Happy!

8-7-13

We. Kicked. Ass.

Over the course of two days, Ken and Andy gutted both bathrooms at Steve, installed a closet, installed 3 new doors and removed one of the kitchen cabinets at Steve in order to do electrical and put in the fridge.  Yesterday I spent the afternoon pealing wallpaper in the kitchen, removing the remaining shelf paper and handles, and then removed all of the panels in the family room. I am very sore today, but feeling rather satisfied.

I am happy that today brings an early bedtime since I really just want to be able to take advantage of my comfy bed for longer than I have been. LOL!

Steve now is prepped for the electrical work that starts today. Hopefully it isn’t too many ‘hiccups’ of issues. It sounds like as of right now, the thing that will put us over budget is the painting of the house due to some of the stucco damage. It was recommended to us that instead of a painter, we should hire a stucco guy since they can repair the damage and still paint the house as part of that. Hopefully it won’t be as bad as our one friend thinks, but he also is someone who is a general contractor, so he tends to know.

Today Andy goes home in the morning. When I get home in the afternoon we are heading out to Manhattan Beach for multiple errands. Ken has to create a lesson plan for tomorrow and Friday in which he and Aaron are going to Camario for FLL classes. During this time, the boys and I will hit up the Target there since we know they have the kitchen handles in stock and I need 3 more boxes.

I am looking forward to Saturday since I know the Wigwam hotel will be a lot of fun. I need to do some other research this morning to verify info on the area, but even if we do nothing but swim in the pool, I think it will be a good outing.

My next project at home is the living room. We will start dissecting it and have our temporary living room in the recently finished bedroom. This will allow me to pull down panels in there and then we can get the new ones up. I am excited to see what a difference this will make it how it looks. Nice clean white walls will be great for that room. Plus, pulling out the entry way will be cool to make it all uniform and matching.

In some ways I feel like we have done a ton. In other ways I see how much more we have to do. Even with all that lies ahead, though, I am happy to report that stress is no longer a factor. I just feel, well, Happy!