What a difference some paint makes!!

The Cabinets are done!!! Look how great they look! My mom and Carrie Beth were able to get these up in no time. They all look so great and the kitchen doesn't even look the same!

Here is a reminder of what they looked like before!!
So this weekend I had a full house of help. My mom and dad, my brother and sister-in-law, and of course the puppies all came to help! We got alot of things accomplished and hopefully will be done for our August 1st, 2nd, and 3rd moving dates! I still have a lot to do before then, but I am going to make it happen!

Here are some more pictures from the weekend!

This would be Gracie ready to go home! She was tired of being out of her element and was on guard the entire time!

This is a hard picture to see but it is of Lucy and Tank sleeping next to each other! Lucy would not let him near her for the most part, but towards the end of the second day of working, I don't think she cared any more!

I replaced my light fixture in the kitchen! I had a short florescence light in there but I wanted some spot lights! The new fixture is almost blinding if you look up at it, but that kitchen needed more light! Also replaced this weekend were the bathroom lights and ceiling fan in the computer nook! Thanks Dad and Lee!

And no blog would be complete without a picture of Capo man! He is growing and growing and growing!

Still working!

I am still working on the house when I can. This weekend I plan on being there quite a bit and then next week my mom is coming into town! She is planning on staying Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and helping me with the house. I am going to take off Monday, so hopefully a lot will get done!

Also I would like to tell you about the A/C problems that have been following me around the past two weeks! For 5 days, the A/C was out at my work place. There is some construction going on around the corner and the people working on the building hit a main water line. Considering how old this campus is, the line that was broken caused 3 buildings to be with out air! It was miserable. Two of the days we left early and the rest of the time was spent in our main office in the Ferguson Center.

So while the air was out at work, I went home one day to find the air was also out at my apt. I called for them to come fix it. The unit was frozen over! Of course they came the next day (last Thursday) and it was up and running by that afternoon. Well I get home Friday and it was OUT AGAIN!!! At that point I was mad cause I knew they would not come look at it till Monday! Thankfully, I had planned on leaving for Hamilton anyways, so I turned it off and left. They came again on Monday and said they fixed the problem.

**On a side note: I have been living at this apt for 3 years now. I have personally called about the A/C at least 40 times over the past summers. I have also tried to get them to replace the whole thing cause it does not cool like it should, but they are cheap cheap people that would rather not fix anything unless absolutely necessary.**

Anyways, this past Wednesday it went out again!!! (3 times in one week!) I called the anwsering service that night and called again the next morning. I spoke with a man and told him the situtation and the replied was "Oh yeah, I worked on that unit on Monday. I know what is wrong. The compressor has gone bad. We will probably have to replace the outside unit." ARE YOU KIDDING ME! That man left my apt on Monday and said the air was fixed and 3 days later he tells me he knows what the problem is! Why didn't they correct the compressor problem to begin with?!? Yesterday, they came and charged the unit so it would last until they could replace it. This story ends today (hopefully) with the apt getting a new outside unit! I am going to call around lunch and check on the progress!

On another note, my camera is still broken. I am waiting on Best Buy to send me a PO so that I can send the camera back to the manufacturer. I was suppose to get this PO a couple of weeks ago. Well I call yesterday and asked them for another one. Maybe this time it will get here!!!

Nevertheless, here are some random picture I have taken over the past week with my camera phone!

A sleeping-almost-50lb-ankle-bitter!

Carrie Beth and Lee's new puppy, TANK!! He is a toy poodle with A LOT of energy!

I finally found some time to layout! It had been a long 13 weeks without layout or going to the tanning bed! I got pretty red but within a day or two I was nice and golden! I am not very good at layout by myself because I get really bored! So this is a picture of my feet blocking the sun! (Told you i get bored!)

The kitchen is killing me!

This weekend I finally got two coats of Kilz on the entire kitchen! It took a lot longer than I expected. I have made a "to do" list for this week and plan on getting a lot done. This Friday I am taking off work to get the list completed and get the house ready for COLOR!!As for a update on Capo, he is doing very well. He is having some kennel issues but hopefully they will be resolved soon. He went to the vet yesterday for his 15 week shots! He weighed 42.5 pounds!
Sorry about the picture quality. I am still waiting on BestBuy to send me a proof of purchase so that I can return my camera to the company to be repaired!

At least two layers. Maybe three....

So last night I went over to the new house and decided to try out the Kilz on the cabinets! I have decided that I am going to need 2 coats if not 3! That old wood was literally soaking it up in front of my eyes!

Can you tell where I put just one coat and where I went back and put two?

Brett is going to help me get that hood out of there! I can't paint around that large thing. Any yes, that is a old school coffee maker that the previous owns left!

There's a hole...There's a hole....There's a hole in the bottom of my kitchen!

Okay, I have told you about the new sub floor in my kitchen but I forgot to post the picture of the hole that was created before the new floor was put in!
That is my dad getting the area ready for the new sub floor. In the right of the picture you will see what caused the problem to begin with. That is right ladies and gentlemen! There was an original washer hook-up that had leaked years before. The person that fixed the leak and the problems it caused only covered it up. They had put a layer of wood down over the entire kitchen floor and but a non-matching cabinet in front of the hole in the wall. We, on the other hand FIXED it! I will be covering the hole in the wall with a pantry that the kitchen desperately needs! It is going to look sharp when I get done with it!

He is getting bigger by the minute!

So here are some photos of the great Capo. It is getting harder to take his picture since he has gotten bigger and more playful!

He loves to bite on me.....

We put him in a t-shirt! He decided that he would bite on the shirt as well!

The next two pictures are of us trying to get a photo of his ears! The floppy ear finally "popped" up like it was suppose to. As you can see, Brett had to hold him for me to get a good one!

This is one of Capo's favorite things to do. When he goes outside, he will find a leaf or a stick as soon as he gets out there. It never fails. The other thing that he likes to do now is dig in the mud!

A week away from work.....

So I have been in New Orleans this past we and I can say I am happy to be back in Tuscaloosa. My Mom ended up going with me and we had a very nice time. The highlight of the trip was the tour of the city. We got to see a little bit of everything. I have been to NO a couple of time, but never did a tour. It was well worth it and I suggest that if you are ever down that way to take one yourself. Next time I go I want to take the alligator tour. I would have this time, but Mom wouldn't go with me.
I finally closed on the my house. I am a HOMEOWNER! It all happened on Thursday, May 22! So that weekend (May 24-26) was a very long weekend with house work, so the New Orleans trip was a deserved break. Once we got to NO, it took a full day and night for us to get the energy to get around town. So you may wonder what caused this long weekend to occur. After my Mom and I removed the carpet in the kitchen and a cabinet that was not an original, we found major damage! Lets just say I have a new sub floor in part of the kitchen. However, we did have a few things get marked off the list. I now have a new electrical panel (thanks Dad!) and of course the carpet it gone (thanks Mom)! Also I truly believe that the Lowe's people love to see me walk through the doors. I swear I have been there at least 8 time in a week and a half!
So a few set backs have left me a little behind schedule. However, this weekend is going to be a WORK WORK WORK weekend. I plan on getting quite a bit done. I want to at least be ready to paint color on the walls! That means I need the cabinets to be kilzed and painted, all the ceilings to be painted, and the walls to be prepped (tapped and washed off)! I know I can do it! Wish me luck! Oh and FYI, my camera is BROKEN! I am calling the company tomorrow about it so hopefully I can have it fixed soon. I may go buy a disposable one till I get mine fixed!