Pictures of the House in Progress

sorry for the slight messiness... this is my new master bedroom closet!
living room from the entry doorway...
freshly tiled entryway...
living room from the family room...
family room...
new stove and range hood...
new fridge!

My First Steps as a Homeowner

So I closed on my house this Monday. It seemed like a long road to get there (but from what I've heard of others' stories, mine wasn't too bad).

I had the electricity turned on Monday, so I was able to go over there and relish the fact that I now own a house. Unfortunately, the water company takes a little longer so there have been no sleepovers at my new house yet. The previous occupants left the water on when they moved out, so there was a bill left, and then the account had to go through delinquent accounts to be separated from the property...and so on. So, I didn't have to pay the bill, but it took longer to get to water-turn on stage. Hopefully, Tuesday I will have water!

I took a vacation day on Friday and let the natural gas guy in to turn that on, light the pilot lights in my ancient, icky, yucky stove that will be replaced as soon as humanly possible. He showed me how to do the hot water heater, but that has to wait until there's water in it!

The carpet guy came from home depot to get measurements for a quote as well. I'll be interested to see how much $ that will set me back!

I have successfully installed one new ceiling fan, I'm close to finishing a second, and the third will quickly be completed (because I am now an expert at installing ceiling fans).

A friend came and helped me start painting (actually, just priming) today - it's nice to see something different on the walls - even if it's just white.

And my bro helped me (well, I helped him) get all of the branches and logs out of my yard that had been left there. It was a bit of an eyesore. But now that there gone, you can see how long the grass is and how badly it needs cutting. If only I had a lawnmower...

Plans for next week? Finish the ceiling fans, as soon as I get water, clean the kitchen and bathrooms!!! Painting party on Saturday, hopefully. I already got some paint at the discount paint store, but I'm not satisfied with the colors... so I might be procuring some more paint.

Lets see... I'll have a contractor stop by Monday or Tuesday night to check out the roof that needs repairing in the apartment (and maybe to look at the new leak I discovered in the family room - thankfully, it's not bad....yet).

Wow... there is no end of projects to be completed. Well, I guess that's part of the reason I got the house. I like projects and opportunities to be creative. I was a little surprised to find that putting one of the ceiling fans together had a calming effect on me when I was in a bad mood. I'm definitely thankful it didn't put me int the bad mood!

Oh, and my car broke down! On Friday, when I was going to bring it to get new tires, it wouldn't start... so that was an extra expense I did not need... sparkplugs and wires and 1 tune-up later... there were still issues it had to go to the dealer for, but hopefully all those issues can be resolved by the recalls on the car that hadn't been performed yet. And then, I'll get my car back on Monday (2 tow trips later!).
Ah, the joys of owning things.