Yet Another House Post...

Does it seem like my house is the only thing going on right now in my life?  Well... it's pretty much the truth.  The weather has been all over the place, not allowing much outside activity (I've had more softball games rained out than we've actually played this spring!  And the several inches of snow this past week was not kind to my little garden and flowers).  I continue to get paid, so I keep going to work (a good thing to be sure!), but all my financial resources are pretty much going into this remodel, so there you have it...  my lead in to this week's pictures!!

We start with the ever-enlarging sink hole in one of my front flower beds... which really has nothing to do with the remodel, other than my remodelling contractor couldn't figure out what they had done to create this perfect square sink hole - absolutely nothing!!  When I had my sewer line replaced  in November, one of the holes that contractor dug was here, and I'd say that the soil didn't get packed back in so well.  At one point the top of the new flush valve was level with the rest of the flower bed... not so much anymore!

The new gas meter got put in this week:

Which allowed them to remove the old gas line and put in the new window wells!!  Just look at those great big beautiful windows that are going to be in my basement!!

The electrician continues to wire away...  and started putting in cans for recessed lights - very few of the rooms in my house actually had overhead lighting, so this is a big deal for me!!  Also, the smoke detectors will now be hard wired in.

The only place my old fridge would fit was in a corner where there was no electrical outlets - I had to use an extension cord to plug it in...  so imagine my total and complete delight to see an outlet just for the fridge - no extension cord required!!  (It's amazing how it's the little things that bring such joy to my heart - with the exception of the beastly furnace - that was enormous!  And joy isn't a big enough word for that!)

And the old electrical box is no more!!!

One of the new boxes is full and the

Yahoo!!  Progress continues!  The new windows are scheduled to be here in about a week, I get to go look at kitchen cabinets and moldings and a new front door this week, and I picked out new siding this week!

I am a little sad though that this is Memorial Day weekend and I'm not at home in Colorado.  Memorial Day seems to have become a Robinson tradition at Mom and Dad's - we hang out with whatever family can make it, eat lots of good food, laugh so much that my stomach muscles hurt, play games and BBQ, run the Bolder Boulder and go to a Rockies-Dodger game...  But I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in Minnesota this summer!