running out of time

So this little snowballing house project of ours is just that, snowballing.  And on top of it, time is running out.  The kids rooms are done and painted.  The ceiling in the living room and kitchen are painted.  Other then that, nothing else is done.  Well I take that back, Mom and I busted ass and got the entire house primered, but we are not allowed to paint per the anal retentive hubby who wants it perfect.  Hey, do you want it done, or perfect?  He's bitching this morning about needing to start moving shit in.  REALLY?  That's the last thing that needs to be done.  Plus we have till the 31st, that's another week.  Just do the tile, and the paint then worry about the rest later.  It's going to come down to the wire I can feel it.  I am NOT lookng forward to the next two weeks.

Ding Dong The VWs GONE!!!

It's gone, It runs, It's registered and insured as of yesterday.  I don't know if It's completely fixed or not, but it isn't coming back here!  I actually got the garage back for the last 3 weeks were in this house.  So I hope nothing happens to that fucking car for the next 3 weeks.  Once that's up, no more garage and sorry it's broke, but you cant bring it here!  Just run for the next 3 weeks.....please.

Picked out the tile last night for the kitchen.  I really liked that multi colored stone tile, but it's a little to blueish for the counter tops, so we went with a smoky grey.  It's nice, has some highs and lows to give it texture to it.  Then picked out a sink since that's getting replaced too.  Mud man should be done by tomorrow afternoon, then we can start painting on Sunday and paint the rest of the week.  Technically this puts us ahead of schedule.  Fingers crossed it stays that  way!  Have a great weekend!

Robo maniac

All right, I must say that the guy doing the texture of my ceiling and walls is a freaking robo maniac.  The living room ceiling is done and 2 out of 3 walls are done.  The hubby had to tell him to go home last night because he was starting another wall and it was late.  Either he's that enthusiastic, or he's sick of us and wants it done.  Either way it's going pretty quick now so who cares.  At the rate were going, we should be able to start painting this weekend.  Fingers crossed.  So now the kitchen is snowballing, because the counters and appliances look so nice that the floor needs to be done, so add tile work before we move the the list of to do's.  I told the hubby that it's gotta stop somewhere sometime or we will never be able to move in.  Will see what happens at this point.  I figure that if I don't suggest looking at tile then he'll let it go......hopefully for now.

Gourmet

Well so much for replacing the appliances one by one in the future.  Damn you Lowes and your sale prices.  I am now the proud owner of a nice new stainless steel stove, dishwasher (keep in mind that didn't need to be replaced because it was fairly new, but got to have everything matching right?) and fridge.  The house is coming along great.  Walls are all taped up, the ceilings are all scraped and ready for texture, hopefully it will be all done by this weekend.  We let the kids pick paint out for their rooms.  Purple and blue were the final decision.  Whatever makes them happy.  We had a nice easy day yesterday.  I think the hubby needed it.  But it's back to work now.  Hopefully that stupid car wont hold things up to much more.  I cant wait to move now, and use my new stove.  It's funny the stupid things that make you excited.  The hubby said this is our "do over" the things that we should have been able to do with our first house.  And since we got screwed out of that, were going to make this how we want it.

Douche Bag

Hey guess what?  That fucking car is still broken taking up valuable space in my garage.  Wanna know why?  Because douche bag is an idiot.  How this kid will ever make it in life is the question of the week.  After the hubby tried desperately to put the thing back together the right way, dumb shit cant follow simple instructions of DO NOT USE THE OLD BOLTS.  Well 8 out of 10 were new.  The so one of the old bolts stretched and sheared in half allowing the newly rebuilt engine to fill with antifreeze. And now the bolt is stuck, which means all that work needs to be taken apart and put back together again.  Um HELLO, we have a house to renovate and move into in less then a month.

Speaking of the house, we finally got back to it yesterday.  The corners have been taped up in the living room, today is ceiling and more mud work.  Keep in mind I have been supervising the hubby and his mud guy throughout this whole thing.  Not like when we did moms house and I actually did all the manual labor.  I went and got the lights for over the bar.  The hubby bartered again for granite counter tops.  So those will be going in sooner then we thought.  Project "trailer trash" is in full effect!

The piece of shit!

The pile of crap that the step bastard bought and blew up around Christmas last year is finally running.  After 2 grand a lost $300.00 key and it taking up my spot in the garage for the past month, it finally started up last night.  The hubby worked his ass off the last two weekends putting the engine back together.  He ordered the key from VW in Germany, and spent the last two weeks putting it together and what do ya know, it started right up last night.  With the exception of the antifreeze connection that the idiot (step kid) put together that wasn't right, that leaked and entire bottle of antifreeze out of the radiator when they started it up, but they got it fixed.  So as of tonight that thing is out of my garage (not that I have it much longer anyways) (plus every time I walk by it I key, kick, or intentionally bump something into it because I hate him and that car so fucking much) and out of my hair FOREVER!  Life is good.

The house is coming along good.  The kids rooms, our room and both bathrooms have been scraped and textured.  Only the living room, kitchen and laundry room are left. The hubby also got a hair up his ass to texture the walls as well.  It puts us a little behind with the extra work. but it will be worth it and we had a little extra time.  The girl comes home tomorrow and she doesn't even know were moving yet.  I just hope all goes smooth the rest of the month.

So Saturday I got a jump on things getting prepared to move.  I cleaned the house and cleaned the oven and did a few extra things so I wouldn't have to deal with it at the end of the month.  So I go to cook in the oven last night and it doesn't light.  So WTF?  I clean it and it breaks.  I'm going to be pissed if I cleaned it for nothing.

It's Official!

I am currently a homeowner.  I own my house free and clear!  I don't care that it's a mobile home, It's mine.  Now the renovations begin.  The popcorn on the ceiling is coming down so we can texture it.  We did it to my moms house and it made a huge difference.  It's amazing how much it opened it up.  Then the paint.  And then we will start little by little (since I no longer have a house payment yay me) replacing the counter tops.  Were putting granite up in this bitch.  Stainless appliances, and tiling the floors.  And the first trip I'm taking is I'm taking my kid to Disneyland!  The process went so smooth yesterday morning, I couldn't be happier.  I'm just so excited to start a new chapter, a debt free chapter, in our lives!  Not many people can say that these days.  But let me tell you we have been digging ourselves out of a hole for the last 7 years.  And the time to start reaping the rewards are here.  Have a great weekend!