Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Hi to all!

John and I thought we would catch up to the times and finally start a blog! Been think about it for a while, so here it goes...

Over the past few months John and I have been working outdoors and in the garage trying to get things settled for the upcoming winter. We have a new foundation in our garage, a new garage floor, the walls are all insulated/plywooded, and the electrical is complete. There are more outlets and lighting fixtures out there than I have in the entire first floor of the house! Well John always said 'you should do it right the first time', with a little help from my brothers Jay and Matt (thanks!) we can now call the project "done". Now if we could only get all the tools out of my house we could call it a job "well done'.

The next project is our drive way. For anyone who doesn't remember our driveway was a mixture of crushed asphalt and crabgrass (no joke), and boy was it tough to snowblow! We spent an entire week literally shoveling up our driveway into recycling bins and taking it to Boro (thanks Uncle Arthur!) I have spent today (my day off, lol) cutting back grass along the sides in anticipation of starting the forms. Hopefully in the next 2 weeks we can get a concrete truck in here and get this thing poured!

Finally, our rainy day project (we always have 10 things going on, the key is actually finishing them!). We recently purchased a new set of living room furniture which should be delivered in 3-4 weeks. John is so excited for the motorized recliners, I am excited to have couches where the cushions actually stay in the couch. As for the rainy day project, we are currently putting up trim, filling and painting it in the living room. We hope to finish before the couches arrive. In August we finally put in a new front door with a beautiful oval glass window, I still fall in love with it every time I walk by. My first floor is finally starting to look fantastic!

Besides being busy at work in Rhody and John working long days at his shop nothing else is really going on out side the home. We spend the evenings with our three cats, aka 'the boys', dreaming about the day we have extra money and can spend it on something besides our home!

Love to all,
Melissa and John