As we say goodbye to the stock pile of windows on the deck...

"YOUR DAD HAS A GOOD RATIONALE FOR WHAT HE IS DOING"

-These are the words of my Mom when I call her Wednesday night on my drive home from work. It is dark out but has been 70degrees today. I can only imagine what he has rationalized. I come home to see the image to the left, except it is dark and rapidly becoming colder as the low was in the 20s that night. We hung a heavy blanket over the window and I informed my Dad he had won the right to sleep in the master bedroom! I was not sleeping in a room with only a blanket to protect me from an intruder.( Yes, that is Addie sitting on the diving board - it is one of her favorite places to perch outside)

PHEW. This has been a big relief and I'm sure my Dad would agree - a great feeling to know that hurdle is over! Of course there are still things to be done with them (trim work, me needing to paint the brick moulding (wood trim that goes around the window outside), etc. However, they're now installed, no more sitting on the deck and I plan to attempt to take some of the old ones to habitat ...hey we all need a tax credit every now and then right?

Lately we've been going even more GREEN at the house. I was really impressed my Dad managed to reuse a lot of wood to save money (oh yeah and uhh save the earth too) and has come up with crafty ways that make me the penny pincher happy. Side note- instead of purchasing new recessed lighting for the living room I simply sanded/painted the old ones
< savings =" $30+"> I purchased 2 new to me back lights to go outside the 9foot sliding glass door at Habitat for $10, painted with some black spray paint I already had and voila I have saved easily 90$. Of course you can't beat the best deal of all 9 free windows with free installation courtesy of Dad! Should I even admit I scoffed at having to spend 200$ for the trim for the windows when we saw on a house flipping show the same type of windows in a small house cost the flipper 17,000 to purchase and install!? Oh-well- guess I just admitted to it!

Tonight Dad and I are discussing the projects to be completed before he goes home for his "winter break" that will really be no such thing as he plans to help his friend remodel his house while he's home!

Things to be completed:
-New lights installed (although I'm gaining more confidence that I can do this myself, the wiring actually isn't that difficult)
-all light switches/receptacles need replacing but we've been going room by room slowly but surely
-soffit needs put up with recessed lighting for outside the sliding glass door installed
-trim work for windows...
-drywall mudding finishing up- not an inch of my house is untouched from drywall dust
-bathrooms remodeled (this is scheduled for after christmas)
-kitchen countertops replaced, new flooring put down, new trim work(new chair rail, door casing, crown molding, etc)
-living room registers cut open for heating/ac
-light bedroom door jamb work
-dining room remodel ( will be the final room to do)

So the more I type I get a little overwhelmed, but when you're at this point in the game you can see the downhill, the possibility of just doing weekend projects versus working 7 days a week and maybe, just maybe, not having to sweep the floors in the entire house everyday.

Everybody loves photos, how about a little update of the bedroom window fun!

My Dad knew the moment he saw me take this photo (which he didn't appreciate) that this would make the cut for the blog. Yes, this is my bed and now you know why I'm currently washing my sheets!














I only post the photo of what my deck looks like so you can appreciate how excited I am as it becomes less and less cluttered, most of the wood/things you see are from the recent window remodels and we're using the wood for firewood!

...and of course the finished window, with new drywall to boot!