Can paint lift my spirit up?

Yes it does!! It looks better in the bathroom though...

Sunday morning.....Dimanche matin

It's a beautiful day, the sky is blue, 19F & sunshine.

Here is a sample of the granite, the doors handles & pulls

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Belle journee, le ciel est blue. -4C ensoleille.

Voila un echantillon du granit avec les poignees des armoires.

We called it a day....La journee est terminee

This is what I look like with grey hair.....after sanding the ceiling...we finally tile the tub, exchange the light colored one and put a new one for the dish soap.....and this is our ghost kitchen.

--------------------------------------------------Voila a qui je ressemble avec des cheveux gris apres avoir sable le plafond.....Nous avons termine la ceramique autour du bain, echance la claire et remplace une autre pour installer le savonnier......et voila notre cuisine fantome.

Done....Fini

Just to give you an idea how it will look

eventually

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Pour donner une idee pour le futur resultat.

Almost noon...Presque midi

It's getting there.......Ca s'en vient

It's coming....Ca s'en vient

Today is the day!!!....Aujourd'hui c'est le jour "J"

Between 8 & 9AM the installation will start....I can't wait to get my diningroom back....

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Entre 8 & 9 AM l'installation va commence...J'ai hate de revoir ma salle a diner.

First coat....1ere couche

This is it......first coat is on...I have to wait to see if Nick likes it

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Ca y est....la premiere couche est terminee....je dois attendre de voir si Nick aime la couleur

Primer...Couche de fond

It doesn't look like much but I sand the walls and gave a coat of primer.....paint is coming
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Ca a l'air de rien mais j'ai sable les murs et donne une couche de fond.....la peinture s'en vient.

Xmas Eve.....Veille de Noel

This is how the bathrom looks so far!!!

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La salle de bains a ce jour!!!

DURING

This is "DURING" the remodeling

BEFORE

This is "BEFORE" These are the old cabinets

DURING

This is "DURING" the demo

BEFORE

This is "BEFORE" These are the old cabinets

The before & After......Avant & Apres

Electricity is finished.....L'electricite est terminee

Well it is finally over.....The only thing left is the clean-up....it is a mess but I am so glad that cleaning will be a blessing.
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Tout est termine......Il ne reste qu'a faire le menage....tout est a l'envers et poussiereux mais nettoyer va etre un bienfait.

The biggest loser finale through the noise of the work being done in the kitchen

This is hilarious...John did not came but J D did...Do not try to understand them......but as long as the work gets done that's a +....The electricity will be completed before Xmas I was told.....we'll see.
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C'est comique........John ne s'est pas presente mais J D est venu....Ne pas chercher a les comprendre.....mais tant que le travail se fait c'est deja ca.......L'electricite va etre complete avant Noel m'a ete dit....on verra bien.

Tuesday no snow.....Mardi pas de neige...

J D never showed up but the tiles for the kitchen floor are in. John is supposed to come finish the plumbing this afternoon.
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J D n'est jamais venu mais j'ai ete cherche la ceramique pour le plancher de cuisine. John doit venir cet apres-midi finir la plomberie.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------Well, 8:30 AM, J D showed up and started to change the electric panel and the meter outside.

5:00 PM everything is almost done, we have power back and the heater is on......lucky it wasn't that cold today. He will be back tomorrow to continue to hook up the rest and do the wiring in the bathroom and kitchen. Sounds good...one step at the time we will get there.

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Bien, 8:30 AM, J D est arrive et commence a changer le panneau electrique et le meter dehors.

5:00 PM presque tout est termine, on a du courant et la fournaise se fait aller, une chance qu'il ne faisait pas trop froid aujourd'hui. Il revient demain apres son travail pour continuer a joindre tous les fils, faire le filage pour la salle de bains et la cuisine. Prometeur....un pas a la fois on va y arriver.

Saturday morning.....Samedi matin...

We had at least 4" of snow even though the called for 1"....
The plans for today are to fix the floor in the bathroom, cut some tiles to finish one wall and start he tile flooring.
The electrician is supposed to be here at noon, we'll see.
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On a eu 4" de neige meme si la meteo annoncait 1".
Les plans pour aujourd'ui sont d'arranger le plancher de la salle de bains, tailler la ceramique pour au moins un mur et commencait la ceramique sur le plancher.
L'electricien est suppose etre ici a midi, on verra...

1:15 PM

No school didn't mean I had to stay still so I decide to do tiling....As I look the other side done by a "pro" I am pretty proud of myself.

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Pas d'ecole ne voulait pas dire de rester a rien faire alors j'ai decide d'installer la ceramique......En regardant de l'autre cote fait par un "pro", je suis fiere de moi.

Freezing rain.....Pluie verglacante..

No school today because of the ice.......I will try to advance in the bathroom, we'll see how capable I could be.
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Pas d'ecole aujourd'hui a cause de la pluie verglacante....je vais essaye d'avancer dans la salle de bains. on verra bien mon habilite.

Updates

The electrician never showed up and never called.
11:30 AM an Italian guy was suppose to come for an estimate for the kitchen tiles.....never heard of him.
Nick did some patching in the kitchen, tried to install the new fan in the bathroom with no success (needs to be install by an electrician).
So we will go groceries shopping and change our minds for a little while.
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L'electricien ne s'est jamais presente, n'a meme pas appelle.
a 11:30AM un italien devait venir pour un estime pour la ceramique dans la cuisine....jamais entendu parle de lui.
Nick a plastre des trous dans la cusine, a essaye d'installer la fan/lumiere dans la salle de bains sans succes...(doit etre installe par un electricien).
Alors nous allons aller faire la commande et se changer les idees pour un moment.

Afternoon....Apres-midi

Brian came & got all the cabinets down....Good deal...

