New House: Move Day!

As of last night... WE'RE IN! My dad and I switched vehicles (I now drive a huge F-150 for a few days), and Grant and I were able to move all the big stuff yesterday. Our only exceptions are the washer and dryer, our dining room table, and hutch. For some reason, I believe Grant doubts my brut strength! The first picture shows a filled third stall of our garage. Grant likes the second picture - imagine that. We ended up finding a great deal at the NFMart on a flatscreen TV for the living room that we couldn't pass up. (The seating/viewing area in the room is pretty shallow, and his 52" TV was too big.) Needless to say, when they're sitting together, the creative juices start flowing for a wall of TVs to watch multiple football games, etc. Yeah, not gonna happen. :) There's a picture of our finished, and already cluttered kitchen, and our fridge. Yogurt (for my breakfast this morning), champagne (for our first night in the new house), Burning Skye Ale (good beer to go with wings), and ketchup (for the potato wedges). And our first meal... drumroll please... Wings and wedges 'to go' from Buffalo Wild Wings. I know, so fancy!

Long story short - we grabbed enough stuff for one night, one shower, a set of sheets, one set of dress clothes for work, one meal for Mia, and SPENT THE FIRST NIGHT IN OUR NEW HOUSE!!!

New House: Carpet

Really really really close now! When we came in last night, we had fresh carpet, a garage door opener, towel bars and toilet paper holders, hot water, and heat! We also grouted the backsplash last night and it was great to have warm water to wash your hands in instead of a hose outside! The final plumbing and mechanical inspections were completed yesterday, so now Grant will be able to install the sprinkler system over the next week or so. The other vanity light came in, along with the fans, so they'll be installed today. The last picture is hard to see, but we're pretty excited about the recessed cans on the exterior instead of wall hung exteior fixtures. It just adds a clean look. Only a few weeks now......

New House: Lights, Appliances, & a Backsplash... oh my!

So, a lot can happen in one day! Yesterday, our lights were delivered and installed - we're only missing one vanity light and the ceiling fans for the living room and bedrooms. We have a mixture of can lights and hanging pieces in the main area (kitchen/dining/living/entry). As you can tell, we also got our appliances - only the refridgerator is installed in the pictures because we spent all night tiling the backsplash that FINALLY came in. We literally waited almost five weeks for it. But the range, microwave, and diswasher were all there, just sitting in the living room while we tiled. Padraic Stack (BCDM co-worker of Grant's, former roommate, best man in our wedding) came along to help last night, and he and Grant finished laying the backsplash. Grant and I will be grouting and getting things cleaned up on Thursday night hopefully. I also included a picture of our fancy kitchen faucet. A little industrial, but the finish matches the appliances exactly, and I think the hook is really fun. The last picture is of the master bathroom. All the casework is finished, facuet mounted, mirror and vanity light hung. As of now, we'll be getting carpet Wednesday or Thursday along with the ceiling fans, remaining vanity light, and garage door openers. Getting really close now...

p.s. This is how much I enjoy having finished plumbing - I didn't have to drive back to our rental house to go to the bathroom while we were working! I guess it's the little things in life. :)

Outside the life of the new house_A little bit of Grant's work

Exterior model images of Holy Spirit I and Holy Spirit II, Bowling Green, KY

Spirit I - (left side upper image) Classrooms, Social Hall, Offices, currently under construction with a completion date at the end of November.

Spirit II - (right side upper image) Main Sanctuary, and Narthex under construction with a completion date of November 2010

Holy Spirit Catholic Churh

A rendering of the Revit model I created to show the glass canopy, an abstract symbol of the Holy Spirit descending upon the baptismal font

The north sanctuary wall - Glass artwork representing tongues of fire

Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were filled with the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:3,4

Baptismal Font - located under the baptismal font glass canopy

Reconciliation - Ambry and one of the stations of the cross