Day 103 – Another weekend….
Well, here we are at the end of another weekend. I know that you will be shocked, but it was yet another busy and productive week around here.
First, the insulation is finally done! I had no idea that it would take so long. It didn’t help that we have 14 foot ceilings at some points and just maneuvering the ladder took forever. None the less, with that done, we are finally able to start on the vapor barrier. This will undoubtedly be another long and tedious job what with the ceiling heights coming into play yet again. It has however been started with the help of our neighbour and that is really good.
Earlier this week, we went and paid for the cedar for the two panels on the house and for the soffit area under the covered back entry. R & K picked it up on Saturday afternoon and we promptly got to work staining it. By 8:30pm we had all of the cedar stained a beautiful medium warm cedar-y colour. Apparently, we stunk up the whole neighbourhood, oops.
R also installed one more soffit light on Saturday and made sure that all of the others Were properly aligned as the soffit and facia guy (Hache Roofing, same guy who did the shingles) will be here later this week to get that going. It will be really nice to have the black soffit around the entire house. Not only will it look great to get rid of the horrible and trashed white crap on the existing portion of the house and replace it with all black but I am really looking forward a day when I can officially come home without worrying if any F-ing birds are inside. Amazing really what my life has boiled down to, no? Did I mention that since the creature incidents, we have only had three mice total? Small mercies.
Today, we decided to install the first section of the cedar panel and it looks absolutely amazing! The nuances of the wood came out great and up against the black trim of the windows it is really eye catching. Our (somewhat crazy) back alley neighbour even said that we were improving property values in the neighborhood and it even reminded him of some of the custom work found in the expensive areas. High praise indeed!
This week, my parents received our bathroom sink and faucet and this coming week, before they come home, they should also be receiving the bathroom accessories and five blinds. Yeah!
Oh yeah, and finally, if a fit of insanity R and I came across an amazing one day deal on the bed frame that we want to have in our new room and the mattress we want is on sale next week. So needless to say, we bought the bed and will buy the mattress this week. Will the hemorrhage of money ever end? Not at the rate we are going. Shit, shit, shit.
Oh, have a great week.