Saturday, September 10, 2011

Garage Door Paint

This house needs a lot of work! Andrew is very excited to get started and really wants to get the house painted this summer. He got started on the garage door yesterday, it really needed it!

The house was built in 1975, which was before the ban on lead paint. That means that there cannot be any chopped paint, or exposed wood on the exterior. So Andrew went down with some primer and covered all the bare spots. Horrible, simply horrible.


 Aw....that's much better!


Friday, September 9, 2011

Is This the Same Oven?


 And with a little elbow grease (and some help from Ady) it now looks like this!

When we moved in our oven looked like this

Thursday, September 8, 2011

New Aerotor

Today Mr .Handy came home with a new aerotor! I am so happy that I don't have to wash dishes while getting a shower :) The spray from the sink would drench me every night, thank you Mr. Handy!


Wednesday, September 7, 2011

A Short Visit

Today I went to the condo - as I drove through the neighborhood I got a little emotional, the trees are beautiful! The landscaping is gorgeous! I did really like the condo - here are just a few things that I will miss:

Ady's room that we worked so hard to paint. Andrew hand cut (without a template) all the stensils to make these cute hearts with little flowers inside.


It was a lot of work and I really did like it! Now her room is just plain pink...not cool hearts :( 


A built in microwave...I know I can get one of these eventually, but it will probably be a while. It's not really on the high priority list.


A double sink - right now mine's a single and it's stainless. I would love to have a porcelain double sink again...I don't see that happening, maybe a stainless double, but bye-bye porcelain.


My stove/oven - I loved my electric stove and little oven. I made hundreds and hundreds of meals on/in here. Everyday for the past 5 years, we were close :) I don't feel the same way about the stove in the house. Then again it's probably older than I am.


My cabinets - they were so clean! No contact paper, a fresh white coat with no potential slivers, and a clean oak finish


And this is what I went back to the condo to get...yes a little hook to hang my outdoor plants, but Andrew hand-made it for me. He didn't even use a tool to bend it, and I just can't leave it behind!