14 posts tagged “house”
The tile is officially finished. It's down. It's grouted. It's drying.
If you had one day to spend $100,000 - and you had to spend it totally selfishly - what would you buy?
If you're given any large sum of money, the only way to spend it is selfishly. All that "helping world hunger" and everything is BS - I don't see anyone winning the lottery and doing that.
I'd buy a new car, some new clothes, pay off a huge chunk of my debt, and then pay someone to finish all the crap that needs to be finished around my house. If I had any left, it would turn into spinning fiber.
Man, if only I could be that lucky.
Woke up, cleaned up the house a bit, then mom & dad came over and dad helped me lay the tile in my foyer. So, that's all set and will be ready to grout tomorrow, but I don't think I'll get to it until Monday or so. I dunno, maybe I'll go for it Sunday.
I sure hope not. Today was a pretty good day.
So, I thought that I would show in pictures what all I've been so hard at work for...
Another 6am to 10 pm day of work today. Worked until 3, then went to the house and worked until 10. What fun.
Holy shit. We all worked so hard today. I got to my new house at about 9:30 and started to paint my bedroom. Got all the trim parts done by the time that Scott & my parents showed up. Carried a bunch of stuff in. Then mom & I painted the rest of my bedroom and finished the trim in the office while dad & Scott demolitioned the kitchen and fixed some plumbing issues. Then we went to lunch, and went to see my great uncle for a bit. Came back to the house and we got all the underlayment (stuff that goes under the new ceramic tile to make a sturdier surface and a cleaner one too) in and screwed down. Finally, we all left at about 8:00. I'm getting really excited about it all now. I mean, we made HUGE progress today, and it's only going to get better through out the week. Because I have to start moving by Friday to be out of my apartment by Sunday, I'll be working 7-3 at my 'day job' all next week and then meting my dad at the house every day after work to bust ass and get my tile in and finished for the kitchen, foyer, and bathroom. It's an unfortunate fact of life that I'll have to live there, at least for the first week or so, without a functioning kitchen. I'll have the fridge and stove in, sure, but not my sink or countertops (and maybe less a cabinet or two). So, the first week or so will be rough (read: I'll probably live at Scott's), but after that, it's going to be so awesome.
How is it that I finally closed on my house yesterday and I haven't even been in it yet? Egad.
...until I close on my house! It *should* only be 12 hours, but some things got a little botched and so it's being pushed around. But I have been assured that I am, in fact, closing tomorrow.
Today was by far the most stressful day I've ever had in my 22 years. I mean, I've had really stressful days before, but sheesh.
