Last Sunday in Mansfield

Yeah, it's our last Sunday in Mansfield!!  wooohooooo

So, I left off something from yesterday . . . our AC went out.  Luckily, Robert has a lot of connections - including an AC guy.  He called, and they came out immediately.  It cost us about $150, but it's now fixed.  But, it was sure hot in there yesterday until it cooled back down.

So, we started out early today.  We left about 7:30am, and we were at Lowe's before they opened.  I got some more shelf liner for the bathrooms, a garage door remote, some hostas for the back yard, and some flowers for the front yard.

We had to be at the house early, so the "ceiling guys" could come and scrape off all the popcorn in the living room and kitchen, and reshoot the texture in the living room.

Robert bought stuff to turn a section of fence into a gate so that he can put the trailer in the back yard, and pull his truck in the back to haul off all the branches we have back there. 

While he worked on the fence, I mowed the yard AGAIN and blew all the dirt and grass from yesterday's edging.  Then I  planted my flowers and plants. I also moved the hummingbird feeder to the front yard.

While he went back to Lowe's for some parts, I sat in the chair hammock and relaxed.  I squirrel came right up to the corn feeder while I was there.  Literally, 2 feet away.  It was wild!  Then later, when Robert and I were waiting for the ceiling guys to finish, two doves can within 3 feet of us, and feed on the ground under the bird feeder.  I love all the wildlife at this house!  :)

So, it was a long day.  The ceiling guys didn't leave until about 7pm.  But atleast it's done now . . . well, kinda . . . we still have to shoot the texture in the kitchen, and repaint both ceilings.  sighhhhh

The TV Addict

Yippeeee . . . I finally have TV!  We brought over the TV from the man cave, and put it in the guest room so that Directv could install today.  He didn't show up until 4pm, but got it all working in a couple of hours.  We have a couple holes to patch again, but no biggie.  One in the master bedroom and a couple in the living room.

I also put together the bench glider for the front porch . . but DON'T SIT ON IT!!  LOL  It needs some more work.  I couldn't get all the screws in or the bolts tightened . . . so it's just barely staying together.  Atleast it looks purty!!  LOL

Also got the hammock swing up just in time for Father's Day.  It's actually pretty comfortable.  Might have to get another one for me?
Gosh, this picture makes it look NOT so comfortable!  LOL

Let's see, what else did we do today . . . Robert finished the baseboards in the master bedroom.

And I mopped the floors in both bathrooms, and scrubbed all the stuff off the entry way tile.  I also cleaned the master bathroom.

Robert also got a small edger this morning, and started using it.  It's turning out to be quite the task, since it's been a LONG LONG time since it's been edged.  Hopefully, it will only be this difficult once!

I also took some pictures of the landscaping done on the rent house today, in case the landlord decides to sue me!  

Robert also repainted the garage . . .

Only one week to go

Didn't realize I haven't posted to my blog all week until now . . .

Monday, I was tired and sore from the busy weekend, so I didn't go over there.  I came home and slept from 4pm until 5am.  I woke up for about an hour and a half to eat dinner.

Tuesday, I took the laptop over to the house because AT&T said I could set up my internet connection.  NOPE!!  Another hour on the phone with 3 different people, and can't try again until next week.  SIGH . . . I'm not real happy with them so far.  I hope I have better luck with Directv tomorrow, or I'm canceling both of them, and going back to Charter cable.  After that, I started cleaning up the kitchen walls to paint them.  I painted where the frig is going and the pantry . . . both places with big appliances I don't want to move later to paint.

Here's a pic with the tan on top, the original yellow at the bottom, and the new gold in the middle.  I don't think I like it??!  I think I'm gonna ditch it, and go back to the tan . .  What do you think?

I just think it's too "yellow"

I wanted something a little more "gold" and this looks too "buttercup" to me.




























So, Robert has been working on the baseboards and crown molding this week . . .

Wednesday, I stayed home again and packed some more . . . master bedroom stuff and master bath.  Mostly decor.  Robert worked more on the baseboards, and got a chop saw with a bigger blade.

Thursday, I went at lunch and looked at the sectional we want to get.  I had found one at Stacy's furniture for $2000, but after I told Robert that price (and he freaked) I started hunting down a cheaper alternative.  I found this one at Sam's Furniture in Haltom City.

It will be flipped so that the chaise lounge is on the left next to the fireplace.  This one is $1200 for the sectional and ottoman.  Not crazy about the pillows, but that's easy enough to switch out.

