Update to mission

Target has been acquired. Project Living Room mission accepted and completed today, 10/26. Will await further instructions for next section of project Fix-Up, case 1007SLD. Will submit photo documentation.

Additional details: Made further failed attempt on sink, requesting back-up in 1600 hours. Took down remnant of old medicine cabinet. Dealt with unsavory characters: old paintbrushes and dirty dishes. Swept front porch in effort to maintain 'clean appearance'.

Picked up the pieces that left behind, I woke up today feeling older and ever so much better...

Bought and picked up the vanity. Brought home the topper/sink and the medicine cabinet. The vanity itself is at my old neighbors and he is going to bring it when he comes to fix the sink tomorrow.

Got my insulation quote- $275, thats better than I thought it would be, plus I am going to get a $100 coupon for insulation from my electric company. That would be awesome if the price came out to $175.

Engineer was supposed to get my paperwork done and to me (and the contractor) Friday. So I called the contractor yesterday and the engineer said he would have it by end of day. I guess I will call today and find out. The contractor said it would be maybe a week to get the permit, and then I could start work.

and the kitchen sink...

Picked up the piece I needed from Lowes last night and added it to the sink pipes... Still leaking.

Had to go back to Lowes today to pick up more moisture barrier. I also asked about the leaky sink, Maybe I can fix it.

The insulation guy came today to give me an estimate. He will call this afternoon with the numbers.

I am looking at buying a vanity/sink and matching medicine cabinet.

la boudoir

6 piece bedroom set- 2 tall chests, 2 nightstands, mirror and long dresser









They also threw in a headboard (I use that term loosely) All for $200 and delivered and brought it into the house for me! They were super nice.




Also scheduled an energy audit that will give me a $100 on my insulation I need to have put in, but its 4 weeks away =/





EDIT: Filed for my homestead- it took less than 60 seconds in the building- awesome! Put some clothes in my new dressers.
Added 4 rows to the living room flooring and moved the couch onto the laminate.
Going to get the 'plumber' now to fix my sink!

living

Finally sawed through those dang doorframes

done some flooring ^_^

Mario and Luigi got nothing on me

Spent 45 minutes or so yesterday cutting 1 door jamb.

My kitchen sink has started clogging up and now leaking below the cabinet. Joy.

Need to get a plumber in here Tuesday.

Unclogged the toilet using vinegar and baking soda. Big plus because I've been thinking I would have to call a plumber. Flushed some septic tank treatment down the toilet. Roger says this will prevent lots of problems in the future.

Bleached the showers and the floor in the second bath.
Hung the shower curtain.

Got my title in the mail! I need to take it down to to get my Homestead exemption. Maybe Tuesday? I've been thinking about my taxes lately since I have that tax rebate on my AC. I have to file it with 2010 taxes, not immediately like I did with my First Time Homeowners Tax Credit.

My roommate is going to come look at the house and maybe move in soon, yay!

The engineer is here. He was supposed to come Tuesday but never called or anything. Then we scheduled for this morning around 8am so I could go to Crossfit and he did not bother calling or coming by until I called him at 10am. Now, no Crossfit but at least the work is getting done.

I shaved down those pieces in the living room. We are either close of there, I'm not sure because it is impossible to put a piece in from both sides and I already have 6 rows laid which I am not going to take up. This was the worst idea ever (*cough* Gayle *cough) because I have spent hours and hours trying to recut these boards and trying to get them to fit. There is no way to tell if they will actually fit until we get to the end of the room and they don't fit, which if that happens I will probably be yelling.

Edit: The engineer just finished. It is good news: he said I need

3 outlets put in (they have to be every 12 feet)
insulate the attic
add a 12 inch piece of concrete on the bottom on the outside

All this won't take very long or cost very much (not sure about the insulation).

working up an appetite

put together the living room to find out that i am at least 2cm off and need to chop that off the first row

i dream of flooring

8 new pictures

-tore out the vanity
-finished flooring in my room
-made 2 trips to home depot/lowes, trips to walmart/publix/ace/bed bath and beyond/target
-cooked 2 lbs of bacon
-put my bed together
-bought new baseboard for my bedroom/installed and painted
-had a plumber snake the drain
-laid moisture barrier in the hall
-started with flooring in the living room
-put up the curtains in the 2 bedrooms
-sanded my bathroom
-painted 5000 yards of white baseboard
-changed out some of the light switches/plug outlets/face plates to be white
-worked 16 hours Saturday (6 people)

On a sad note, my roommate decided to move back in with family so he left Saturday also.

I had Reynold get in contact with the septic guy. He is so effective (and funny).

clips: ' I had a client call me and state maybe your not in business anymore?? PS= I hope everything is OK, I'd feel just awful if there's been a family emergency or something like that. I wish everything is going well with you and yours!! '

So I think I will be hearing from him soon. He is supposed to owe me $100 from work that didn't need to be done and I'm hoping he can give me back the money for the snake I had to get done.

my first roommate moved in!

still no word from the septic guy >=(

still no real progress on the garage- need to fax the survey tomorrow