Keeping up our blistering once a month blog update, we need to start with the most impressive news. On January 4, Tim and Brooke welcomed Teagan Alise Keeler into the world. She weighed an impressive 7 lbs 13 oz and was 20 inches long. By the time her uncle got around to posting her birth on the blog, he is told she is adding weight at an impressive pace and has quite the set of lungs. In the picture shown she is about a month old. Isn't she gorgeous? Congrats to Tim and Brooke, we are so happy for you both and are excited to have Teagan as our niece.
Now on to 330 N. Humphrey and the all the trials and tribulations it has brought. We are getting closer to the end. There is still a good amount of painting to do and a small amount of plumbing but for the most part the house functions and we don't have to spend every waking moment working on the place. Below are some pics of the progress.
A working crapper. I can't tell you how nice it is to have the half bath up and running. Well...for the most part. The sink is yet to be plumbed so that doesn't work, but the toilet does and we all know that is most important. No more running upstairs every time one has to use the bathroom. That and two toilets are always better than one.
Below is a picture of one of the windows in the old kitchen. We had a few problems with the painters tape. Mainly it kept taking the paint off. But we were able to overcome those challenges and with a few extra coats got the room painted. I also discovered that painting a ceiling results in plenty of paint speckles on one's glasses.
Ok, I have been a bit delinquint in ordering the stove hood so that is why there is a blank spot above the backsplash. The backsplash almost caused Kelly and I to split (not really) but we cut some things off it and gerryrigged some wires and everything turned out ok. The light even works which I truly thought out of reach for quite a while. The new stove is pretty sweet, very much enjoying the convection. The first weekend it was in we made the biscuits we bought back in August before we realized that the old oven didn't work. There has never been a better tasting biscuit. I lie David, your's are better but these had sentimental value. You were there when we bought those biscuits and couldn't make them. It was pretty upsetting.
So here is the sink area all finished. The trim is painted, the lights are up, the hotwater dispenser is in, but still no dishwasher. That is a story for another day but to make a long story short, the new one is damaged beyond repair and we are saving for a replacement. The damage happened during delivery. Who would have thought you should turn your new dishwasher upside down to inspect it before signing for it? Live and learn, I suppose.
Here is a picture from the living room looking toward the back. It turned out pretty darn close to what we wanted.
So with much of the work completed we have begun filling the house with the things that make a house a home. These shelves are in the kitchen, on the south wall toward the back. This kind of stuff really helped warm up the house and as much as I dislike putting shelves up, I am enjoying watching it all come together. Of course, now we have to buy all this "stuff."
Finally, the paint is creeping its way upstairs. The same color that is in the living room goes up the staircase and is the color of the upstairs landing area and hallway. We need a second coat upstairs but we are getting close.
