Lather, Rise, Repeat....

is pretty much what this week has been!  

Every morning John and crew get here, followed by the plumbers......
then the electricians......
then the HVAC guys.....

Then they all work in their own little areas to get ready for an inspection next Thursday.  This is probably our biggest inspection, so far, and probably the biggest we will have (aside from the final walk thru).   So there is a lot of work to be done before then!

John, Craig and Mike have been busy gutting the existing kitchen, and putting up beams where they need to go (like the ceiling upstairs for the air handler, the shower walls, etc).

Kicthen is gone....totally..

Bob's (the plumber) guys have been tearing out old pipes and replacing them as well as putting all the pipes for the new plumbing where they need to go.

Pete (the electrician) and his crew are placing and wiring all the wall sockets, the light switch plates, the recessed lighting, smoke alarms, etc...all in the right places.

And the HVAC guys have been busy doing all the duct work (we don't have central AC now, so it's all new) in the existing and new parts of the house....they got the air handler up in the ceiling and they got all the new vents in the 2nd floor of the existing house (Olivia's & Ava's rooms & the bathroom) and then did a vent (I think it's called a kickback, but I am probably wrong) in the hallway upstairs. 

What have we been doing?  Well....a lot of vacuuming and sweeping!  No matter how clean anyone tries to get it (and the guys do their share) there is always SOMETHING that needs to be cleaned!    Some of it I don't mind doing at all...I stay home, it's my job to keep the house clean (even in times of chaos like this), BUT some of it I hate!  Washing dishes in my tiny pedestal sink in our upstairs bathroom...is NOT my idea of fun, nor is it something I want to do anymore....so I just switched everything over to paper and plastic.  And we've done it for 24 hours..and I LOVE it!  Sorry all you "greenies", but there is a time and place for everything....the time is NOW and the place is NOT my pedestal sink!  :)

What else.....oh we picked out all the bathroom fixtures....sinks, toilets, faucets, etc.  But you have to wait for my next "Sunday Funday" entry to see what we picked! 

Lather, Rinse, Repeat.......but way more productive and not as relaxing as it will be in my new shower!

Oh and I am calling it now..with you all as my witnesses...I GET FIRST SHOWER!!!!!!!   

~Gianna~