Now, the last bottle of wine is the "First Married Fight" and we haven't even come close to opening. Did I jinx myself?
Anna-Kate Turns NINE!
1 week ago
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
House Celebration
For our wedding shower (way back when) we received a very sentimental gift that really lasts for a few years. In our case, 3 1/2 years. Our friends Sarah and Jessie put together a basket of wines each labeled with a special occasion including Wedding Night, First New Year, First Married Fight (we still have this one!), New Baby, and New House. We finally have opened the second to last bottle of wine and really the one we worked the hardest for. We drank each sip reflecting on the past four weeks of choosing paint colors, sanding every corner, painting, fixing a hole in the wall, ripping up carpet, sanding and polying hard wood floors, hanging closet organizers, moving boxes, hauling loads of trash and recyclables to the dump, etc. Yes, it was all worth it.....and this Cabernet tasted good.
Now, the last bottle of wine is the "First Married Fight" and we haven't even come close to opening. Did I jinx myself?
Now, the last bottle of wine is the "First Married Fight" and we haven't even come close to opening. Did I jinx myself?
Monday, November 22, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Happy 1st Birthday, Abby!
One year old. What happens in one year? A lot. This past year has been one amazing journey with so many significant changes. As of this moment, my darling little Abby is sound asleep with her butt in the air and my husband is snoring beside me. I grew to love both of them more than my heart can sometimes handle. The overwhelming emotion of thinking of where we have been and where we are going is so strong, it brings tears to my eyes.
As I reflect on yesterday, the most fun birthday party ever, I realized we are right where we are suppose to be. Home. Abby celebrated her first birthday as she should - with all her family and friends. A few key players were missing mostly because of distance, but with 60+ attendees we did it up in style. The food was tasty, the company fantastic, and the mound of brightly colored presents was astonishing. Abby was a rockstar the whole day, taking in the hugs, kisses, the "happy birthday's", eating the cake, and opening the gifts all in stride.
I took one picture on my camera the whole day. Luckily I know cameras were out and pictures were taken - I just need to hunt them down.
And wouldn't you know, the most important picture was never taken. Which one is that? Well, you know the one with the teddy and bright green chair? We'll get to that one tomorrow. For now, here are a couple taken by my friend Nicole.
Happy Birthday, Sweet Abby Jean!
As I reflect on yesterday, the most fun birthday party ever, I realized we are right where we are suppose to be. Home. Abby celebrated her first birthday as she should - with all her family and friends. A few key players were missing mostly because of distance, but with 60+ attendees we did it up in style. The food was tasty, the company fantastic, and the mound of brightly colored presents was astonishing. Abby was a rockstar the whole day, taking in the hugs, kisses, the "happy birthday's", eating the cake, and opening the gifts all in stride.
I took one picture on my camera the whole day. Luckily I know cameras were out and pictures were taken - I just need to hunt them down.
And wouldn't you know, the most important picture was never taken. Which one is that? Well, you know the one with the teddy and bright green chair? We'll get to that one tomorrow. For now, here are a couple taken by my friend Nicole.
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| This many presents should be illegal. |
Happy Birthday, Sweet Abby Jean!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Timing is everything
Well, we're finally in the house. After almost three wweeks of a lot of sweat, and a little blood and tears we're home. I asked Tim last night if it felt like home yet and we both agreed that it was. While we are very grateful for my parent's hospitality, we are so happy to be filling our home with love and memories of our own.
The last 2 months have been a whirlwind and thankfully timing has been on our side. I'm probably jinxing myself when I say this, but life has been moving like a well oiled machine. Rarely any kinks and generally no stopping. We've worked hard to stick with timeline and we'll be celebrating Abby's birthday with very few boxes on the floor. Like I said, I hope I didn't jinx myself. :-)
The last 2 months have been a whirlwind and thankfully timing has been on our side. I'm probably jinxing myself when I say this, but life has been moving like a well oiled machine. Rarely any kinks and generally no stopping. We've worked hard to stick with timeline and we'll be celebrating Abby's birthday with very few boxes on the floor. Like I said, I hope I didn't jinx myself. :-)
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Sneak Peak
We took a break from house work to take Abby's first birthday, holiday and family portraits. The fabulous photographer, Tess Johnson, posted sneak peak's on her FB page :-) Since some of you don't have FB (Mimi!!) here they are!
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Painting lesson 101
I have never been a great painter. I like doing it, but even with painter's tape, I could never get a straight line. My brother is the professional painter and I am forever grateful for his loads of his time and advice to us novices.
In case you are ever in need of painting a room here are a few words of advice.
