Moving On

Big Cheer!! Movers are scheduled for Friday.

Yesterday, I had enough. After a month of driving back and forth to the new house from our old house, a 45 minute drive—dark both ways, I decided enough was enough. We have been working on things every day and it seems like we just can’t get the to do list done. Every time a new project is started it ends up with us having to back and do something else first. This weekend we started on the kitchen sink and ended up having to replace the dishwasher first – which still needs leveling and bolting in. Thank goodness hubby knows how to do all this stuff. But, I am learning through all this. I got my own screwdriver now with different attachments and I even know what these attachments are used for! I want my own power drill like my daughter has. I do have my own electric mouse sander, but that was a craft tool that I am using for other purposes.

I told hubby that our new hobby in our senior years will be getting the house the way we want it and we will be working on it for years! Can you believe this house was advertised as move in ready?

We put on a new roof
We pulled down the wallpaper in kitchen, painted with a oil based primer – two coats, painted with a semi-gloss – three coats
We pulled down all lights, wall plates, smoke detectors, and got the house ready for painters
Painters painted ALL ceilings, wall and trim on three bedrooms
We put up all lights, wall plates, smoke detectors and purchased a new light for living room twice – and will replace the second one too
Removed oven and drop in stove to move plug in for stove that was over the counter, then had to put back in after new outlet was put in (we are still uncertain about a piece that seems to just sit there-wonder where it really goes?)
When working on kitchen sink discovered dishwasher was leaking and had to replace it
Put in new faucet set for kitchen sink

Still to do:
Put in new cartridge for bath tub faucet
Put vents in through to roof for hot water heater (needs two), clothes dryer, bathrooms, stove and air conditioner
Move clothes dryer vent from venting to garage
Replace copper tubing for refrigerator with flexible tubing which means work on clothes washer faucet where it feeds from
Repair chimney which does not have a rain cap (rock holding down a plastic tub lid is on it now)
Fix closet door in guest room – needs epoxy to replace broken spot in top where hinge goes

In the next month or so I need to pull down the wall paper in the bathroom and do the walls – prime and seal, texture, and paint. I just wanted to wait until we were moved in before starting that.