taping and priming

The taping has begun and is almost done. Dean started on the main floor last week and we hired someone to get the basement done while he got the main floor started.

 He spend all day taping the entertainment center (Thanks Dean). He used almost a whole box of mud and 15 peices of corner bead.

               I really like the little corner shelf to the right. I can see a really nice tall ceramic pot sitting there
                            May have to go on a trip to find something nice for that spot!!

 We are still waiting for the front door. It is sitting in an autobody shop in town waiting to be painted. Aparently they are having some finacial problems and have been having trouble getting it finished.

The taping in the basement was done yesterday. The walls were finished sanding by 11am and Dean and I started painting them right away. We put on 7 gallons of primer. Each gallon is supposed to cover 400 sq. feet. Thats a lot of paint. I was thinking I wouldn't be able to lift my arms this morning, but |I acually feel fine....so off I go to finish priming the basement. Dean is out of town for the day, so it will go a bit slower today.

Anyway

Loved this....

Mother Teresa’s Anyway Poem

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

[Reportedly inscribed on the wall of Mother Teresa's children's home in Calcutta, and attributed to her. However, an article in the New York Times has since reported (March 8, 2002) that the original version of this poem was written by Kent M. Keith.]

A smaller garage

 Dean and his dad worked on getting the ceiling in the garage finished enough so that we can get the mud room started. Which means we will soon not have to climb a ladder in order to get into the house.
The stairs will come down in the front where the ladder is standing.

The room in behind the mud room is Dean's camping/hunting/fishing and all around guy room.

With both of these rooms framed it takes out a big chunk of the garage. Less room for basketball.

So what happens when you leave things for too long?

                                                       You end up doing it in the rain....

The guys doing the exterior of the house had to finish up some of their work today.....in the pouring rain.
                                                                     Oh well..

                                                                Looks a bit cold...

We also have a big chunk of the taping done. The basement is half done and the main floor is started.

Painting party this weekend??

The drywall is DONE!!

First of all I need to welcome Uncle Jack and Auntie Helen to our world!! Love you guys!

 We are done all the darywall in the house. Every corner is white. This is a new ting in my life. We had never finished all the rooms in our other house and here they are done already!

                    Our living room on the main floor.Dean built us this very amazing entertainment center.

 This is looking into the kitchen area from the living room. The front door has not arrived as of yet.

                                           The view from the dining room into the kitchen.

                                           This room is getting closer and closer to completion.
                                                                 Just add mud, paint and water.

                                   We also had time yesterday to blow in the insulation in the attic.

                             Walt and I had the fun job of stuffing fluffy white insulation into the blower.

                         It doesn't look like it should be a hard job, but my elbows are still sore after 50 bags.

Pine falls fishing

Dean has had some amazing fish this fall at Pine Falls. This picture was taken one late afternoon coming off the lake. It makes it more clear why he loves to be out on the water.

  A few weeks ago he took a couple of guys out. They had a great day on the river.

Today they went again and had their limits of walleye by 1pm. The river was getting to crazy from the wind and they decided they had already had an awesome day. So they were home by 4:30. Tomorrow we will eat fish.



The walleye today ranged from 3-6 pounds each.

YUMMY!!



sweet entertainment center

 We called Dean's brother Kyle to come help drywall.

 The start of the entertainment center.

Colton's room

                                                     Miranda's room

 We still have to finish the drywall on the front. But it is almost done.

   We had shale delivered today. Just in case it rains. We will be able to get on and off the yard. Ya, I know we should have started with rock, but we didn't.

for mom

This week my mom has been sick. So she hasn't been around for a few days. So here are a few more pictures mom. Feel better soon. I miss you when you don't stop by.

                                                My favorite window in the house.