1. Start with the putty and sand the shit out of the room, and then do it again. Vacuum. I swear he said that to us 20 times and there are still spots we could have done better.
2. Paint the ceilings, trim, walls, baseboards - in that order..... Really -it's amazing! Work smarter, not harder!
3. No need for painters tape! You read that right, we did not waste any money on painters tape. Just hold your brush at an angle and like a pencil and take your time. Now don't think my cut lines turned out like my brothers, but they're pretty comparable to tape!
4. Don't ask your brother to help unless you want to be scrutinized all day long.
In all honesty, he is the best painter out there. I was in Sherwin Williams picking up a gallon of paint (that I had picked up the day before, but asked for the wrong color. There's the $ we saved on tape...) and the store manager and two guys who I think were his bosses were complimenting Rob's work. Considering home owners in Cape Elizabeth, Falmouth, and so on hire him and his crew to do work, I'd say I'm getting a heck of a deal. So, I'll deal with the scrutinizing....
In case you are ever in need of painting a room here are a few words of advice.
1. Start with the putty and sand the shit out of the room, and then do it again. Vacuum. I swear he said that to us 20 times and there are still spots we could have done better.
2. Paint the ceilings, trim, walls, baseboards - in that order..... Really -it's amazing! Work smarter, not harder!
3. No need for painters tape! You read that right, we did not waste any money on painters tape. Just hold your brush at an angle and like a pencil and take your time. Now don't think my cut lines turned out like my brothers, but they're pretty comparable to tape!
4. Don't ask your brother to help unless you want to be scrutinized all day long.
In all honesty, he is the best painter out there. I was in Sherwin Williams picking up a gallon of paint (that I had picked up the day before, but asked for the wrong color. There's the $ we saved on tape...) and the store manager and two guys who I think were his bosses were complimenting Rob's work. Considering home owners in Cape Elizabeth, Falmouth, and so on hire him and his crew to do work, I'd say I'm getting a heck of a deal. So, I'll deal with the scrutinizing....
Update
Well, everyone in the blogging world, we have officially closed! It wasn't actually a smooth process and it was pretty anti climatic since we didn't even get keys.
First, the closing was delayed from Monday to Wednesday because the title insurance was delayed. We technically don't have a clean title, but an insurable one. The company who is insuring the title will insure ours and if anyone buys it - like we're going to sell it anytime soon. It should sort itself out with a couple of banks talking to each other over a cup of coffee and passing the title on through. :-)
The top floor is almost ALL DONE. The master, 3rd bedroom, kitchen, and living room are completely done. The bathroom we're saving for a complete overhaul and Abby's room is in need of a new wall and paint. When we started her trim work, we realized there was rot in the sill. As we started digging, we found that the whole wall was rotten. Awesome. We called a few contractors because we were definitely getting in over our head. Turns out there's lots of rot and mold. Good news it's only a few hundred bucks to repair and the cause of the problem was most likely the window that has already been replaced. Not the roof like we had feared. We're hoping to get a few more years out of the roof!
Floors are being sanded and polyed this weekend and Abby's room will be finished on Tuesday or Wednesday. In the mean time we'll get started on the down stairs. We're hoping a new boiler and fuel tank will be installed November 11th and the carpet is going down November 12th. So far we're either ahead of schedule or right on target. I think I may have just jinxed myself.
I promise I will post more pictures later, but for those not on facebook. Here's a doozy...
First, the closing was delayed from Monday to Wednesday because the title insurance was delayed. We technically don't have a clean title, but an insurable one. The company who is insuring the title will insure ours and if anyone buys it - like we're going to sell it anytime soon. It should sort itself out with a couple of banks talking to each other over a cup of coffee and passing the title on through. :-)
The top floor is almost ALL DONE. The master, 3rd bedroom, kitchen, and living room are completely done. The bathroom we're saving for a complete overhaul and Abby's room is in need of a new wall and paint. When we started her trim work, we realized there was rot in the sill. As we started digging, we found that the whole wall was rotten. Awesome. We called a few contractors because we were definitely getting in over our head. Turns out there's lots of rot and mold. Good news it's only a few hundred bucks to repair and the cause of the problem was most likely the window that has already been replaced. Not the roof like we had feared. We're hoping to get a few more years out of the roof!
Floors are being sanded and polyed this weekend and Abby's room will be finished on Tuesday or Wednesday. In the mean time we'll get started on the down stairs. We're hoping a new boiler and fuel tank will be installed November 11th and the carpet is going down November 12th. So far we're either ahead of schedule or right on target. I think I may have just jinxed myself.
I promise I will post more pictures later, but for those not on facebook. Here's a doozy...
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