day 3-end of demolition...

The last day of demolition started with the pick up of the last of what no one else wanted. Our love seat was rejected by the salvation army and we got rid of all the rusty patio furniture in the back yard. Our trash company allows for 4 free pick ups a year. We wondered why we didn't call them sooner. It felt so good to finally get rid of the last bit of junk.

Laundry room. We are looking forward to a new washer and dryer. They were new when we got married 17 years ago. The washer does not have hot water any more. Only cold comes out. We will have to wait till November for the new ones. It is one of the things we are looking forward to the most. We were getting hot water from the powder room and added it to the washer.

Powder room.

TV hole. We are adding a granite shelf and a wine cooler on the bottom instead of a storage cabinet. We still are not 100% sure of how this will turn out. We can see lots of extra space in the back and sides. We are thinking there are still some possibilities here.

Farewell to the most useless item in our house. The powder room toilet. We are so happy to see it go. It has caused us more grief than anything in our house. Always a problem. Especially for Jeff, since he used it the most and when guests came to stay at our house. We dreaded them asking, do you have a plunger??? Jeff said he will pay any amount of money to purchase the best and most powerful flushing toilet on the market.


This picture is dedicated to Marissa, who always hated the carpet on the stairs and always wanted to help clean it. Yes, it was horrible and we didn't clean it cause it was too hard and no matter what we did it always looked bad. Now it will be wood.


Dinning room.

The demolition is finally over. In the end the workers did an awesome job of cleaning up. There is still some dust and our house still stinks (of dirt or something). It's sort of sad to have nothing left in the downstairs and it's shocking. It will be the start of a new beginning.

day 2

The day started off early with the delivery of dumpster #3 and pickup of the full dumpster. The driver was an older guy but he was really good at steering his truck so that the dumpster is in the correct position. It was very interesting watching him. It was also raining in the early morning.

3rd dumpster

It's full and ready to go.

Bye, old kitchen...

Today the soffets were removed. The kitchen finally looks bigger.

This A/C vent will have to be stuffed somewhere in the ceiling along with the wires.

We were thinking about moving the silver vent but it might be too hard. The solution for now is to hide it in the cabinets. We will have to wait for the final engineering on Monday to find out.

You would think there is an easier way to remove tile.

Demolition was scheduled for 2 days. They still have tile in the dinning room, closet, powder room and laundry room to remove. All carpet in living room and stairs. Finally everything in the powder room. I am sort of doubtful they will do all that.

one last look

It's demolition day!!! One last look at our old kitchen. We have been packing and cleaning for weeks and this day is finally here. Not going to miss this kitchen at all. I will miss cooking. It will be 48 days till we can use our new kitchen. I will be posting photos of our progress throughout the day. Stay tuned, more to come.

going, going

almost gone

Still waiting for the dumpsters so the workers went to lunch. The kitchen is almost gone now.

the lunch

For us!!! Togo's sandwich, chips and a diet coke. Yum. And you thought there wouldn't be any pictures of food today.

they have arrived

gone...

We wanted to enlarge our opening to the kitchen. We had a structural engineer look at it and his directions were to add this big wood. Of course it didn't fit and he was on vacation. After much figuring out, the framer was able to finish the door way.

It was a long and extremely dusty day. It felt like living in a sand storm and all you could see is a cloud of dust but it was on the inside on the house. All the windows are open and if still feels like we need air. Awful. It inspired us to buy new windows for the downstairs. Is there anything else we can possibly get???

trash guy

For those of you who have watched Flipping Out, you will think this is funny.

not our typical saturday

Penn State football game this morning. Too bad it's not on TV but they won. Yippee... Go Penn State!!! (for Jeff)

Breakfast at Ted's. Oops, we were so hungry we forgot to take a picture before we ate. Jeff had ham, eggs, hash browns and toast. I had blueberry pancakes. Yum O!!!

What a mess, pigs must live here. Better do some cleaning.

I think we cleaned a little too much!!! Only the TV is left in the living room... Now that's cleaning.

ironing board cover

I bought this ironing board cover the other day and noticed something funny on it when I got home.

Who knew that ironing twice a month is considered moderate use. Wonder what they consider ironing every day???

hors d'oeuvres

Last Sunday I made these hors d'oeuvres to see if they were any good and a possibility for Christmas. Usually I frantically make a bunch of stuff at the last minute and never really know if they will turn out. I saw this recipe for Buckwheat Pancakes with Smoked Salmon while I was getting rid of old magazines. The picture looked good and it seemed easy. I thought I would try it on the family for Sunday dinner at Uncle's house. I knew that Jeff would not eat them. They were pretty easy but some practice would be helpful. It was suggested that they needed the addition of capers, maybe dill and the pancakes be a little smaller but over all they were tasty. I will try them again to see if they can be improved. I thought they looked pretty.

project playhouse

We went to Fashion Island for lunch and noticed the Playhouses were open. They are sold at auction for charity. Some lucky kids will get a really fancy play house. Nicer than our house but too tiny!!! Wish we could have one. So cute...

We were inspired by the Wahoo's playhouse to eat lunch at Wahoo's. They have sort of healthy Mexican food.

Jeff ordering.

Lunch, fish enchilada with rice and black beans and nachos. All this food only cost $11. It was very good and a bargain too!!!