Its been a lonely week in Alexandria! Skyler left on Monday for a training in Kansas City, MO, and I am home alone trying to get organized enough to start work next week. [Sigh.] Going down to the house today broke up the monotony of organizing hundreds of pieces of music, as well as all the worksheets/lessons/projects I've accumulated over the last 4+ years. It was wonderful!!
Beautiful, isn't it?? We had some torrential downpours the last few nights and this is what our front yard looks like. That muddy area will soon be transformed into a wonderful sidewalk. Not all of the yard looked like this, thankfully, but it did make for a nice little adventure trying to get to the garage. Any time I took a step, my poor little feet just sunk into the ground. When I did finally make it into the garage I took a piece of bubble wrap that was laying on the ground and spent at least 10 minutes trying to clean off my shoes. I hope the workers who traipse through our house clean their shoes as thoroughly as I did!!
Our walkway is ready to be filled with cement. No more mud for us!
Hooray for shutters and siding!
This picture is not quite accurate. We learned this week that shutters arrive in a standard gray color, and that they repaint each of them after they've been hung. So, the gray will exist for only a short while, and then they will be painted black. Thank goodness.
Here's the west side of the house with brand new sparkling white siding!
The back of the house received the same treatment. Now all we need is a deck so we can actually use our kitchen door. That's not going to happen for awhile, though. Anyone who wants to use that door will either have to jump or propel down on a rope. Personally, I'd recommend the rope.
The kitchen is coming together beautifully, and we are thrilled with the cabinet color. It's a little scary when you're choosing the cabinets, flooring, carpet, counter tops, etc. in the design center. You just have a little sample to look at, and you keep praying that what you think looks good actually will look good together. So far so good.
These are the cabinets you couldn't see in the last picture. The refrigerator will go in the big empty space.
I never thought I would get so excited about shelves that pull out in the island. Since I won't be digging through all of my pots and pans just to get the one stupid thing I need, maybe I'll actually want to cook more. (I can hear Skyler laughing now) Also, my dentist kindly informed me a few months ago that I'm not as young as I used to be, so maybe being free from all the bending (to search through the pots and pans) will add some years to my life. As a side note: I still haven't decided if I'm going back to that dentist again. Grrr.
No more make-shift railings for this house. Yeah, baby!
Cabinets and counter in the master bathroom.
There was only one worker at the house today (doing some more dry wall stuff) and he didn't speak very much English. For the life of me, I couldn't remember how to say, "can you please take a picture of me?" in Spanish. I should have called my brother, Joe, or my father-in-law. So, I had to improvise. This is me showing you the rest of the master bathroom and my very happy face.
This is the upstairs bathroom. The workers learned, from a previous bad experience, that they need to keep the counters and tubs covered while they work. They made a costly mistake after spilling some purple stuff (I don't remember what it was) all over our tub. Needless to say, they replaced it for us, but that sucker wasn't cheap. And, just to note, we did not decide to paint our walls pink. I am a HUGE fan of that color, but they're coming to cover that up tomorrow.
This concludes your guided tour for the day. Thank you for joining me.
Hey look, I found it! Wow, such a beautiful home!!!!
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