Horticultural Helper

My helpful brother sprayed all the weeds (and there are MILLIONS) in my yard and spread grass seed. Of course, we later found Tux in the yard eating all of the newly scattered grass seed...

Tile Prep

The Tile Guy put Durock down on the kitchen floor in preparation for tiling the floor!

Ceiling Paint

I had never painted a ceiling before, but I figured that a room with nothing on the walls or floor was a good place to start! This is the kitchen, and most of the wall space will be covered with the cabinets, so I put a cream colored paint (antique white) on the top of the walls and ceiling.

And the best part was that my dad did one of the coats of paint!

Built In Bookshelf

This thing was a beast to paint, trying to keep the green on the wall and the white on the shelves, but it is done!

I think it is a nice feature in the dining room!

Siding and Roofing

The 1980s addition now has new siding and a roof on it!

I think the roof will help keep the house a much warmer temperature : )

Typical Conversation

My mom and I recently had this conversation at Pier One. I wouldn't normally shop there because I'm too cheap, but she had a 20% off coupon. We were shopping for black counter height bar stools for my kitchen, and they had two styles to choose from. Neither of them had price tags on them.

My mom: "So which one do you like better?"
Me: "The cheaper one."
My mom to the salesperson: "How much are these stools?"
Salesperson: "Well that one has a huge mark down because we're discontinuing that style."
Me: "Sold. I'll take 2."

Weekend in Review

My dad rebuilt the window sill and installed another sunroom window.

We special ordered the 5 huge front room windows at Home Depot, and we bought the rest of the windows that we need at Builder's Surplus.

And we bought new doors to replace the beat up interior doors in my house.

My contractor finished the new plumbing for the kitchen.

And he removed the old 1960 cast iron pipe!