Back in the swing of things

With a two month gap in blog posts, you can probably guess how busy we've been with house projects...uh, not very busy at all.  But, with the impending fall weather, we're back in gear again at the Seaman house and Chris is tackling projects left and right.  Sadly, I haven't been able to contribute much, but I'm an excellent photographer and cheerleader!

Chris made a promise to me eight months ago when we bought our house:




We will be adding a dishwasher (soon?!) which was why, in my opinion, the stove needed to be moved from next to the sink to next to the fridge.  This involved cutting a large portion out of the ceiling in the basement to get to the electrical components and adding a plug in the new location.

As you can probably tell, I added on the end of that promise.  He has made good on it and the napkin can come down from the bulletin board now, where it has lived since we moved in.  :)  He MUST love me.

Also on the to-do list in the kitchen is finish the wiring and plumbing for the garbage disposal, dishwasher, and to install the microwave we purchased in March which has been sitting on the floor in the basement since then.  Did you know it's possible to live so long without a microwave?!  Neither did I!

The final placement of the stove.

 And in other news...did you know that it's finally fall?!  It's unbelievable how fast it came...earlier this week it was sunny and warm, and now it's blustery and pouring down rain.  I don't mind (much).  We broke out the hot chocolate, branched out and bought some caramel whipped cream (OMG, you need to have this...it's like candy) and I even found a glass pumpkin at Target ($5!) just like the one BOTH of our moms had when we were growing up around Halloween.  I love tradition!

Chris and I did something new together, too!  We've been together for FOUR years and NEVER carved pumpkins together!  We invited some friends over to carve pumpkins with us, but wanted to get a jump start on the gutting step.  We went to a pumpkin patch in Enumclaw to pick out pumpkins (also something I had never done...what a poor deprived childhood I had  ;) and ended up getting ones larger than we, uh, needed.

 We needed this one completed before the party as it would let everyone know they were at the right house.  ;)

And because it's fall, Chris is determined not to turn the heat on in the house until it's ABSOLUTELY necessary, so he figured getting the insert removed from the upstairs fireplace so that we could have a *safe* fire was a good idea.  Little did he know that, even with a large portion of the pieces removed, the insert still weighed a good 300lbs...Drew to the rescue!  They worked very hard (and didn't hurt themselves OR the wood floor) to get the insert out and we enjoyed our first REAL fire last night during the carving party.

Chris and Vicki worked hard last weekend on getting the shower door removed so that we could just have a regular bathtub/shower curtain instead of the bulky glass.  They also removed ALL of the shady insulation in the garage (complete with rat poop!) so that Chris can re-insulate that for the winter (and thus save us some money while trying to heat the house).

Next up, finishing the kitchen and then working on a very special fun room that you'll hear more about very soon!  :)