More work....

Growing up in a house mostly MALE all his life until he got married, Kirk has had ALOT to learn about the female species! For some funny reason God allowed him to have two daughters, isn't that funny! This weekend he had it. He always wants to know WHO needs 13 bottles of shampoo,conditioner, body wash etc in the shower. He was sick of it being on the floor but, instead of trying to change all the females, he made a change, he made this shelf. I'm not sure if Kelly had even reach it, but Kirk fixed his problem without us having to change too much! Well done to say the least.

Our new yard is LARGE... it takes Kirk over 2 hours to just mow. I actually feel bad for him since it has been raining so much he has to do it EVERY weekend. I tried to do it once this spring and lasted about 15 minutes before my nose was dripping... I have terrible allergies to grass, dust and pollen. He is a great father and hubby, yes we have had our fair share of trouble but he is one of the best things to ever cross my path! :

Work and more work....

After 11 month of an UGLY sheet hanging in our bedroom Kirk and I finally ordered blinds. I paid extra so that they could come down from the top so that we could have light without everyone in the back yard seeing us in our undies! When Kirk installed them Kelly was SURE that he was stupid and did them upside down, until he showed her they go both ways! Blinds.com is the best, we will be back!

After 8 months of rain the sun is finally out.... so on Saturday morning (after sleeping in NO SWIM practice) the girls couldn't resist to dye tie everything that they could find... 10 shirts 1 sweatshirt, and then Kirk told them they had to stop. Here are a few that were left hanging on the deck on Sunday. Some in a bag just waiting to have all the ink soaked in.

The yard....

So we did it! We actually spent the money and had some one else clean up all the bushes, trees, and that darn IVY! It is still a bit of a mess, but my mom will be home soon, and I know that she will help me get some perennials in and make it look so much better.








I always thought that this house had great light in the living room, unlike the little house, but now with that huge redwood gone it is even brighter.


It was really hard for me to write the check out for the work, but I am sure that this summer when our family has few days off together we will glad that it all won't be spent on the yard. Thinking of maybe s'mores in our newly found fire pit!

Sunrise.... on Whidbey

Sunrise in Oak Harbor, I did not TOUCH these photos except to download them here. No photoshop here people!

Photos of the new house.... sorry so late....

This is what the front of the house looks like... not really much to look at but it's so peaceful here you can't see the road because there are bushes that are so close by. The living room as windows on two sides but not on the side where we have neighbors!

This is back yard... it is so QUIET compared to living on a corner lot, with no shelter. We have a long rectangle lot that is 1/3 of an acre and has full access to an alley... we just love it here.

Notice Em's flag from her trip back east last summer with my parents.

So Kirk is the worker bee while these two do this....

Kirk has painted so much Larry would be proud... I know that he of it because he finally let the girls and me help! But while he was working hard on Sunday this is what Kelly & Emily were doing... NOTHING! Kirkman painting away!

Kelly in her new purple room dancing...

Emily sitting on her butt doing nothing!

Our room with carpet... much better, huh!

Just need the baseboard, blinds, curtains, our bed, dressers, night stand and a new light and we can move in! We are aiming at this weekend, we really don't want to pay two mortgages more than two months.

Take note of the SUPER UGLY light fixture... who wants that in their bedroom... one more thing to purchase! Money goes fast when you are picky about so much but I know once we move in we want to LIVE in the house not be changing everything! So getting the work done now makes the most sense. I will have to work at least 4 days a week this summer to help pay for all of this and NO vacations for 2 years.

Kelly loves purple in all shades.... here is her room..

So she picked the colors and I said yes! I am happy I did I think the room is perfect for a 10 year old girl!Her is how her room looks with NOTHING in it. The colors really turned out great, this is looking from the closet.
In case you really can't see the color she has in her room here it is up close and personal! WOW it is bright and cheery just like Kelly!

Living room with the carpet... looking good!

The carpet looks a little weird in this photo but it looks good in person!

This is from the front door/hallway looking in.

This is what you see from the kitchen, the shadow on the right is from the flash and the door shadow.

Kirk is planning on putting the baseboard back on this week and then all we need is a beautiful mirror above the mantle and our furniture... it's just a matter of days now!

Our bedroom before carpet...

UGH... this house has some of the ugliest stuff ever... this is what our floor looked like under the carpet... glad to have this one covered! More new photos tomorrow!

Living Room... messy but almost complete....

Picking out just one paint was tough!

We have painted and painted and painted, so much in fact that my hands hurt and I am hoping not to do it again any time soon!

This is how great the floors looked after pulling up the green carpet, I have to say I was excited but very sad knowing that we were going to put carpet over them NO MATTER what because the main hallway and the kitchen have fake wood (pergo) and Kirk & I neither have the extra time nor money to do the whole house and to put vinyl or something in the kitchen. So I enjoyed the floor for one evening.

Oh... what great floors!

Kelly's Room....

We let Kelly pick out the colors for her room. I was almost sure it was going to be a pink and purple room but I was WRONG... it is a lavender and purple room. I even let Kelly and her BFF Ella paint the room.... now I know most adults in their right minds would NOT let kids to this because they are messy but I figured life is SO SHORT. If they get a little paint on the floor they get paint on the floor, no one will die or get hurt and yes maybe the bland carpet has some paint but it will be a memory that will last for a life time because CRAZY Mrs. Huffer let a 10 and 11 year old paint a bedroom!

Notice the big smile on her face.... this is a happy kiddo!

This is how Kelly cleans her paintbrush by signing her name on the wall, BTW I got in a little trouble for painting the closets, I guess "real people" don't paint the inside, Duh. I guess that makes Kelly and I fake people, I think I missed that class in nursing school.

New House.... WORK

Even Rex has been up to the new house. He isn't sure if he really likes it, but he does like the coolness of the basement and the really big yard with out a fence.
Our first dinner at the house. Take out from 1-2-3 Thai. Emily was at a sleepover so Kelly had to stay with us and work. At least she had a great dinner. Take note of that ugly wallpaper in the back ground I am hoping Dad will help me put up bead board this week.

Kirk in action of painting the living room ceiling. So far we have the wall also painted and oh they look so good. The girls and I picked out the colors and it looks so good you can see two of the choices on the walls. Carpet will be installed on Thursday and new windows some time late this week or early next week.
Kelly was in charge of getting the cement in the basement sealed, man she got a lot of paint on herself. She even got a little paint on the floor, oops, Daddy wasn't so happy about that! She is a hard worker!
Kirk had just finished rolling the ceiling it looks so good, but his face is proof that he didn't have any help.

Click on the photo and you can see all the paint on his face! :)

WORK... WORK... AND MORE WORK....

Last week was a great week but a challenging one. Kirk has been working 50 plus hours a week at work and then on his 3 days off working on the new house. This was my first of MANY weeks of working three days. Since our new bigger house comes with a much bigger payment I have to work more. Kelly already told me she hates it, "why do you have to do this already since we haven't move yet!" Of course all the new paint, carpet, bedding, etc does not come for free which as a child she has forgotten. :)

I am hoping to up load some great shots we got of the process, the house is looking much better, we got paint on the living room walls and got the downstairs cement sealed. The grass is mowed and the hedges are trim! We are hoping to be moved in by July 10.