For This There Are No Words.

After a long (hard) couple of days, I decided to enjoy my jacuzzi tub for the first time.

I lit the candle. I readied the iPod. I added the bubbles.

A few blissful moments of bubbly heat, the tub filled and filled and filled. "Wow, this IS a big tub" I thought to myself. I turned the jets off to communicate to Chris that it was wonderful, when I noticed the bubbles getting lower. "Hmmm" I thought. I called to Chris to come and check things out, by the time her got upstairs even I knew it wasn't the drain plug stuck open or the bubbles reducing, he confirmed my suspicions.......... the floor was covered with water.

It is amazing how quickly water finds an escape, we can only assume it is leaking at a jet (experience tells us so) and the plumber and contractor are on their way over to diagnose the situation. I can tell you this much....... the upstairs bathroom floor and the laundry room ceiling are seeping water......... we have not seen the end of this renovation, it isn't through with us yet.

The jacuzzi "guts"

Before the "incident" - getting things set up.


TV is hung, mantle is oiled

Main floor bathroom - looking great!

Just like Christmas Morning.

I gave up this morning. After tossing and turning since close to 3am, I gave up shortly before 5am and dragged my husband with me. It is almost as exciting as Christmas morning, and maybe a little more right now.......today we start the process of preparing the house to move into. Although most of what we will be doing today is prep work to move in, it is one more stage in this very emotional journey.

So off I go to drink coffee!!

Ladies and Gentlemen, We Have Heat!

The furnace is officially working! The appliances will have to wait until tomorrow to be hooked up as we have to replace the flex lines???!! OK. Other than that, the carpet is in and looks (and feels) really nice, as much as I am a hardwood fan, it is nice to have carpet on the bedroom floors. The inside of the closets are all painted and the one side is ready for hanging clothes and the built in shelves are coming along on the other side, also some walls have had their second coat of paint. The stairs are being urethaned this weekend, so we will have to hold out on putting things upstairs until at least Monday........ doesn't mean I can't start cleaning downstairs and filling my kitchen and the basement ;)

Lights, Trim Paint and Some Carpet!!

Well, the place is that much closer to liveable, the carpet installers came a day early and the painters and electrician were on site all day. It is really looking good........maybe this is really going to happen!

Counting Down The Days

Things really progressed today. The stairs are exactly what we had in mind and they look awesome. The downstairs bathtub is tiled and ready for a bit of finishing trim and silicone, the upstairs tub enclosure is ready for paint and silicone and underneath the stairs is finished up and ready for its coat of paint as well........ looks like it is all up to the painters now!

So far there is only one thing I would change and that is the upstairs tub enclosure. I wish I had stuck to my guns and asked for tile rather than wood, its not that it looks bad but the downstairs tub looks really really good, this is something that can be done later on, we just want in!!

Tomorrow we put more appliances in, in anticipation of the propane hook up on Thursday!

Loving The Stairs and Railing!

So, the railing upstairs has begun to take shape and it is looking awesome!! Glad we went away from popular choice of colonial spindles, the square is just right! Also, we have made the decision not to put carpet runner down the stairs, they are too pretty to cover and it will make cleaning them that much easier!!

After another disappointment in regards to hoping for a move in this weekend, we may not be that far off after all. The tiler was able to squeeze us in to finish the downstairs tub, the painters are on sight, the stairs may be complete today, the carpet goes in Thursday (yes Monday was the original deadline), furnace hook up Friday, finish up plumbing this week and the electrician is due to show up today to put our fixtures in. Lets hope the weather holds out so we can make the journey from the POD to the house with our stuff.

Waiting.....impatiently!

We are on the last few legs of the race and it feels like that ribbon is miles away........ it's worse than waiting for Christmas when you are a kid (or me)........ everything is "almost" ready. Water is hooked up but turned off for final tests........furnace and propane are ready, but they have yet to make the "love connection" and everything is just waiting for it's last coats of paint, but these are all things that prevent us from moving our stuff in!!!!!!!! Oh well, carpet is coming on Monday and that will mean the world of difference, not sure why the painters didn't completely finish up there BEFORE, but oh well.

Toilets look good :)