Beware…
… if you visit, we may put you to work!
We were stoked for Christina and Will to visit because we wanted to spend time with them, and show them the new house, but also… because we had a HUGE project list we thought they could help us with! Muah ha ha. Ha. (Actually, this is Steven and Will’s thing – they love working on projects when they’re together – and they update each other on projects when they’re apart, too!)
Steven had been enthusiastically working on his project list with Will for about a month, making sure he had all the parts and pieces, and brainstorming the best way to do things. Unfortunately, they hit a huge hiccup when they went to install the hood for the kitchen – the hood is designed for 8′-0″ ceilings and the space where we’re putting the hood is 7′-0″ tall due to a soffit. So they had to figure out how to fit all the required stuff in 1′-0″ less of space, and spent most of the time on that, which was not one of the “fun” projects on the list!
But working on that meant they painted the wall behind the hood/fridge area (yay!), which was half painted when we bought the house. And now the hood’s up (and sounds like a jet engine when you turn it on):
I’ll have to post a picture when it’s all finished and the house is not a construction zone! I still need to post pictures of what the rooms in the house look like!
They did have time to install our wireless antenna outside (and run cables from it through the attic), cover openings in the attic (to keep animals out), shorten an old shower curtain rod (from our townhome) and install it, and add accent lights on the stairs.
It was raining hard when they installed the antenna. Eek!
How many men does it take to install a shower curtain rod? Three.
Data spent a lot of time supervising*!
My to do list with Christina focused on sprucing up the first floor bathroom and the guest bedroom, and finding a rug for the foyer. I needed her design input as well as support while shopping (because I hate to shop and search for things and be around crowds and get REALLY frustrated). And we were successful! I love the new bed set we got for our guest bedroom. We’d been using a red one forever that was in good condition, but made the room feel so heavy. This feels fresher:
We also found time to goof off, too:
We live super close to the Jelly Belly Wisconsin Warehouse, which you can tour. We weren’t planning on stopping, but we drove by and Christina wanted to check out the shop so we did, then decided to do the tour. It’s as lame as people have told me, but we had fun! And we enjoyed trying lots of different flavors of Jelly Bellies!
Their trip here was a crazy whirlwind! They got in late Thursday and left early Sunday. We were successful in cramming A LOT in though. I hope they get to come out again soon… and that we get a chance to go to their place in Kansas this year!!!
*Data does not seem to be freaked out by construction noise at all. Steven and Will were cutting something in the kitchen and I was thinking “Oh man, I hope Data’s not freaked!” Then I walk in to the kitchen and Data is sitting on the floor, watching them. Ha ha.
Themocracy
I love the look on Data’s face in that last picture!
That was right after he bit the card! LOL
Data doesn’t look too fond of kittens exploding! It sounds like a fun and productive visit at the same time 🙂
He wasn’t – he seemed very judgey of the game in general. But it totally cracks me up that he needs to be in the middle of all the activity – whatever it is!
I love the new bedspread! It really does change the look of the room and the bed frame too.
Data is such a good helper!
Wait…so is this why you’re letting us stay Friday?!?! You have a project for us!?!? hahaha
Thanks! 🙂
Yeah… so how early can get you get there on Friday? 😉
Being a cat owner myself, I love seeing Data in so many of those photos. The one with the shower curtain rod made me laugh. Looks like he’s going to supervise all of the projects.
I think he is going to! What a goofball 🙂
Haha, I don’t think you want me and Harrison helping you on projects. We’re basically incompetent when it comes to home things. We *can* help you eat snacks and sit on the couch though….
LOL! I bet we could come up with SOMETHING!!! JK! 🙂 Oh, and don’t feel bad for having to get shorter screws to anchor your shelves. Drilling through masonry/stone/concrete is really difficult. We found that out the hard way 😉
Hahaha my first thought when I saw Data in the bathroom picture was that it was very thoughtful of him to supervise. How responsible of him!
Someone’s gotta do it, right?! 🙂
All the shots with Data in them just made me laugh – CATS!!! Love Exploding Kittens, we played that with our kadults at Christmas.
He’s such a goofball!
Did you get the NSFW version or the regular one? We played two player – It was fun but I want to try it with four players! 🙂
We got the NSFW version – it was pretty bad, which meant that it was super funny to us!
That’s the version we have too! It’s so funny!
Hey, we got the same range hood!
https://www.flickr.com/gp/renagerie/f0yzQ1
Awesome! Your kitchen is beautiful!
So glad you had such a fun and productive time with your sister and Will!