Photos of the Holidays

I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas and is looking forward to 2011!  Our holiday was really nice, a perfect mixture of relaxation and fun.  Here are some fun pics.

Poochie and I made Christmas cookies for everyone. 

James and I before Mass 2 of 2.

Sugar?  Na.

Whatchadoing Wednesday

ATTENTION:

There will be no Gillespie update at this time.

Due to me being in Syracuse with lots of snow and the other reason being that we did nothing on the house last week.

It's the holidays.  We deserve a break.

Get off our backs.

Get off my back.

NO you!

Alright.

Merry Christmas Eve Eve Eve.

Whatchadoing Wednesday - Cont.

Finally found time to upload my camera (we don't have Internet yet at the house, so simple task of uploading photos to a blog is not as easy)

BEFORE:

We actually really liked this fixture, but this is one of our only spots available for a ceiling fan and I love the efficiency of a ceiling fan more than the look of the globe fixture.  Craigslist here we come.

AFTER:

James is becoming quite the handyman.  He doesn't come by it naturally, but he's trying so hard!  Nice job dear.

The perfectly timed demo of the living room floor.... uggg.

My poor little tree.

Look at the DUST.  I was not a happy camper.

This is a picture of me staying out of the way.



Whatchadoing Wednesday

We've actually accomplished a lot this week, but all the good photos are on my camera.  I'll post what I've got and do more photos later.  We are totally finished un-packing.  Now on to organizing and decorating.

Photos I do have:

I installed 4 new smoke detectors (soda not included.)

James installed a ceiling fan (better pictures to come.)  Made me sooo nervous on that ladder.

Destroyed my living room by pulling up the pergo and found rotten hardwoods.  My poor lil' Christmas tree had a stressful weekend.  (More pictures to come.)

Notice the free labor in all of these pics.  All we have to do is feed him and he's ready to work.  LOVE IT.  Thank you Levi.

Christmas Shopping

I'm officially finished shopping for Christmas.  If you've been good this year, you might find a little something special under that wee tree. 

(Except for Clark and Levi... James likes to buy those himself usually on the 24th, so you wont find a gift under there for them, but that doesn't mean they havent' been good...)

Notice the floors are now cement.  That 'fun' little project will be posted on the next Whatchadoing Wednesday.

Whatchadoing Wednesday - First One!

We've been in the house a little over a week. A few lovely pictures.

Our first leak... (awwwww).  There's a leak in the master bath, above the kitchen.  I love when my plumbing and electricity mix it up.  Plumber is out today to fix.

Our favorite appliance.  Its not a microwave and it's not an oven; but it is attached to the oven and does still work.  James wanted to see if it was too hot for plastic.  It is.

Somehow I managed to find time to put up a sweet little Christmas tree.  Don't be fooled, our living room is not that large and I did not put up two trees... that's a mirrored wall.  

Whatchadoing Wednesday - New Weekly Post

I know many of you have been saddened by the loss of Deep Thought Thursday.  So I thought I'd introduce a new weekly post with "Whatchadoing Wednesday".

Whatchadoing Wednesday will mostly be focused on the renovation of our new home.  Sometimes it will big projects, sometimes it will be small projects, sometimes it won't be projects at all.  But it will all be For the Love of Gillespie. 

Popcorn, not delicious

Here are a few pics of us working on the house last week.  We (with the help of my parents, 2 day workers and Ricardo's Handyman Services) removed all the popcorn, mudded, smoothed flat and painted the ceilings; all prior to us moving in!  A few of the ceilings needed a little more work, so they are still in gyp mode, but the rest are complete! 

This is the view from the 2nd floor dining room down to the front door.

My pops in the kitchen, such a work horse he is.

Awww... the decisions of a home owner.  Powder white or snow white?

Next project: closing in the master bedroom loft.  I'll make sure to take before/after pics.