Wow, since Christmas....really?

Hello Blogland!!  

Long time no blog. Why? No real reason....kinda lost my blogging mojo while we refresh the house. It seems like every few days my computer is in a different room as we do flooring and paint and clean and tear things apart. There is light at the end of the tunnel........backsplash, paint, flooring then we can move everything back to that side of the house. It's been harder on the hubs than me....I soooo thought it would be the other way around.

I did not like doing dishes in the garage when it was cold and it was interesting having a temporary sink smack dab in the middle of the kitchen. lol  Last week my countertops and kitchen faucet got installed.......heaven.

I did some practical sewing, but not a lot. THAT room is a total opportunity for growth. LOL

A short pictorial update:

Day one of tear down

Had this set up for far too long. lol

just waiting for their debut

going with the smaller subway tiles

the Dot moved to Napa and we now frequent her favorite bakery

My boy grew a beard

Gas was cheap for a couple of weeks

It rained.....not nearly enough 

Gratuitous grand dot shot  

Niece came for a visit from Iowa

Dot, sister, me at dot's fave bakery

sewing

Powerline work and lots of hovering helicopters  

Had a birthday

Got an ice cream maker for birthday 

Got skinny jeans 

shoes to go with skinny jeans 

Got "skinny" 

before 

after and still going 

signed up for a 5k

 got a new rug

There is plenty more....plen-ty. But this post is long enough.

Working on getting my mojo and my routines and my desk back. 

Honey.....I'm home!!

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BASE

BASEboard, that is!

We interupt this flooring install. ....

For a Quilty break

LOCKIN AND POPPIN AND SLIPPIN

Engineered hardwood goin dowwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnn

I may have slid around like a 6 year old on the new, slick surface. 
I may have almost slid into the window because I couldn't stop. 
There is no proof, just sayin......

And the Remodel Saga Continues...

A few updates from whydidwestartthisremodelduringtheholidaymonths front....................

The hubs went rogue with a paint choice....a bad paint choice..... and God smiled down upon my retinas and that stuff peeled like a ripe tangerine....Thank you!

New color....it's more yellow in person

The front on my apron front sink came with a gouge. I know SS will scratch, but it should be my family that does the scratching...gouges don't buff out so easy. Back it went and a replacement is on its way. 

a cat may have stepped in the paint

Finally, the floors and cabinetry arrive 

I am one cabinet short and one cabinet over and my correct cabinet is waiting for me at ikea.

We hope to be done by Christmas, barring any more issues. We still need to pick a faucet and a stove. We will get a new fridge after the first of the year.

We are looking at one of these babies....

That's right....freezerless. I know, right.

There is a whirlpool/kenmore that is similar, but the inside is just a smidge different..I am leaning toward that one.

Hope your holiday season is less stressful but just as exciting!

A little bit of this and a whole lotta that

Hello blogland....

I am still here just gotta lotta action in the real world and not much in the digital world. That needs to change....time to up my blog quota

warning.....lotsa pics......

Started the new floor redo and the kitchen redo process

2 layers of brady bunch linoleum

sub floor stapled every few inches....hubs was explicative heavy..

oh yes he was

Hubs hard at work

The staging area

my current flooring while my new floors are just sitting at the docks.....

darn strike

livingroom...not yellow anymore

bedroom 

Old green, new gray

Current kitchen

possible new stove

the look I'm going for...ish

my sink...36" of ss farmland heaven

Epic fail....the hubs went rogue on me.

It will change...oh yes it will!

  

A little quiltie fun in Livermore 

Possible new fabric storage solution

A short vaca in the middle of all this....

oregon

View one

view two 

Had to....wish it was worth it  *sigh* 

Had to...so worth it

shasta had some snow 

the truck crossed a milestone

300,000 miles

got stung by a wasp

made gluten free bread...not bad 

best mileage yet

Jammin....

Today, I am making prince phillip and princess aurora costumes for my son and my grand daughter.

and blog a little and play a little.  And picking out a new yellow that doesn't look like a canary swimming in a jar of mustard....oy

Well, those are the highlights. What's happening at your end?

Time to get myself into gear....the 31st is just a few days away and I got a lot to do.