Another One done, Another Wild Dream

The Office

Finishing another room feels great. Well, mostly complete, I have a wild dream of a white desk chair in this room, similar to the one in this picture. That chair is what inspired this whole room. Maybe I'm crazy, but don't you think a white office chair would be the perfect finishing touch? However, sadly the white chair will stay in my wild dreams... unless something were to happen to the perfectly fine working black chair.

Until then, if that ever happens, my dream looks a little like this.....








Why do office chairs survive everything? Nothing else seems to last...

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The Little Things That Make Life So Big.

The Little things in Life? The little moments? They aren't little.


If we sat down to think about the precious little things in life_those that make our lives more vibrant, connected and inspired_we would find genuine, heartfelt moments that shape out lives and make us who we are, Little things like a job well done, someone being there for you, and honest compliment, taking time to play, and being a good person. The little things really are the cornerstone of a full life.


We can't take the little things for granted. They have built companies, friendships, and just about everything of value. No act of generosity, kindness or service is ever wasted, no matter how small. Everything matters. Everything we do helps or hurts, adds up or takes away. we need to count on each other for the little things that make life so big. In the end, it is not the days or the years that we remember, but the moments.


That was from a quote book I just purchased a few weeks ago called the little things. I am not one to want or collect quote books, but I really liked what this one says. I'm just grateful for all my little moments and the things people do for me.

I love my Poppies!

Spring and summer bring flowers. Since this is our first year in our new home, it is fun to see what will bloom. We have been discovering all sorts of flower surprises. I was very excited to see these beautiful Poppies.

Realiztion

I took a quick trip to Green Bay last week. I had such a great time. Kids can sure help you realize some habits you have. I realized I put my hands on my hips A LOT. My nephew did a great jod mimicking me. I tried to catch him on camera. He was super cute and and was being funny when doing it.

Can you even believe what this room was before?

Man cave? With a womens's touch...

= Family Room

Well, this room is on it's way to being a living room. A few more finishing touches, and we'll be there.

Also, Thank you Everyone for the donated pieces. It really helped for this room to come together. We only had the art work and the brown chair. I think this room would have looked quite different otherwise.

Progress

There is always something that can be done in a home. The projects are never ending, and time just keeps moving along. (whether we get the projects done or not).

Luckily we are still slowly getting things done. I guess when I say we, in most instances I mean Roger, my hard working husband. I have a wonderful husband that painted our office while I was out of town visiting his sister.

I really like how the color turned out. I think with a few more accent pieces in the room it will really come together. I'm on a search for the right blinds or curtain. I would really love to get a white desk chair. I already know what art work I would like to hang, I just need to find the right frames.

Below, I finally took some pictures of the curtains in the living room. The color of the curtains in the picture doesn't quite match the true color. So you'll just have to come over, so I can show them off to you. They are more green than the gold tint displayed when photographed. Thank you everyone for your help in picking them out! I love em.

Finally we had carpeting put in out Family Room, and what a transformation this room has undergone. With the littlest of fixes, this has become a room I could stay awhile in. We painted everything, doors, trims, walls, cabinets, ceiling, and put in New carpeting. I dream that contemporary furniture would find it's home in here, but instead it will house a game room. A Foosball table, and a large TV for gaming systems and a few chairs will fill the space. What fun we'll have.

Um...

So, I thought... if Chrissy, who has her hand in a cast can keep up with her blogging, then I better get over my writer's block and blog. I decided I would write about our little ground hog friend living in our back yard. Since I have yet to capture the little guy on camera, I turned to the internet for a picture.

What in the world? That was what I was thinking. By the way this is a wambat and this is what wikipedia says about wambats. Humans that accidently find themselves in a affray with a wambat may find it best to scale a tree until the animal calms and leaves.

Finishing Touches

We are hanging up pictures and putting finishing touches into our home.
It feels great to be unpacking and moving in.

There are still things to be done but we are on our way.

On to New Things

Well, the last few months have been long and stressful. Luckily, in the last month of it all we had a safe and peaceful haven to go home to. The Klumb's (Roger's parents) opened their home to us. When they first agreed to let us stay, they thought we would only be there for a few days...maybe a week. Well, a week turned into a few weeks (ok a month and a week), but we finally were able to move into our own, newly renovated, home.

To fill everyone in on the details... Back in August we put an offer and a home (it needed lots of work to be called a home but it had four good walls and a roof). Due to a special renovation loan that required extra attention and work, compared to your normal loan, it took a few months before we closed on the home. On Nov. 6 we became home owners, and the work began. The contractors went to work. A number of delays later, we were given a final move in date. So we rented out our apartment and packed up. Only to discover the home was not ready and we had no where to go. This is where, so generously, both our parents offered to let us stay with them. (with only a couple of days notice) So we moved in with the Klumbs.

I have to admit, it turned out to be a really nice thing. We were ten minutes from my parents and able to see them for dinner, church and whatever; like shopping and lunch with my mom. Plus we had a nice loving home to return to when everything else was so stressful. I was able to take the time to grow and improve myself. With lots of help and encouragement from my parents and Roger's, I finally made a few new years resolutions other than getting the home completed. I am more capable in many ways and a much better me. Definitely more organized, but that is still a work in progress. So I left with a tear and my eye, but a smile on my face becasue I knew good things were yet to come.

I can't thank Our parents enough for the help the offered.

(and ps.. if the Klumbs see someone in their kitchen eating pickled beets, don't worry it's just me stopping in for a snack. Who would have thought you just had to pickle a beet to get me to eat them.)

Paint Punked?

