The upstairs of Charley's house which had never been finished is almost there. The drywall is all done in their upstairs bathroom and it is painted. There is vinyl on the floor, carpeting in the rest of the upstairs and a runner down the stairs. That bedroom is also painted.
In our house, the painting is all done on the main floor except the guest room. We hired the painting done for our main floor and the guest room was piled full of stuff from Charley's upstairs when she painted, so we couldn't do that room. The hardwood is down in the main space and there is vinyl in the bathrooms, Bob's office and my sewing room. Carpet in the 2 bedrooms will be the last thing they do.
We will be gone several days this week. Tomorrow, Monday, we will pack and then drive up to Marion to Josh's. They fly out on Wednesday to return to Macedonia. They were down here for this weekend for Easter and when they left this afternoon, it was easy to say goodbye because it was "see you tomorrow night." On Wednesday, it will be, "see you in 3 years" and that will be hard. Then we drive to St Louis to return the car they have been using and then on our way back are going to stop in southern Illinois to see our dear friends, Ken and Dottie. Back home yet Thursday night and then Friday morning we will see how much the contractor got done while we were gone.
Part of the appliances were delivered on Wednesday. We bought then from Lowe's on a Thanksgiving weekend sale, and they have been sitting in their store since then. On Tuesday they were unboxing them for delivery on Wednesday and discovered that the front of the refrigerator had 2 dents. So they delivered the stove, dishwasher and microwave on Wed and then the refrigerator on Saturday (which they got from a different store.)
On Thursday, the kitchen cabinets were mostly installed. There is one small thing that needs changed and then they can measure for countertops. It will take them a couple weeks to make them.
I think the electrician is supposed to come tomorrow, Monday. We had to take all the light fixtures, fans and dimmer switches and put them around the house so they are ready when he comes. We had to do the same with the plumbing fixtures. We had to do a marathon shopping session - 3 1/2 hours -on Wednesday to get all the stuff. I had to use one of those carts that you drive around because my feet hurt so badly.
They put in the lower columns which support the porch. Those are concrete block, We will need to clad those in stone, but that doesn't have to be done before we get occupancy. They put in the 6x6 posts for the upper porch which will be clad in painted boards, but again it doesn't need to be done before we move in. The railing will have to be done, though.
Bob and I have been working on trim boards. We are doing a different style - the same as Dick and Josie have in their house although painted white. The mdf boards that were delivered all have square corners, but Bob is using the router to round the corners. Then I am painting them before they are put up. I need to put on a coat of paint, then sand that rounded edge and then paint the whole thing again. Then when they are installed, we will only have to touch up the nail holes.
Jackie was gone last weekend so we put on a big push to get her closet done (almost), and got started on the window seat in their new family room.
Anyway, we have made lots of progress.
I do have a few pictures, although not of construction.
Charley, Jackie and John at church this morning.
Josh, Rachelle, Kayla, Briana and Titus at church this morning.
Uncle Charley holding Titus.
The kids hunting for Easter eggs on Saturday with Wilma helping Briana.
I have gotten some seeds started, although not nearly what needs to be done.
And Charley got his pigs put out to a new pasture. This is the first time keeping them in with electric fence.
Faye got the riding mower out this afternoon and did some mowing. In Wheaton we always mowed the last weekend in April. We are only 1 week ahead of that this year, usually we would be mowing 4 weeks ahead of that in KY.
OK. That's all for now.
Busy times here in the Bluegrass.
