Time well spent

It's been a while since my last post, but I promise that the time has been well spent.

Construction started today at 8:01 am on the new kitchen - woohoo!! According to C, the contractor showed up on time and starting breaking through the walls looking for pipes. Apparently his first comment was that the walls were thicker than he thought. This is an old house after all, and I suppose they don't make them like they used to. Anyway, the water pipes were found right where they were suspected to be (phew!!) so he said he would get going on the plumbing today.

I think I'm going to be nervous about this whole project until it's done. As I said, this is an old house so hopefully everything will go as planned without any nasty surprises. Fingers crossed and I'll fill in the details as they come.

In other news, I painted the upstairs bathroom a few weeks back. I'm happy with it and it looks so much cleaner and brighter than before, although I wish I was a little more careful with the poly fila. I can't help but look up at the patches on the ceiling whenever I'm in there. Oh well, I don't think anyone else will notice. It was good practice anyway and I'll be sure to be more careful with hole filling in the kitchen.

Blister this

I've spotted some paint blisters on the front door.

Zut alors!

One is about the size of a nickel and the others are quite a bit smaller, but I still see them. That means they'll eventually pop and peel and the door will look horrid. What a pain!! I was really hoping not to have to paint that door again for many years. oh well, I'm going to ignore the bubbles and see what happens. Hopefully they won't burst before Spring.

Burn baby burn

I'm afraid the oven is in very sad shape and getting worse by the day. I suppose using just that one back burner after so many months is finally taking a toll. Last night C had to finish boiling a pot of pasta on the gas downstairs because the burner just wasn't getting hot enough. We should really rally really make an effort to get the other burners functioning again. I would gate to have to buy a new mini stove before we have the room to install a standard size one. Maybe it's a sign that we should get going on those kitchen reno plans...

Oh! Entered a contest for a new washer and dryer over the weekend. The draw is this week sometime. Not sure that they would fit down the stairs if I won though, lol!!

Inspiration

The furnace is sounding loud again. Or maybe that's just because I was standing next to it when it switched on this afternoon?

I visited an open house on the street over today. Very very very nice, and so inspiring. Made me want to get cracking on our own renos. No time to get into anything major now, but the ideas in my head are bubbling!

No news

No news to report. No news is good news, right?

Still have to secure the new address numbers to the wall. Maybe this weekend?

Down the drain

So I was washing my hands in the basement bathroom sink the other day and noticed that hot water drained normally. Wow! When did that problem resolve itself? Maybe ignoring it for so many months was the trick.

Now if only the upstairs bathtub clog would fix itself too...

Out with the old

Rainy day today. I intended to plant the bulbs during my days off, but I still haven't gotten around to it. Maybe tomorrow weather permitting. I'd really really really like to get your backyard cleaned up before it gets too cold to do anything out there. Lets see what tomorrow's weather brings.

Oh, I finally put up the new address numbers. Sort of. I haven't properly drilled them into place, but C has offered to do it. So nice to get that old plaque off the wall. I need to scrub off whatever that white chalky stuff is that surrounded the plaque. Hopefully it will come off!