We have walls again! A good friend gave us a wonderful wedding gift... a crew of expert sheet rockers, who did a wonderful job, and now our kitchen and ceilings look so great! We also had an electrician come in and and finish the job, as it turns out our G.C. did a splendid job getting it all ready for him and after a good day's work they finished the electrical work and turned our power back on! It's all coming along so great! The walls in the bedroom are primed and the ceiling is patched, ready for primer, the rough plumbing in the kitchen is done, the vent that used to be in the closet wall we took out is now in the low wall for the breakfast bar and it is working... slowly we are transforming this little house into an awesome home!

We've bought our really nice fridge and stove, and we're still holding off for the dishwasher, because we might e able to save one we "aquired"... we'll see.

Today we had the gas turned on and we have heat! fortunately we got the furnace going and it works pretty well. We'll have to fix the water heater tho... but I hear from a reliable source it's not a big deal... so we're not too worried about it.

Another big thing is that today we got our super sweet government stimulus for first time home buyers, and we are so excited! we can't wait to get started with spending it! We already saw the tile we'd like for the back splash and we have a good idea of what the counter tops and floor tile will be... next step (one of many) buying and painting kitchen cabinets!

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Much progress has been made, the electrical is underway, after a very brave kick off by our talented GC, we have no power and we are making our way towards a super nice lighting job in the kitchen, and a new and improved 200 amp service, so exciting!

The downstairs bedroom is ready to be primed, we scraped the peeling paint off the windows, washed the walls, mudded and sanded the gouges on the walls and the patch covering the old closet door.

The ceilings in the dinning room and living room are much better looking now that we've knocked off the popcorn finish... however I must admit we got a little over zealous and now we have to cover the dinning room ceiling with sheet rock...but it will look so nice!

We had to take out the hardwoods in the kitchen and another wall down to the studs for technical purposes, it's looking more and more like a tiny barn in there, i love it!

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