one week

well I am one week in....it is going well
I've had to rethink the 'action plan' of getting into the house a few times. In the beginning I thought I would complete the living room first and then work on the upstairs bedrooms so that the bedrooms could be set up and the living room could be a place for the boys to play while I worked...
well, that isn't what has happened

but I am happy to report that things are coming along!! I am hoping (lots of fingers crossed) that I will be living in my house a week from now!

yesterday my in-laws (a blessing from heaven) arrived and today my FIL took CO away for the day and kept him busy while my MIL helped my parents and myself at the house. The goal for today...get the upstairs finished.
The upstairs bathroom has a new floor toilet and vanity!!! as well as being cleaned and all painted (except one strip of baseboards and the window
The boy's bedroom is all primed and the ceiling and walls are painted (window not done)
The Master bedroom is all primed and the ceiling, walls and closet are all painted (window not done)
I am leaving the spare room for now as I am in no quick rush for it. All of the carpet is now officially OUT of the house (thanks to my dad finishing up with the spare room carpet and living room carpet today)
the downstairs front entrance, stairwell and upstairs hall is DONE (except the woodwork needs a coat of paint and the stairs need...something)
the living room and dining room are done other than the woodwork needing a coat of paint. I have a mystery spot on the floor beside my fireplace that I need to decide what I am going to do with. The downstairs toilet is installed!!! the hot water tank is in the laundry room (it used to be behind the upstairs bathroom door) and the gas stove in the kitchen is hooked up!!
the rope is in the tree outback ready for a piece of wood for a rope swing, the branches on the trees in the backyard were trimmed
My Aunt did an AMAZING job on the front yard!!! People were actually stopping and commenting on how great her work was looking.

My in laws are taking CO in the morning to the dentist. He is being put out for some fillings and a spacer. I HOPE that this goes smoothly. The appointment is at 8am.

Tomorrow my mother is picking up the sander and doing the living room, dining room and front entrance floors. (LOVE how much she has helped me this week...I would not be as far along as I am if it weren't for her)

The plan is to let the floors dry and stay off them until Wednesday. So Monday and Tuesday we will focus on the downstairs bathroom (need to take off the wallpaper, clean and paint), kitchen (need to finish taking off the wallpaper, putty the walls because the person who hung the wallpaper didn't prime the walls first so the coating is coming off the drywall with the wallpaper, finish washing cupboards, paint the cupboards, move the fridge, prime and paint), pantry (clean, prime and paint) and laundry room (install washer, dryer, laundry tub, clean, prime and paint, rehang the door so it is on the inside and maybe install a floor), front entrance (remove wallpaper, fix holes in wall, clean, prime and paint as well as hang up hooks in the closet for the boys)

Wednesday the plan is to add a second coat of paint to the two bedrooms and paint the last of the woodwork. The electrician is coming this day to install the new panel and fix a BUNCH of plugs that are reversed in wiring.
and then Thursday & Friday will be doing little touch-ups here and there as well as painting the upstairs floors.

The handyman still needs to re-route the laundry room plumbing/wiring so that the washer and dryer aren't on opposite corners of the laundry room, installing a reverse osmosis water treatment, hanging the laundry room door onto the inside of the doorway, framing the water meter & new plumbing he had to track through the house when he moved the hot water heater down the stairs, fix and replace the eaves trough.

Today a man was in to clean up the telephone and cable wires

Wednesday the electrician is coming.


I need to figure out the plan for the stairs...but overall, I am excited that there is an end in sight!!