John did the plumbing & is still finishing the sadder. Another good thing done

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Brian est venu et a ote toutes les armoires....Bon travail..

John a fait la plomberie et est en train de terminer les soudures.

Hilarious!!! Tres tres comique!!

I feel like crying......You won't believe it....J.D. came at 9:35AM, he had an hangover face. He asked if it would snow because he would only do the exterior today. He checked the material, told me he was missing a coupling & asked me to go get it because he did not have enough gas to run around.....meanwhile he was to go to the convenience store get a pop which is just besides Home Depot.....well......guess what......he never came back, called Nick saying he would come tomorrow.....
What's hilarious is when he arrived he told me he could not be here tomorrow because he had the kids at home.
I feel like crying...
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Incroyable.....J.D. est arrive a 9:35 AM, il avait la face d'un lendemain de la veille. Il m'a demande si la meteo annoncait de la neige pour la journee car il ne pouvait faire que l'exterieur aujourd'hui.. Il a verifie le materiel, m'a dit qu'il manquait un "coupling"et m'a demande d'aller le chercher car il n'avait assez d'essence pour se promener......mais en attendant il allait alle au depanneur qui est juste a cote de Home Depot pour acheter une liqueur.......bien.....devinez....il n'est jamais revenu, a appelle Nick pour lui dire qu'il serait la demain matin.....
Le plus comique de l'histoire est que quand il est arrive il m'a dit qu'il ne pourrait venir demain car il avait les enfants a la maison.

Saturday morning.....Samedi matin!!!

7:30 AM I am awaiting the electrician J.D. before 9:00AM and also John the handyman who will do the plumbing hopefully if he isn't called to his other job.
At noon Brian is suppose to come & take down the kitchen cabinets.
They call for snow today but I hope all these guys can make it before.
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7:30 AM, j'attends J.D. l'electricien avant 9:00AM & John, l'homme a tout faire qui va, esperons le, faire la plomberie s'il n'est pas appelle a son autre job.
A midi, Brian doit venir oter les armoires de cuisine.
La meteo annonce de la neige mais esperons que tous les gars vont arrives avant.

Tuesday...Mardi

A plumber came yesterday for an estimate for the bathroom. He looked the job, said he was going home to calculate & would give us a call in about a couple of hours......but guess what...
Yes we never heard of him..
We have to stay positive...
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Un plombier est venu hier apres midi for la salle de bains. Il a regarde le job, est alle a la maison figurer le cout et devait rappeller d'ici 2 heures......mais.....devinez...
Ben oui, nous n'avons pas eu de nouvelles
Nous devons reste positifs.

Monday morning....Lundi matin.

Well, 6:30 AM, the phone rang & the guy wanted some money. He had another job & could not be here when I come back from work. He start arguing with Nick saying it would take a long while for the job be done. When Nick said he would be paid when the job would be done as state in his contract, he asked to put his tools outside he was to pick them up.

6:55AM he came , took his tools and left.

So, now, we have to finish ourselves I guess.......What a way to start a week..

Look the way he left the inside and we cleaned & swept last night.

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6:30 AM, le gars appelle pour demander de l'argent. Il a un autre job et ne peut etre la quand je termine le travail. Il s'obstine avec Nick disant que cela va prendre une eternite pour etre termine. Quand Nick lui dit qu'il va etre payer a la fin des travaux comme stipule dans son contrat, il demande de mettre ses outils dehors pour venir les chercher.

6:55 AM. il est venu, a ramasse ses outils et est parti.

Alors maintenant ils ne nous restent ................qu'a termine le job...Belle facon de commencer la semaine.

Voila l'etat dans lequel il a laisse la maison & nous avons balaye et nettoye un peu hier soir.

Day 2 is over...2eme journee terminee

Nick dit que c'est epuisant de regarder quelqu'un d'autre travailler.

Nick says it is wearing watching someone else work.

12:20 PM

Tiles are coming up..

La ceramique commence a paraitre.

11:00 AM

With a little snow on the sky different from the freezing rain, the day had started in a good way.

De petits flocons tombent du ciel....completement different de la pluie verglacante d'hier. La journee commence bien.

The plombing in the shower is done and the patching is on the way.

La plomberie est terminee et il a commence a patche les trous.

The day is over...La journee est terminee...

The guys are gone.....Nick is taking me to dinner..

Les gars ont termine...Nick m'emmene au resto...

2:30 PM

A step forward..........YeHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Un pas de plus....Youppie!!!

1:00 PM

Right now this is the way it looks.....

I am pissed at the guy.....we left for 1/2 hour and asked him before leaving if he needed help.....No was his answer when we came back the floor was scratched all the way from the bathroom to the kitchen.....not happy at all...

Pour le moment voila ou nous en sommes...On est sorti pour une demi-heure et au retour le plancher est scratche de la salle de bain jusqu'a la cuisine....je suis en beau fusil ( en tabarnacle en bon quebecois) et Nick n'est vraiment pas content......

2 hours later.....2 heures plus tard...

Beginning of remodel......Debut de la renovation

The handyman made it 3 hours later but guess what....I am happy he's here despite the freezing rain

The gars est arrive avec 3 heures de retard mais......je suis contente, il est ici malgre la pluie verglacante

Here is the bathroom before:

Voila la salle de bains AVANT

Sunday November 25th, 2007 Dimanche

Here is what we did......

Voila notre travail en ce dimanche fin Novembre....

After the fact

Apparently. in Kansas people were stuffed with good food......
We had a great time at Harra's casino........all day with dinner and entertainment for only a $1.00.....that's a steal!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!!!
It was nice to hear from Steve and GranMa & GranPa!!
Hope all of you will have a great day!!

First time!!

We are doing alright and ready to start all the remodelings....
Alot of work in perspective and it will keep us busy all winter..