After work, I went to Walmart to get more cleaning supplies.  Then I went to the house, and cleaned the guest bathroom and kitchen.  Robert had been using the sinks and tubs to clean up paint, and I wanted to clean it up before it got REALLY tough to get the paint up.

Today, Robert came up to my work at lunch, and I took him to check out the furniture.  I think in the next week or so, I'll go back and order it since it takes a couple of weeks to get it.

Robert's tired, so he didn't go to the house tonight.  I went to Garden Ridge for a little shopping. I was looking for barstools, but didn't find any I loved for the price.  I found a glider bench for the front porch, a small table for next to it, a small pot for flowers, an electric lantern for the table, and a small bird bath.  I'll post pictures of it tomorrow when I get it all set up.  We also got the chair hammock that I got for Robert for Father's Day in the mail from Amazon.  We'll put that up tomorrow too.   See ya then . . .

I miss my house :(

Neither one of us went over there today . . . instead we packed on worked on our landlord's house.  Booooooooo!!!!

At 10:00 my friend Shari and her daughter Courtney (I work with both of them), came over and took a bunch of stuff off my hands so I wouldn't have to pack it.  Yeahhhhh!!  The top shelf in both pictures was loaded to the ceiling with purses.  (I did keep about a dozen purses, but they are in bags on the floor).  They took about 2 dozen purses??  And probably a dozen pairs of shoes?

Also gave them . . . Bathroom stuff from the guest bath, a steam mop, a huge stack of magazines that I'll never read, apple kitchen stuff for Shari's other daughter, and anything else I could find to give them.

Robert worked on the garage today.  He packed up everything, took everything off the walls, painted, and cleaned everything.  I packed the living room and kitchen.  Here's the boxes packed from the kitchen . . .

I think I added 2 more boxes after I took this picture.  I've packed up everything except the food in the pantry.  Just left us one skillet, one pot, silverware, a couple of tupperware bowls, and some paper plates.

At 4:00, the lawn guy showed up.  He's still out there working now, and will probably have to come back tomorrow.  He's doing a fantastic job trimming all the [friggin'] hedges!!

I need a weekend to rest from my weekend!!  Only 2 more weeks and we'll be OUTTA here!!  Or sooner??

Whatta Day!!

So, today was carpet day!  I was so excited, I couldn't even sleep last night.  We had to be there at 9am, but they didn't show up till about 11. 

Here's the old pad in the master bedroom right before it got yanked out.

Robert and I helped clean up all the ceiling bits that didn't get taken out on the carpet.

Wooohooo . . . new carpet pad.

Oh . . . side note, I've decided to paint a couple of different colors.  I'm going to paint the kitchen the 3rd one down on the left.  It's called heirloom gold.  The 2nd one down in the middle is the paint we've been painting everything . . living room, bedrooms, etc.  The 6th one down on the right is the color we are going to use in the den walls.  It's called passion vine. 
























First piece of carpet brought into the house.  ooohhhhhhh, how exciting!!

 We told them to back their truck right up to the front door . . . ohhhh, and Robert and I mowed and weed eated the front and back while we were waiting on them this morning.

They laid out the carpet on the yard to cut it before they brought it inside.

 

 While we were waiting on them to install the carpet, I decided to tackle taking out the blocked look thru window.  I un-screwed the wood on the other side, and then Robert busted out the sheet rock.














 






Then we just had to remove all those boards.  We are going to frame out the look thrus, so the damage will be covered up.  It looks so much better, and is so much brighter with it opened up. 

 

 OMG!!  Carpet is IN!!

 Woohoooooo!!

 And it's DONE!!  It's so beautiful.  I'm so happy with it.  It smells new, and it's clean and pretty!  I'm in LOVE!

 So after the carpet guys were done, we went to Lowe's.  Got me a new hummingbird feeder.  Isn't it cute!?

And I finally talked Robert into glossy latex (instead of oil based!).  Yiippeeee . . . it will dry faster and it's easier to clean up.  He sprayed on 3 coats on the bedroom doors and baseboards before we left for the evening.  Oh yeah, and there in the background is the new water heater that Robert helped install yesterday.  It works GREAT!  We even took a shower before we left for the evening.
 
I got some cute $5 hanging pots for the front porch.  It's finally looking like someone actually lives here.

Grass is getting green.  Can't WAIT to tackle all the flower beds.  I'm sooooooo ready to live here full time . . . especially after the phone calls from our JERK of a landlord at the rent house today.  Might have to move up the move date.  Can't wait to get out of Mansfield!!