Jenny <3
Monday, June 4, 2012
Update
I know I've been sucking at updating you on what has been going on, but I will give you the full update right now!
We are moving to the farm in just under a month and we are still a long way off from being ready.
The school house is semi-livable right now but not to the point where I would be comfortable having anyone else see it right now. We are still working out what we want to do in the kitchen, so it is an absolute mess!
The bathroom is close to done but it is the only room that is completed so far.
I've started packing up some of out stuff from our rental home and we will move bit by bit on the weekends.
Here are some pictures of what we've been up to!
Jenny <3
Jenny <3
Thursday, March 29, 2012
So close.
Our floors are just about done.
The flooring guys are working on them as I type.
This is a huge step for us.
Hubby and I were married in January of 2009.
Hubby and I told everyone we were married in May of 2009.
Hubby and I lived together for the first time in November of 2009.
I moved to the United States in January of 2010.
For the last 2 and a bit years we have moved around.
We were sometimes at our rental house.
We were sometimes at our parents' houses (one is 1.25 hrs, the other is 5 hrs away from our rental house.)
We were often in hotels or random apartments.
We've spent a lot of the time apart since I moved here.
I've spent most of this time alone.
We've spent a total of 2 weekends at our rental house in the last year or two.
I've felt homesick for the majority of the time I've been here.
I'm not homesick for any house in particular, not my parent's place in Canada (though sometimes I am), not the family farm, not our rental house.
I am homesick for a home.
We almost have one of those.
Won't that be nice?
Jenny<3
The flooring guys are working on them as I type.
This is a huge step for us.
Hubby and I were married in January of 2009.
Hubby and I told everyone we were married in May of 2009.
Hubby and I lived together for the first time in November of 2009.
I moved to the United States in January of 2010.
For the last 2 and a bit years we have moved around.
We were sometimes at our rental house.
We were sometimes at our parents' houses (one is 1.25 hrs, the other is 5 hrs away from our rental house.)
We were often in hotels or random apartments.
We've spent a lot of the time apart since I moved here.
I've spent most of this time alone.
We've spent a total of 2 weekends at our rental house in the last year or two.
I've felt homesick for the majority of the time I've been here.
I'm not homesick for any house in particular, not my parent's place in Canada (though sometimes I am), not the family farm, not our rental house.
I am homesick for a home.
We almost have one of those.
Won't that be nice?
Jenny<3
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Renovations have truly begun
Our family had planned on going to see Hubby's grandparents this weekend, but his mama got sick so we needed to call off the trip. Hubby had already planned on taking Friday off so we decided to use it to work on the house.
We have spent a while coming up with ideas to make our house more liveable for us. The two most important were #1: a more direct route for guests to get to the bathroom and #2: more storage space in the kitchen.
The current floor plan is
Our plans are
We cut out the new hall and got our supports put in this weekend.
Before (the hallway will be in the back right corner of this picture)
After
We also widened the existing door into the laundry room. I was a two foot door, which we thought was too narrow to be the only pathway to the bathroom.
Before
Halfway there
After
After such a long wait to get going on these projects, the little that is done is so very exciting for me.
We will work next weekend (it is lucky we have another long one) and I will stay there next week to try and get as much done as possible. We are hoping to get the floors refinished early in March.
Thank you for your support and encouragment!
Stay tuned for more pictures and updates.
Jenny <3
We have spent a while coming up with ideas to make our house more liveable for us. The two most important were #1: a more direct route for guests to get to the bathroom and #2: more storage space in the kitchen.
The current floor plan is
Our plans are
We cut out the new hall and got our supports put in this weekend.
Before (the hallway will be in the back right corner of this picture)
After
We also widened the existing door into the laundry room. I was a two foot door, which we thought was too narrow to be the only pathway to the bathroom.
Before
Halfway there
After
After such a long wait to get going on these projects, the little that is done is so very exciting for me.
We will work next weekend (it is lucky we have another long one) and I will stay there next week to try and get as much done as possible. We are hoping to get the floors refinished early in March.
Thank you for your support and encouragment!
Stay tuned for more pictures and updates.
Jenny <3
Monday, January 30, 2012
Life
Life has been.... well.... life!
Things are as crazy as ever, but we are getting closer to having a regular life.
I've been stressed a ton lately due to MESSY houses and boxes and suitcases up to my ears. The past few weeks have been interesting to say the least.
We found mold in the basement of the house we are renovating, we removed it and it wasn't as bad as we thought it was. Things were looking up.
On Friday when we went to get in bed, we found rodent droppings in our bed. After catching one of the critters, we have determinded that they are either shrews or moles. Either way, they are NOT welcome! So now we are working on getting rid of them. Hopefully it will be a short stay for them.
To help myself de-stress today and to try and get rid of some clutter, I found a project.
My maid-of-honor got us some beautiful champaign flutes for our wedding. I haven't been sure what to do with them since, so they have sat in a box in our basement.
We also had our unity candles from our wedding (two candle sticks and a pilar) that -have sat in a box since our wedding. The sticks somehow got deformed and the pilar turned yellow! I had no idea what to do with them since they are sentimental but looked gross.
So here is what I did!
- Cut up the candle sticks and reused the wicks
- Melted the wax from all 3 candles in a pot on the stove
- Poured them in the flutes
Super easy, but I love them!
Jenny <3
Things are as crazy as ever, but we are getting closer to having a regular life.
I've been stressed a ton lately due to MESSY houses and boxes and suitcases up to my ears. The past few weeks have been interesting to say the least.
We found mold in the basement of the house we are renovating, we removed it and it wasn't as bad as we thought it was. Things were looking up.
On Friday when we went to get in bed, we found rodent droppings in our bed. After catching one of the critters, we have determinded that they are either shrews or moles. Either way, they are NOT welcome! So now we are working on getting rid of them. Hopefully it will be a short stay for them.
To help myself de-stress today and to try and get rid of some clutter, I found a project.
My maid-of-honor got us some beautiful champaign flutes for our wedding. I haven't been sure what to do with them since, so they have sat in a box in our basement.
We also had our unity candles from our wedding (two candle sticks and a pilar) that -have sat in a box since our wedding. The sticks somehow got deformed and the pilar turned yellow! I had no idea what to do with them since they are sentimental but looked gross.
So here is what I did!
- Cut up the candle sticks and reused the wicks
- Melted the wax from all 3 candles in a pot on the stove
- Poured them in the flutes
Super easy, but I love them!
Jenny <3
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