Our New Addition

The day after Thanksgiving, we splurged and got what I have always wanted...a Roomba! We named him Ralphie and he is a very good boy. For more information, check out the iRobot website. We have had him for almost a month and he does a great job in not only vaccuuming up larger dust particles, but he also gets all the fine particles that regular vaccuums can't seem to pick up. He is very thorough and no matter how many times we run him, he always picks up more and more. My advice though is to trap him into a couple of rooms at a time so that he can do a good job.

Here he is, on his dock (the bed that he sleeps in and recharges in).

Painting

We need to get our house painted. We have now interviewed 4 different companies, and the prices varied as much as $5000 apart! Crazy. We need to get on it and also replace some of the glass before they power wash. Ok, done and done.

Cabbages and Thyme

We put flowers in under our fence and on the side of the house. A day later, Harley dug some of it out!

The ornamental cabbages on the side of the house (Lowe's for only $3 each!)




The fence:


Little stepping stones with ornamental thyme to fill in the spots:

Mouldy Wouldy

Andrew has been working on putting the moulding in the house. It is looking beautiful!

So far, the front bedroom is done. This is a picture during the process. You will have to wait for better pictures later!


The 1/2 bathroom. Hard to see but it has a chair rail, then crown and base:


The dining room:

Worms

We have been worm composting, which is supposedly pretty darn easy to do. Of course, that means that I find it quite high maintenance. I am hoping my worms are still alive! For those who don't know what worm composting is, it is basically a way to use worms and your old veggies scraps to make compost fertilizer for your garden. You can find out more about how to make a worm composting bin by clicking here Cheap and Easy Worm Bin.

Here is a picture.



I overpaid for my worms from Petsmart because the thought of sending away for a box of 1000 worms to come via mail just creeped me out. I think I am having a hard time keeping this worm compost going because worms scare me!

The Bed - Completed

Our bed is gorgeous, but has always lacked the complete look. We needed pillows, but it has been difficult finding the right pillows. Well today, I took the time to go to Ventura Target #1. I found a beautiful black pillow, but unfortunately, only 1. So I didn't buy it. Then I went to Ventura Target #2, and found the same black pillow...only 1. So I had to go back and forth to get both. I also found a pair of reversible striped pillow that I liked. Only problem is that one of them was labeled as $3.87 and the other has $7.49. Luckily for me, the girl at the register let me have it for the lower price. Here is the result...I still think I am missing one for the middle...maybe a roll.

Hmm...

It's been awhile since the last update. We are still working on the house, but we are also focusing on just living in it. Here is where we are so far:

Garage
Andrew has put one layer of stucco on the back where the hole was. He has also been cleaning it out and organizing boxes and our garage belongings.



If you remember, it was a big hole that was boarded up.


Here is a picture of the somewhat organized garage:



Bathroom
We are also working on laying down the tile for the half bath. If you remember, here is our inspiration bathroom.

Here is what the bathroom looked like originally:

Putting in some blue paint. The color is called Cincinattian Hotel by Valspar.



Laying down the tile:


The finished result:


Close-up of the tile. It is 2 strips of 1 inch white square tile, 1 strip of 1 inch blue square glass tile, 1 more strip of 1 inch white square tile, and then the 1 inch white hexagonal tile.


We will need to put down the moulding and the beadboard, which are currently in the car. We also need to grout.

Living Room

Just trying to keep the living room in a livable condition. Here it is, all cleaned up:



And to end this post, I will leave you with a picture of 2 friends: