really warms up so we can start organizing. We have decided that we are going to live in the rv once we put the house up for sale, so we have seven more months to get settled in. Fun, fun, fun!!!