Kids Bathroom

We have been down to one bathroom for some time. And even that wasn't a complete bathroom. We haven't had a bathroom sink in what feels like for ages. But the day has finally come that we could replace the old shower with the new and move the toilet over. Oh how I have disliked the old shower. It's stained a permanent light brown and always looks nasty! The corners are rusty, the drain is rusty and has never drained real well. There is a lip as  you step into the shower and underneath that lip seems to collect everything and in a week turns black. It's crazy!!!   The shower curtain was here when we moved in. Before we showered I threw that sucker in the washer 2x before we used it. We have now used it for 2.5 years and who only knows how long it was used before that. There were a few rips and tears and the stains oh my! If I would have known that we were going to use it for as long as we did I would have replaced it immediately. Oh well! Back to the shower, the sides of the shower would wiggle when pressed on. I've just been waiting for someone to lean against it and hear them scream that the entire side fell down. Luckily that never happened.   

The last of the interior brick on the front part of the house is gone!

WooHoo!

Kory, Hunter and I each took turns with the sledge hammer trying to get the cement block up that the shower had sat on. It did NOT want to come out. Seriously it took hours to get it all up. 

Then came the toilet. Had to move it since that's where the new tub/shower is going to sit. 

Brayden was our happy helper for the day. 

Of course the plumbing we did for the tub/shower months ago wasn't quite were we needed it. So we got to cut into the cement and extend the plumbing for it.

What a mess!

It's always a good feeling and an overwhelming feeling when we do these bigger projects!

The mess it makes can be so overwhelming. 

But with a smile we do our best!

This project only took about 10 hours!

Sunday morning we were able to use our shower for the first time!

It was absolutely marvelous. The kids love having a bathtub again and thinks it's huge compared to what we had. I love that it's so white and shiny and clean looking! The water heater is much closer and we've got hot water almost immediately! 

So, so awesome!

Washer and Dryer Hook ups

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

I have been without a working washer/dryer for 2 weeks.

Luckily my Mom is just down the street but I'm working at H&R Block again this tax season and my only day off is Wednesdays. It's hard to get our family of 7 laundry done in one day! In fact it usually takes up my entire day just doing that. 

I was getting ready to take the laundry down to my mom's again when Kory came home and stopped me. He said he was going to hook the washer up for me right then. He had hooked up the dryer earlier in the week after work because he knew it wouldn't take to long.

It took Kory and I from 9:30am to 3:00pm to "fix" the plumbing. 

We had to pull our kitchen cabinets away from the wall so Kory could get back there.   

And then it was like playing with legos. Trying to figure out which pieces of pvc pipe to use to make the correct shape and slopes for the washer and sink to use the new sewer line. It took a few mistakes like forgetting we needed a pea trap and having to do it over again. It was a bit frustrating. But he finally got it! Then we got to put the cabinet back and then hook up the washer. 

I love my laundry room!

It made me cry. 

I was able to actually wash our clothes from home. Granted it had only been 2 weeks. 

I loved being able to pull clothes out of the dryer and hang them up immediately. I haven't had a rod in my laundry room since we lived in Alton. More than 4 years ago! I have a room to seperate my laundry piles in  instead of on the bathroom floor or hallway. And I have a counter top to fold on and a place other than the floor to keep my baskets. 

It's amazing! 

The things we so often take for granted!

We need to install the door and put down the baseboards and then this room will be finished!

Saturday, March 2 2019

This past week Kory and Hunter were able to hang our laudry room door. 

And the 2nd bedroom closet door. 

It's coming! We were hoping to do baseboards and casings today but Kory got held up in Arizona and wont be making it home until this afternoon.  It's so nice to see changes again. I'm so ready to get this house done!!

Garage and new Sewer Line

Saturday, February 16, 2019

Our garage is a freakn' mess!

We've got wiring and plumbing supplies all over the place. Kory's tools scattered here and there. Then we've got piles of 2x4's, 2x6's in different lengths. We've got doors, sheetrock, OSB and insulation piles all over the place. We can't put a car in the garage and with the weather lately we're having to defrost every vehicle in the mornings before being able to go anywhere. Hunter's had driver's ed at 6. Maddie has jazz band at 6:30. I know I'm just being lazy not wanting to go out and start the dang car 5-10 min before I have to. It's still dark cold and icy. 

Maddie has volleyball tournaments everyother weekend. This was a weekend we were going to be home so the girls and I tackled the gargage while the boys worked on getting the new water/sewer line hooked up at the street. 

We re-stacked wood, compiled supplies into one box, swept and swept and swept!

It looks pretty dang good. 

The best part is that I can park 1/2 the van inside the garage now. 

I'm sure it looks weird from the street but I really don't care. 

Baby steps..... It will one day be done. 

Meanwhile outside these guys were playing in the mud!

Seriously it was a soupy, muddy mess. 

By the end of the day. We had it!

The new sewer line is all hooked up and ready to go. 

Yay!!!!

Gas line has been moved

It's been over a year since we began knocking down walls.

 In fact this picture was taken Jan 8, 2018

It was cooler in the mornings it was January afterall. But most of my pictures are jacket's free!

We were very blessed for awesome temperatures last year. 

This January 2019 has been pretty wet. It seems like it's raining, cloudy, windy and cold. 

The next project on the house is to switch over to the new plumning/sewer.

So the first Saturday, February 2nd we were suppose to be rain free. Maddie and I were up north at one of her volleyball tournaments so we weren't around to help. 

Cody Goodfellow came over with his backhoe and helped dig. We had all the new plumbing and gas line ran inside the house just needing to get it to the street now. Kory was able to move the gas meter from the front of the house (almost by the front door) closer to the edge of the house. 

It seriously took all day long! Once the gas line was moved Kory and Cody started working on the plumbing. Unfortunately they hadn't dug quite deep enough and they needed either dug up the asphalt road or dig a tunnel underneath. Knowing he probably would need more parts they called it a day. 

While Kory and Cody were outside.....

My Dad and Hunter were inside hooking up the water heater to the new gas line. Since they moved it we were without water most of the day. So happy they were able to get it all hooked up in one day.