Friday, October 7, 2016

Boxspring turned baby gate!

Boxspring turned baby gate!

I spent about a month staring at this queen size boxspring sitting on our front porch before I finally decided to use it another way. We didn't have a need for it anymore, but what we did have a need for was a really wide baby gate to go between our dining room and living room. Because our steps...

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

DIY wall mount for your TV!

DIY wall mount for your TV!

Years ago we bought a wall mount for our TV at Ikea for $7. Unfortunately in one of our moves we lost a part or two and it became unusable. I was really bummed because to get that kind of deal on a wall mount for your TV is unheard of! Luckily, Damien found this link to a DIY...

Thursday, September 15, 2016

"Determined people working together can do anything"

I haven't posted in a little over 2 weeks because things have been kind of hectic these past few weeks. We are unable to get a lot of the cosmetic stuff done around the house because we keep having other issues that need addressed. Most recently we found our sewer line was clogged. We found this out because there was toilet paper all over our yard one morning and our basement was full of .... you know what.

Thankfully I have a husband who isn't afraid to work hard and figure things out and he was able to get the clog with some help from the internet and some advice from my brother Adam. It took 2 days, an auger rental, several trips to the hardware store, and most likely longer than it would have taken a professional, but our clog is fixed and our basement has been pumped out. Next we will need to thoroughly clean it out, which will probably happen this weekend.

Now that we live here it's hard at times to get things done. We both thought it would be easier but every day life gets in your way. Abigail going to school, the baby, work, and just the regular chores tend to tire you out in a day. By the end of the day, it's hard to work on projects around the house. But we try to make it a point to spend a little time each day on something.

I've been grouting the kitchen floor a little at a time, in the evenings or while Amelia is napping. It's finally down to being about 3/4 of the way done.

The next project will be our stairs. They are currently pretty nasty looking and we always have to wear slippers or shoes when going up and down them. I haven't figured out what to do with them yet, but I've seen some options of using fabric which look kinda neat.



As you can see our dining room is basically non-existent at this point.  We don't have any furniture for it so it is just being used basically as a storage area for tools and other miscellaneous stuff around the house. The floors still aren't done either.



Remodeling a house while living in it with 2 kids certainly has its challenges. I hung these two pictures up in our kitchen. I know it might not seem like much, but it's a constant reminder to me to keep a positive attitude. Sometimes I want to be miserable, yell at Damien, and just cry because our life feels like a huge mess right now. But I have to remember that all this will one day pass and everything we are doing is to benefit our family.  We have shelter, we're safe, and we're together. That's all that matters.  We will soon have a nice, organized, pretty house and not be in debt. 

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Fill a house with love and it becomes a home.

Fill a house with love and it becomes a home.

When we sold the trailer we agreed to be out within three weeks. Three weeks was up this past Thursday. We weren't at all ready. The girls and I had to stay with my parents, while Damien stayed at the house trying to get things in order.  We ended up having major plumbing problems that took forever to...

Monday, August 8, 2016

Let there be light.... and paint!

Let there be light.... and paint!

Once in awhile, the universe decides it's time to throw us a bone.  This past weekend was a great one at the house. Lots of fun things are happening! First, Joe & I got the living room and dining room painted this weekend! Damien ended up picking the final color, and I was nervous at first but I LOVE...

Thursday, August 4, 2016

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are"

We sold the mobile home today! We don't even own it anymore. The countdown is on to finish things at the house. We have 21 more days to be out of here (August 25th) and are only 10 days until our goal of being out by August 15. The ship has sailed for being out by August 15th because of the water issues, but we will definitely have the house in order enough to be out by August 25th. We don't have a choice anymore.

Yesterday we went to the house. I finished up painting Abigail's walls that needed a little touch up, and Damien measured and figured out how many boards we need for our dining room floor and also planned out getting the electric fixed. That should be fixed on Saturday, which means we should have electric by early next week.

This weekend I plan on painting the downstairs while Damien fixes the electric and hopefully gets started on repairing the floor in the dining room.  In case you forget what it looks like, this is what we are dealing with.


We have about 11 boards that we need to replace including the grate. Here's to hoping we can get this all worked out in the next 21 days! 

Monday, July 25, 2016

Team work makes the dream work.

Team work makes the dream work.

I'm trying *really* hard not to get my hopes up but we showed our mobile home lastnight to a couple who really seems interested in purchasing it. Fingers crossed that they were serious. This past weekend the heat was horrible! We did manage to get a couple things worked on at the house. Damien is working on a plumbing...

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