Have you seen that TV show Punked with Ashton Kutcher? In the show, people have outrageous things happen while they stand there, horrified at what is unfolding before their eye. Saturday I stood there waiting for Ashton Kutcher and his camera man to come around the corner and tell me I had been punked.

Roger and I went to purchase some paint. After stating our selections to what seemed like a friendly worker, the worker went off to fill our order. Roger noticed the worker grabbing the wrong paint. I politely stated to the worker that I was hoping for the other (cheaper) kind of paint in the same colors I had shown him. Out of nowhere, the man threw the paint cans on to the counter, swore, then proceeded to have a fit. Roger calmly told the guy to chill out, it wasn’t a big deal. (The paint had not even been mixed yet.)

In the midst of this worker’s tantrum came claims that what I asked for could not me done. I sheepishly answered that it could be, a worker at the same store had done it last week. Angrily he stormed off to grab the other paint, murmuring and cursing all the while. Roger had enough and went off to speak to the manager. The crazed employees female co-worker eventually stepped in and kindly offered to take over. The crazed worker continually refused any help from her and insisting he was ok, finished filling the order. (I wasn’t ok with him finishing the order!) The female coworker politely turned to me and said she thought her coworker’s blood sugar was low or something, but apologized. Roger returned and mentioned the manager would take care of it. As I looked up, the manager rushed off in the opposite direction. I started looking for Ashton. When he didn’t appear I looked to Roger who encouraged me to seek out the manager…again, becasue the guy was making rude comments about our paint order.

I spoke to the very nice lady behind the service desk, explaining that I did not want this man finishing my order. I also informed her that I too would like to talk to the manager. She called the manager up and then quickly came over to help us. The erratic co-worker still would not leave. (At this point I wondered why he wanted to still be helping us, he was obviously troubled by something.) The nice service lady then called the manager for the 3rd time. As the nice lady was talking to the manager the crazed employee continued to berate us. Roger and I decided enough was enough. Roger approached the nice lady to tell her we were just going to leave. However, as Roger began to speak to the nice lady, she kindly asked us to give her one minute. She informed the manager how far out of hand the situation had become and questioned if something could be done to ease our suffering. While I started moving paint supplies in an attempt to find the hidden cameras, our heroine turned to us and said that our entire order would be free.

As we turned to leave the store the nice lady meekly asked, “Please come again?” One bathroom, one master bedroom, and one family room (formally known as the garage room) will all be painted with free paint using a free roller and some free brushes. We were not punked, and I did not get to meet Ashton Kutcher. This time I will have to settle for free paint. Thanks to the friendly superstore employee, next time paint is needed…I might just come again.

From Cave to Living Room

We sure had our work cut out for us. Our living room has emerged from the Dark Cave it was (and is was a dark smelly one at that) to a very livable room. With a little bit more color and some furnishing, our living room will be quite something different from the first time we saw it. I think the pictures show it well.

(however still welcoming paint color options and living room furniture arrangements)

Kinda Movied In

All our stuff is moved in. Crammed into a corner of the basement and our family/game room, formally known as the garage room. (I'm trying to change the name of our "garage room".)

We finally found someone to take over our apartment lease. However, the timing wasn't quite right...but good enough. We are about a week short of our home renovation being complete. So we are at the mercy of family. (I am just hoping they like us enough to let us stay awhile...)

Even with the current temporary situation, what a great feeling! I'm relieved we were able to rent out our old place, and no longer have to worry about it. I can't wait to set everything up in our new home! The house is looking great and my stress level has dropped below critical levels!

From the Beginning

The best way explain the renovation is with pictures. SO Let's start from the beginning.


Kitchen Before..
Previous Living Room,

The previous Garage room conversion ( now known as the Family Room)

Old bathroom,

Living Room progress

more progress,

Thank goodness for primer. We can all see what a differnce a coat of paint can do!

That was five layers of kitchen flooring removed.


This is what was under the carpeting and after they started sanding the orangey color off the floor in the living room and bedrooms.

These pictures do not do the tile justice. But it gives you an idea.

This is the tile on the floor in our half bath. Seamless taverntine. This picture makes it look a little grey but it is a little more tan toned.

You can already see the progress.

Shopping

The list is Endless! Last night Roger and I went to Lowe's and Menard's. We purchased...

4 new locks. That right...Stay out strangers!!! Anytime you purchase a new home it is a great idea to purchase new locks for all your outside door. We are just lucky enough to have 4 outside doors. Who know who has keys to our house? We sure don't. (Currently we can only get in one door which should not be dead bolted, because we do not have the key. Don't believe me? You can ask our contractor's son who had to crawl in out basement window to get us back in the home.) As I was saying...We have four locks!!! You'd think we purchased a huge house or something. You'd be wrong, though. We still have four doors! And locks add up.

We got some lighting, a sink, door knobs, a mirror (still on the look out for a mirror for our main bathroom. Would like it to be framed, and at least about 45 inches wide and no longer than 54..any suggestions as to where to find one would be helpful)

Today we were back for faucets, toilet, shower head, vent for bathroom, vent hood for kitchen, dish disposal.

That isn't even the end of our list. It was just the end of the budget for one night. I see now why when most people renovate they do it one project at a time, one room at a time. The way I see it, our house is just one big room. Looks like we are doing it the right way.

Happy New Year!

That's right I changed my Merry Christmas Banner already. Things are looking up again on this blog. Maybe i'll get pictures of the remodel posted yet. :) But at least my banner will not be out dated for months.

But untill more picture and more posts, I'm enjoying the New Year with my most favorite compainion Roger!

Other than checking my email today I did not have to do Real estate. This might have been the only day all year that happened. I love working so much I never know when to stop. ( of course there was stuff I could have done, but it all can wait till tomorrow.)

I hope everyone had a great New Year!