{house update} QUICK

Here are some pictures of the progress that has been made thus far! HUGE thank you goes out to my dad, Chad's parents, and Kevin for coming up this past weekend and helping us out. We got the subfloors pulled, part of the kitchen wall removed, most of the Kilz sprayed, all the wiring pulled, and the windows boarded up! We also got the water heater unhooked and out and same with the furnace and CA unit!  In the process of getting a furnace lined up and new duct work before the snow flies =) We got some homework from my dad and will work on that the next few days so it'll be ready when he comes back up in a few weeks. Windows scheduled to be in the last week of September and electrical scheduled to go in the beginning of October. FEMA trailer is supposed to be on our front yard ANY TIME NOW!!!! can't wait, they look really nice on the inside! Yippee!! Anyhow, just a really quick update on the progress. OH! Exterminator came yesterday because we have a bit of a wasp problem =) dang buggers stung me in the neck on Saturday and got my dad too! stupid wasps! He will be back today to spray again and then we will be throwing insulation and spray foam into their little home to keep them out!!!!!!

not finally

I dont get to be in my room all week, probably not even until Monday and that's only if the other classrooms pass the air quality test! Mine passed but its housing the tube that helps with asbestos cleanup, so I don't get to work in there. So, today I helped my teammate start her room and found SOME of my curriculum etc in the gym....not sure if its all there or not. So, this year will be a stressful start again as I probably will only have a few days to get ready before a possible open house and the first day of school.

FINALLY

I will be in my school and classroom ALL DAY the next few days!! If you need me, you now know where I'll be! I'll update the house progress later this week.

{house update}

Looks a little a big project, but, demo is just about done (few nails left to pull) and we are in the dryout phase (which as you can see the basement is having PMS--a little drain tile and sump pumps and that problem we are hoping will be fixed!) Ahh much love mitigation. Do you know what that word means? I had never heard it before, so bumped my vocabulary!

Once the dryout is complete we WILL get the windows and doors in to avoid further rain from getting in and then we will be mitigating with Kilz on the buffalo board and 2X4's, then comes electrical, insulation and plastic on the walls, drywall on the ceiling for attic insulation and we can start constructing the bathroom (I took showers...good hot stress releiver showers...for granted. Not having a decent shower but maybe 5X in the last month and a half really takes a toll on a girl!), then the kitchen, then our bedroom (I really miss the king comfy bed....).

We are still waiting to hear if we are able to get a FEMA trailer onto our property (which would be awesome). Hopefully in the next few weeks we will get an answer, until then, we have to wait (I've called once a week since I took the survey, and they send a note to the people every time I call, so please don't tell me we aren't trying hard enough, thanks!) Still waiting for the insulation to be picked up also. A special EPA company from Missouri had to come up I guess (rumor mill possibly) and we've had a nice BIG red garbage dumpster parked in front of the house (the mailbox, I should leave the mail lady a cookie since she now has to get out and walk through the muck to drop off our mail) for about a week now. But, there is now a bobcat parked by it as of last night, so maybe that means they will be starting soon. Sure hope they do because the city is already on it's 3rd pass for garbage and NONE of ours has been picked up yet. So, if we miss this pass (because they can't pick anything up until the insulation is gone) we might have to be hauling it ourselves out there! =( oye. Anyhow, here are the pictures thus far.

 Living Room

 Looking at the closet in our bedroom towards the living room and garage

 In the kitchen looking towards living room > and bathroom ^

 Basement living room (it rained...ground water)  spare bedroom is in the back

 under the stairs in the basement

 Spare room

 basement bathroom and storage room (boy do we have plans for this space someday!!!)

 Laundry room looking into what was going to be my craft room..will now be the storage room

looking into the spare room from the laundry room.

half update

What have we been up to? We've been busy! I'll update you WITH pictures of the clean house (minus the outside we still need to wash) in a few days. I've been busy making school activities ( and posting them on teachers pay teachers...might as well make a little income on what I spend hours and days creating for my classroom!) And attempting to figure out how to arrange and put together my classroom ( which remodeling should start on that sometime next week). Chads been working, stressing, vacuuming the camper (brought it on himself, he wore his gravel filled shoes all around it), and playing a little ps3 baseball. I'll update more later.....when I'm not on the phone!