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What am I doing for the 4th? PAINTING! :)

I know the ceilings and 3 new walls aren’t up yet… but no reason why I can’t get a jumpstart on painting now. All the baseboard trim is up. There’s no new floors yet. And since I have to paint EVERYTHING… it makes sense to start painting what I can now. (My bank loan requires that I get repairs done within 6 months.)

I went to True Value yesterday and stocked up on lots of primer and paint. The guy there asked, “What are you painting?” I said, “My whole house.” He said,” Oh? Kitchen, livingroom, bedrooms?” I said, “Yeah and closets, bathrooms, hallway, ceilings.” He said I need to get a True Value card to get discounts, so I did. I started telling him about my fixer-upper house. He then gave me his 10% employee discount! Awwww :) So sweet! I love it when I get nice people like that in my life, if only for a moment. All the paint and primer was almost $200 … I paid $160 with the True Value card and his employee discount :) He said, “You remind me of my daughter. Very motivated! Good luck!” I told him I’d be back. I’m sure I’ll need more paint and other things. He said, “Well, just remind me when you come in to give you that 10% discount.” AWWWWWW … I love this guy! He put a huge smile on my face :)

It’s really HOT in a house with no ceilings. The little temperature thing on my thermostat said 95 yesterday. Ick.

Have a great 4th of July everybody! Someone light a sparkler for me! ;)

I haven’t updated this in a little while. Lots going on. I’m getting my support beam fixed! Yay! I still haven’t closed on my loan yet, but while I’ve been waiting on the loan, I’ve been saving up my money as usual. I saved enough to get the beam fixed now. My contractor started working on the beam earlier this week.

The rotted subfloor in the main bathroom had to be removed, so he’s using the open area to get in and out of the crawlspace to fix the beam.

And here’s the material for the new support beam to be installed.

I finally tallied up the total cost of repairs that my new contractor gave me estimates for and I’m SOOOOOO HAPPY WITH THE NEW ESTIMATE! An old contractor I was going to hire, wanted to charge around $14,000 for all the interior repairs in my house. With this NEW contractor… he’s charging around $7,000 for all the interior repairs! YAY YAY YAYYYY!!!!! EVERYONE SAY YAYYYYYY!!!!!!! I’m saving thousands of dollars with him! And he’s a good contractor too, from a good company. He’s giving me references and a one year warranty on all his work. YAY!!! :)

A wasp has made a nest in one of my kitchen cabinets. A very non-aggressive wasp so I named him George. My contractor sprayed George’s nest with Raid… I thought George too was dead… but later I found out he’s still flying in and out of that same cabinet, building up a nest that is now soaked in Raid. Poor dumb George.

I’ve started priming all the walls in my house. I want to get a jumpstart on painting so when the new ceilings go in I’ll just have to prime and paint the ceilings and be DONE! I already went through 4 cans of Kilz primer and I went back to True Value today to get 4 more cans. I go through that stuff quick!

Earlier this week I got a porch swing set up with the help of my friend (so sweet) Isn’t it pretty? :)

I love it!

Let me think… I think that’s all on the updates… OH! I almost forgot… my neighbor came by today when I was painting and said that two cops were looking around my house earlier this week. Why? I dunno. They went around the back… and looked in the windows. Then left. I should call the police station and ask why.

I may do that. But it’s good to know my neighbors are keeping an eye on my house and looking out for me.

 

As of today, my support beam is fixed! Yay!!! Unfortunately, they had to replace 3 sections of the beam, instead of just two as originally intended… but my contractor kept the estimate the same :) Yay!

I took pictures of the new sections of support beam…

And here’s what’s left of my poor old support beam …

I wanted to take Before and After pictures of the beam… but last week after I worked up the courage to go into the crawlspace for the first time and take my Before pictures… the batteries went dead! I got into that nasty crawlspace among the spiderwebs, and tarantulas, and snakes and gorillas … turned on my camera… nothing! Stupid batteries. Went down there for nothing! So I missed my chance at taking my Before pictures, but at least I got some After pics :)

I also talked to my loan officer today. We are cleared for closing! Yay! I just have to give her some final information on my contractors and we’re good to go! Not much longer! Fingers crossed! :)

I found another daisy while I was mowing …

Awww… love daisies ;)
Keep you posted!