First home Fixer Upper

I already wrote this post out a couple days ago and auto save didn't work, so I gave up in frustration. Ha! So this post is going to be a bit longer as it will cover a couple days, so strap in. Pat has torn out the ceilings in the master bedroom, hallway and Joshua's room.  He was able to frame in the master bedroom last weekend while I was at work. I've been working every weekend since we bought the house so construction days have been short. It's been frustrating for all of us to not get as much done as we want. Our new dishwasher and oven were delivered on Monday! I had to run over there after the boys got done with distance learning to meet the delivery guys between 11 and 3. While I waited I cleaned up the front yard a bit. We have a massively overgrown privacy hedge with a huge palm that keep dropping fronds on the lawn on one side  and a bunch of roses and English ivy taking over said roses on the other side.

Pat has been working non stop these past few days! He got the water heater placed and PEX lines in running from the original copper piping to the new location in that corner straivht back.  He also replumbed the laundry hookups and ran a water line for a garage sink and the ice maker for the fridge on the other side of the wall.  This is where the door into the garage used to be. Now, its right around the corner! I am constantly amazed at his craftsmanship. He is so cool. Construction is going slower than we want it to. Pat keeps running into more problems because this house was a rental and no repairs or upkeep was done well, just good enough. We are so lucky to be able continue to stay with my mom!

This is what i finished on day 2. Well, mostly finished. I now have a greater appreciation for parents putting toys together on Christmas eve with sub par directions. The directions for this monster were ridiculous. BUT I did it.  I also put the plastic down on the carpets in each of the bedrooms. Construction to put in the ceilings is happening soon! This will be Luke and Claire's room. Those black squares are chalkboard paint. 🤷‍♀️ Here is the master bedroom. We are trying to figure out what we want to do with that window. It's huge and off center and not great.I am excited to have my own closet again! The master connects to a Jack and Jill bathroom that will eventually become a master bath once Pat puts in the second bathroom for the kids.  Day 3: Pat went to the house alone last night. I am sure it was much easier to get stuff done without the kids there and me asking "What do I do now?" all the time. It still made me sad that

 We bought our very first house. After 9 years of marriage, 4 moves, 3 kids, 2 dogs and a partridge in a pear tree, we are home owners. It means so many things to us, but for me, the biggest dream come true is setting down roots.  We bought a fixer upper. This home has great bones and hasn't really been touched since 1978 when it was built. But that means it has wall heaters and a previous swamp cooler. An HVAC is the very first major buy that we are doing. It isn't glamourous, but in the Sacramento 110 degree heat, it is 100% necessary. Luckily, buying in January means we have a little time to put it in. Day one: erect the trampoline for the kids so they can stay out of the house while we work on it. That's the idea anyway. The first real thing before we start putting ceilings in the bedrooms for the HVAC ducts is moving the door to the garage from the kitchen around the corner and into the living room. This will give us much more useable space in the kitchen and a better