New Floors!

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This has definitely been a trial, but I think in the end it worked out for the best. Our new floors are beautiful and a better quality than the ones we had. Now we can finally start decorating for Christmas!

Joys of owning a home

So less than a month after we had been in our house we discovered a slab leak! The worst part was that we had to turn on and off the hot water every time we wanted to take a shower. It was so inconvenient.

Here is the repair process

Here is how we tried to make this fun

 

We put Holly's paw in it too, but it didn't work out so well

We had to stay off of it for 72 hours, so here is our barrier to block Holly

The crazy part is, the hole in the pipe was about the size of a pin head. So tiny it wouldn't even show up in a picture! The silver lining is that we are getting all new floors because they couldn't find an exact match. That fun process, which could take up to four days, starts December 6th.

Never thought I would say this

but I am actually super excited to be doing laundry!

We moved into our house just over a month ago and our washer and dryer just got installed on Sunday. That is a whole lot of laundry piled up!

We ordered our washer and dryer and they actually came in the day we moved to the new house. However we decided we wanted to buy the pedestals for them too, and the did not come in until last week. So Sunday night when we got back into town from Arkansas, Charles and I hooked them up. It was not a smooth process and took us way longer than we had anticipated. I think this was my fault. At mass that morning I had prayed for our marriage to be strengthened. I think God was giving us an opportunity to test that =)

We finally got them installed a few hours later. Here they are in all their fabulousness!

Handy Men

When we bought our new house, there wasn't too much we wanted to change on the inside. But there was one thing that for sure had to go and that was the vanity in the master bathroom. It was way too  modern for our old house and claw foot tub. It had joysticks for the water to come out. I mean seriously!

Charles and I went back and forth over trying to install the new vanity ourselves or paying Lowe's for installation. When they quoted us $340 for installation, plus another $60 to test for lead based paint, we decided it was worth trying on our own. Luckily, Charles' best man from our wedding is pretty handy and did a lot of work to his house. We called Josh and asked how difficult it would be and he said exactly what I wanted him too. "It's not hard, I'll come over and help you do it." Thank goodness for Josh.

There were definitely a few bumps in the road. Removing the current sink/vanity went smoothly. Unfortunately when they went and unboxed the cabinet for the new one, it had a huge crack down the side. So the boys loaded it into the car and went to exchange it. They went to the Lowe's they were told had one in stock only to find out they didn't, so they had to go to another one. Then they had to go to a third to buy some parts. The installation was going well until they realized some of the parts from the old sink were not compatible to the new sink. This prompted a Wal-Mart run since it was after 10:30pm. Finally, close to 11:30 the new sink was in place. Overall the whole process took about 6 hours (including a dinner break).

I'm not sure Charles feels like it was worth it, but I certainly do. We learned something new, got to spend some time with Josh, and saved about $400. I think it was totally a win!

Handy Man

Owning a home is turning my husband into a handy man. Prior to this, if something needed to be assembled or a nail needed to be hammered, I was in charge. I am excited to say that things are changing.

Example #1:

This is our new mailbox. We didn't have one before, so drilling into brick was necessary for this!

Example #2:

Our heat and air controls were not programmable, so here he is installing new ones.

I know there will be more wonderful examples of his handiness to come, so stay tuned!

Busy Week

A lot has happened for our little family in the last week.

We celebrated our first wedding anniversary on Sunday, September 26th by going out for sushi and eating some wedding cake (recreated by a local bakery in Edmond).

Dark chocolate cake with mint buttercream frosting...yum!

We also closed on our first home together on Tuesday, September 28th. 

It has been a busy week and there are lots of details to share!