Coming Together Very Nicely!

Coming along nicely. It is really beginning to feel like a new home. It is finally mine. Jeez...only took me 12 years.

I am not a big fan of green, but LOVE my new diningroom! I actually have a diningroom I can use! Now I just have to get a table and chairs. Amish, of course. I am thinking when the weather warms up M&M and I will meet in Apple Creek and order our furniture. Make a weekend of it. Do a little sightseeing. It is so beautiful up there.

The TV is cool. 46" Samsung LCD HDTV. Great picture. Along with it I splurged and got a Bose 321 entertainment system...so I have awesome sound now too. Plays DVD's, CD's, radio, and the TV is playing thru it too. Love the boomies on the action stuff. It really opens up the room having the TV on the fireplace. I actually have a couch coming! I have never owned a couch. Never really had room for one. Now I have 2 coming! One for the family room and one for the front room that I am reclaiming. I can't wait. I will have real furniture, colors on the walls I like, NO PINK FLOOR, and a stunning kitchen. I don't want to ever leave the house....hee hee

Well, I better go get the process started for today....Moving the smaller half of my giant computer desk to the diningroom to make room for the couch in the front room. Moved my drawing table and all the crap that goes with it to the back work room yesterday. I got it all in there...miracle. Now I gotta move more stuff out of the front room so it feels more like a livingroom than an office. The bigger of the 2 couches goes in there..hideabed actually. Lots of sorting, packing, tossing, shredding and such to do today.

Later........

Brrrrrr....and other things.....

Blast...it is cold in here! The furnace ignitor is out and Grainger doesn't open until 07:30! I should have gone and got a couple of them yesterday. I suspected that was the cause of the furnace kicking out on Sunday once. But you all know about hindsight. I have the old one out already and just have to call Grainger and go get them when they open. Hopefully the closest branch will have them in stock.

Well, the brick corbels are gone and I have power to the fireplace and under both windows on either side. I cleaned up last nite after they left and put the family room back together. I have one small spot on a wall to sand, prime, and paint. Lots of brick/mortar dust...but not as bad as I expected. The outlets under the windows are not symmetrical either, but it was the only way they could be with the framing and such. They had a hard time finding a cavity to run the wire in. I have one short piece of wiremold to paint that runs from the ceiling down the side of the fireplace...no other way to get power to the fireplace face for the television. But paint will hide it nicely. And as unfinished as the fireplace is...a trim of some kind down the sides and at the ceiling would hide it too. Will have to look into that some.

Damn...only 3:45...I am getting colder than I should be. More blankets. Or I guess I could go back to bed....

I took the giant tv back and ordered my first choice...46" LCD flat screen. It will fit perfect, not too big, big enough I can see it just fine. I ordered it from Amazon of all things. Best price and free shipping. I even got the choice of scheduling a delivery time and date. Now I can be home when it gets here. They will unpack it and plug it in to see that there is no transit damage! How about that! The bracket should be here in a day or two also. Then it is all hands on deck to get this thing hung on the fireplace. And another mess to clean up. Jeez.

Well, I suppose I should go do something. Keep me warm and busy until I have to blast outta here to get the furnace part. Later......