Fireplace = CHECK :)

So remember that the fireplace was one project on our list.. 

There were a lot of steps to complete, to mark this one off : Rock, Mantel, Crown, Base, Paint, TV

Well it is all DONE! As of yesterday we have a fireplace with a nice brand new 46" TV above it. 

Merry Christmas to us. lol That is our gift to each other!

SO here are a few pictures of the process/progress.

1. sheetrock keeping our nice ac/heat inside the house

2. Jon ripped the sheetrock off so Derrick could make the mount for the huge mantel

3. Jon putting plywood and "frame" up

4. LATH ouch this stuff always cuts him up...but it holds the rock on lol

5. Jon is spraying rock on 

6. Big David handing Jon the hopper with rock in it. (Iphone pictures)

7. Big David carving out the rock pattern.

TAAADAAAA!

It got to late yesterday and the paint was still wet on the base board so I didn't get to sweep and mop the floor. The surround needs to be cleaned as well. 

And here is the sample TILES I went and chose my tile from for the shower last week. 

I'm waiting on the tile guy to come by and measure so I can get the tile ordered!

Job check! & House update!

Jon got hired on full time! This is such a big deal....for the last 2 weeks people at Trinity Bay have been raising hell about Jon working under big David. At first I got angry and then I just decided to pray that these people would see what a hard worker he is. There was one jealous employee that started this (we think) because Jon and Cory make him look bad because he's a slacker when it comes to working all day and not be lazy. WELL enough about that today was hiring day and his Dad called before Jon did lol. We were very stressed about this and its a huge burden lifted off our shoulders. Now Jon has BENEFITS. Never in his life has he had a permanent job.  Full time job CHECK,  Medical insurance CHECK, Retirement CHECK.

Also this past weekend Derrick Leblanc (you all know the "boys") came and hung my... MANTEL. It looks so crazy having a mantel hug above our fireplace. The goal for Jon boy is to put the rock up before Thanksgiving. That's scary since that is exactly one week away.

THE closet

When I do retail therapy I usually head straight to the shoe department :) YES shoes are my weakness. I also love a good bargain on clothes. SO with that being said my favorite room in our house is the CLOSET!!! :) I'm smiling thinking about it. (except for it's a disaster right now)
Here is half of my shoe shelf/wall! Thanks dad for making this bad a$$ shelf for me :) Of course I have filled it up and bought a hanging shoe organizer for Jon's shoes lol.

On the other side of the closet next to my washer and dryer...yes they are in the master closet and I love it...there was space I was wanting more shelf room for linens. And here is what dad built for that space!

And here is him installing it. Excuse the bra hanging there lol. You don't notice these things until you look at a picture.

 I will put a finished picture of the closet when it is 100% complete :/ grr seams like nothing is finished in that house.

<3 Andie

Let it snow.... INSULATION

So we have this "LIST" going of things that need to get done in our miniature mansion. One well TWO major things we need(ed) are insulation over the living room/kitchen & the big AC unit outside. WELL look who got some insulation yesterday!! I am beyond excited. Here is a pic of the "snow" as I like to call it. The big area is the living room/kitchen and then the smaller part is a area in the back of the house that needed a little more fluff. 

  Next on our list is of course like I said the AC then after that is the fireplace. We did have a dead line for the insulation and the date was August 3rd. We are also trying to have the AC and fireplace done by that date too but it all depends on the government sending our income-tax $. Keeping our fingers crossed.