By jess on February 9, 2010
memories of dishes in the bath tub
The house “to do” list was established when we moved into our house. items included were kitchen (check), bathroom, windows, and basement. The JOYS of owning an older home- lots of character, antiquated detail- and lots of work..ie, money! It seems that everything needs renovated!
The major kitchen remodel that took 10 months was finished just a few months ago. I still vividly remember doing dishes in the bath tub for the last year…ugh! I came home last week to an “odd” smell in the house. Apparently nick was a little distracted from homework and started hammering away at the basement wall. Layers of plaster covered by wall paper covered by paint mixed in with some serious black mold. And now, we have a basement renovation in progress!
I was talking with Aunt Tam on the phone this weekend. She casually comments “if Nick is anything like his dad he will always have some sort of home project underway.” She hit the nail on the head.
what? really? no one told me this!! You mean, I will ALWAYS live in distruction and disarray! oh man! On the good side, Nick is incredibly talented, creative, and diligent in all the projects he pursues 
lead paint, plaster dust, and mold spores!!
in shambles
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By nick on December 20, 2009
So, the kitchen has pretty much been in the same state for about 2 months as I was waiting for my christmas break to finish up some random things like crown molding and the garbage disposal.
But, I somehow managed to lose 4 pieces of 8 ft hardwood crown molding. Hmmmm… I have looked everywhere for them and nowhere to be found.
I’ve been delaying posting a picture of the kitchen because I wanted it to be complete, but since the crown molding may not happen soon or at all, I figured I’d post some.
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By jess on December 7, 2009
we should post…its been awhile…life seems to move faster than we can keep up with…but here you go….a post! And a very random post at that
An update: Nick is one week away from the end of the semester. He is sitting on the couch right now writing a paper on Transit Oriented Development (his “planning passion”) related to malls as town-centers that are privately owned versus town-centers that are publicly owned and people’s disorientation between the two. Post-finals he is going to finish the kitchen (crown-molding and garbage disposal)….for real, can we get some pictures! its looking amazing!! In the mean time he is also working…count them…three jobs…part-time at Denver’s public transportation district, a teacher’s assistant, and a research assistant. whew!
As for myself, I am cranking away at the night shift which is a job I like but am struggling to remain afloat on this schedule. I sleep A LOT and feel hung-over the rest of the time. Can I boast about my AMAZING husband who is super patient with me??? I have two weeks left of class, Nurisng Theories, all for my MSN….this week we studied theories related to caring (yak!)…but I am loving the idea that someday I won’t have to work holidays OR weekends I LOVE being in school. New ideas, structure, writing papers. Even though after 6 hours of reading about “caring” I seriously want to vomit on myself.
Its snowy here in Colorado. We are having (at this VERY moment) the 3rd blizzard of the year. It’s not even officaly winter yet. We decided not to train for a spring marathon this year so we can get the most out of our ski season. Day off…20 mile run or 6 hours on the slopes…um, ya. We are STOKED! about ski/snowboard season!! Nick decided to become a yogi…and attended his 1st (or maybe 2nd) yoga class with me last week. Oh, it will be so fun to do yoga together!
ok…some pictures…if this whole posting this works out
1) nick, writting a paper.
2) my super cool wine rack because I LOVE wine. I have been saving wine bottles over the last several months so I can make some wine this season. I need 30 bottles and have about 22 right now. drink up!
3) I made tamales last night. A vegan recipe. Black Bean and Spinach. I used coconut oil instead of lard (because it is very good for you!!) It took longer than I thought it would. 5 1/2 hours…but they taste so good!
4) Our christmas tree. Its in a bucket of water in the basement right now. We can’t find our Christmas tree stand. We went to 3 stores tonight and they were all SOLD OUT! That’s my “job” tomorrow before I go to work…find a christmas tree stand
5) A random picture from our Halloween party at our house. The first party that we’ve hosted in Denver. In chicago we were known for having “good” parties. This one was definately “good”!! I was the swine flu vaccine and Nick was the swine flu
paper is due tomorrow!
my new super awesome wine rack!
halloween pa-tay!
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