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What I did when I should have been studying: Part III
1/27/08
Bought a new cellphone!!
I switched to verizon because the service around here is so much better, plus I got this smartphone really cheap!
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I'm lazy.. and busy studying.
1/24/08
so please amuse yourself by reading this blog entry by my friend Brittany:
OHDN
and then like me, try to work the abbreviation OHDN into everyday conversation!
Clean Basement!
1/20/08
I cleaned the basement debris some time ago, but there was still 2" of dirt on the floor that needed to be cleaned. I did the small washer and dryer area before, but Marc took the rest of the basement to task this weekend. This involved shoveling and sweeping, then going over the area with the shop vac (excellent Christmas present from my parents - and I recommend getting the heavy duty filter instead of the cloth one that comes with it .)
This corner was bad. The spider webs were so thick that they were clogging the vacuum.Check out those old pokers from the old furnace.
Even the scary room isn't as scary, oh wait, what is that red stain on the wall? I didn't see that before.... oh man, it is still scary. Um, errr,ok.... check out the date on the right wall.
When they poured the foundation.
Marc's new workout area.
Can you tell the dust is not all the way settled?
The Dirt Mustache: my favorite mustache to date.
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What I did when I should have been studying: Part II
1/19/08
Got a haircut!
Here are some before pics:
(This is what happens when I let Marc "do" my hair.)And the After pics:
All glammed up for the Sequins and Feather Bday Party.
And now I'm too excited and giddy to study.
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Big Kitchen Update
1/16/08
Now that the W/D are safe and working, we have moved onto the kitchen. First with a major design overhaul.
The old design was feeling cramped and boring, so we've overhauled it to open the kitchen up to the dining room and simplified it to use mostly standard Ikea cabinets.
Here is the plan:
You can click on it to see it bigger.
You can see the bar area moved into the dining room. This will require some work with new headers over the new openings, but we will get help in that area. (We don't need the sewing room crashing to the first floor!) The range moves to the outside wall next to the bench (that conceals a heater). The fridge can now be a standard size (instead of a special narrow one) and the sink counter gets deeper: good for parties!
So, if you aren't used to looking at architectural drawings, the interior elevations are numbered and keyed to the plan. The arrow on the plan points to the direction the elevation is looking. so for example, see how #2's arrow is pointing from the dining room looking into the kitchen? This is that elevation:
It is sort of a boring one, but paint will spice it up...
This one is better. We have full height pantries on the left, the wood bench, then the lower cabinets, with a glass upper wall. We will put our white and glass everyday dishes on the floating shelves. The range hood will be stainless steel and the range will be white (see below).
We want to do some sort of stained wood paneling on the wall that will match the dark wood floors and sort of the wood planks that will go on the back porch.
Now, it gets exciting. This is standing at the sink, looking into the dining room. The fun part is the "lightwell" above. It will have lights in it for night, but during the day, will use the sunlight funneled thru solatubes.
Here is a cut thru the dining room and the kitchen. It shows the bench and the bar area well.
This one is sort of boring too. This is the door to the screened-in back porch, which we hope to leave open in warmer months.
So we are still going with the Ikea "high-gloss" white cabinets. I love them!
This is sort of the style.
I'm really pumped because we were able to find great WHITE appliances. (I'm sort of "over" stainless) Plus, they will look great with the white cabinets AND Marc checked them all out on consumer reports.
A JennAir fridge with NO indoor water/ice on purpose.
A JennAir stove w/ true convection.
The cool range hood. (Our floating shelves will be like that too.)
Kohler sink. This also shows the look of our dark countertops. We want to do Richlite or Paperstone which is recycled paper. Very durable and stain resistant.Now we just need the $$$!
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They are here!
1/13/08
So it was quite the ordeal, of course, but they are here! (and I've already done 6 loads of wash.)
So they arrived last week, the guys dented the dryer getting it off the truck ($50 credit), then scratched the dryer getting it downstairs ($25 credit). Whatever, I don't care what it looks like as long as it dries (not as easy as it sounds apparently). The guys set them up and left.
Marc did a load of wash, only to discover the dryer wasn't working. (So now we have a non-functional dented and scratched dryer. Great!) GE sent out a repair guy 4 days later. Blown thermo-controlpanel-fuse-thinga-majig. Nice. Will order part and fix it next week. Um. NO! This thing is brand new. Marc called home depot, and they had one in stock that we could swap with. Awesome. So at 7:30pm we haul the old one to home depot, do the swap, come home, hook it up and do a load of wash before driving 3 hours to Greensboro to catch a flight. Nice. Nothing like being hectic.
But honestly, does anything go smoothly around here?? We weren't even phased.
Gotta go, have a load of laundry to fold!
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Lois Dierdre
1/8/08
Sorry, I've been MIA. I received the news that my grandmother passed away suddenly on Sunday. She was a truly amazing woman. She recently graduated from college and was a substitute teacher, at 80 years old! She had drive, spunk, and a terrific laugh. We will miss her terribly.
Thanks to everyone for your kind words. See you next week.
W/D: Your room is all ready!
1/2/08
We got the W/D's room (aka a part of the basement) all ready!
Here is the before & afters:
Check out the plumbing, electrical & vent hook-ups. The house originally had a w/d, but it was on the back porch and all got torn out. Pretty awesome right? Marc put up the white pegboard.
This has given us some confidence to do the kitchen!
This has given us some confidence to do the kitchen!
Here's me doing my best Vanna White:
Here's marc looking tan from pegboard dust. (Nice mustache too right?)
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Snow!
A week late for a white christmas, but still pretty.
People here are freaking out because they don't know how to drive in snow. There are seriously only 5 people out of 18 that made it into the office as of yet!
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