eeds to hang here so that everyone can help the baby not come out for a couple more weeks at minimum. In summary: while she's going to be here 24/7 watching tv and keeping the home fires burning in utero, the house HAS TO BE FINISHED. I'm also blogging about the house to help show our family and friends that we're doing fine and that when this baby comes home (albeit not in the way that we had planned) the house is going to look amazing.
With that being typed, to what I'll assume are complete strangers, it's time to blog about the house. Because I'm sitting here in the hospital I didn't have the patience to resize the pics in Photoshop. So apologies to those 4 people that are still on dial up.
After months of toiling on the house doing things like removing the old wiring, reinforcing joists and making huge messes, I think I see the proverbial light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. As our last post mentioned, the drywall is in full effect at the house which still makes me smile.
Since drywall posts are so fun for other people to read, I'll cut to the chase. Everything has been hung and two coat
s of mud have been applied. Sanding will be today (Sunday) and hopefully wrapping up tomorrow. I think I shed a dusty tear thinking about that. As usual I'm including some pictures so that you can see what we're up to.The next piece to this puzzle are the floors which are ready in the wings. I've lined up the guy we used for sanding and sealing the red birch on the third floor that I installed. He's ready to roll on one day's notice, and I'm thinking Wednesday to start with the final two coats going down Friday will work out just fine. That'll k
eep the last of dusty and annoying tasks back to back which is A-OK with me.The goal here is that while Christina is in the hospital I want the floors done and the place cleaned up. I have offers from some friends to help me prime and paint the new drywall which will help out tremendously and for which I'm grateful. If Christina does deliver in two weeks our kid will be here in the NICU for a couple weeks, so I'm hoping that those two weeks will mean that in the evenings we can head home and all Christina has to worry about is what outfit goes into what drawer, or where the wipes should go ease of use. That's it. Period. I don't want her worrying about when the paint will be done, or when the baby's room will be put together. I'm really going to work on getting that done so it's a non issue. In my perfect world sh
e'll worry about what painting to pick for the room from our stash, or if the rug should be centered in the room or not...but nothing about the trim in the room or the second coat of paint.So that's what is going on here on 13th street nowadays. I don't know how to properly manage work, hospital and being a part time G.C., but I'll find out tomorrow.
It's finally gotten pretty crazy around here, but I see dawn breaking on the horizon.
4 comments:
Best wishes to all three of you! Your house is looking great, I hope all goes smoothly for you. Don't sweat the details, baby won't know the difference - whether it's room is finished or not. Try to get some rest while you can...
You've done a fantastic job! Bravo. Don't forget to REST as that's what you'll be missing most for the next 10 years. Get the dusty and smelly stuff done and wing the rest over time. Christina and baby will need a well-rested Daddy for support when they do get home. Love you, Auntie M (I like that better than great-aunt which sounds like a stuffy old hen...)
I worry for the respiratory health of your cats. All this dust cannot be good for them, poor things. Send them to California.
Bryan was so worried about them last night he could hardly sit still! Since it was record high temps yesterday they at least got a little fresh air with some open windows, but I am sure they would love California, even though they have never really seen outside of our house!
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