The dollhouse! We got this freebie from Craigslist, and have since been working on the renovations. Mommy has been bad and has not had the time to rewire the lighting. It’s currently AC with a transformer, I think I want to switch to battery for safety reasons.
Check out the photos of what we are starting out with (already half-painted):
It’s reaching all time freezing levels over the past few days. In fact, the reason why we stayed in New York Sunday night was because it was suppose to reach zero and I did not want to travel in that weather at night.
At some point I think we’re probably going to add a garage and family room upstairs. In fact, it might be in our near future since our house keeps getting smaller and our family keeps getting larger!
I think we’ll probably invest in garage heaters because it would cost way too much to add central heat to our garage. Plus, they’ve never been able to zone our heat. So if we heat one room we have to heat all of them.
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Lately, Margot’s been complaining about our storage issue! The basement is a total mess and at some point we’re going to have to go through the baby stuff and start bringing stuff up and also putting some of Grammy’s toddler toys in the basement!
I might look into getting some tool storage for Margot. All of her tools are in total disarray throughout the basement and you can never find a screwdriver or a hammer when you’re looking for one.
Merry Christmas, honey!
When we first moved into our house I was shocked at the lack of ceiling lighting that we had throughout the house.
Every house or apartment that I had ever lived in had at least one ceiling light above! With our house we have two rooms that have no ceiling lights so we have to be creative with floor lamps and table lamps.
I go back and forth whether or not to add more lighting because I fear that it might make our small living room look even smaller. Plus, the ceiling upstairs that is pretty short…will be even shorter if we add lighting on the ceiling!
Actually, we’ve had heat since Monday…but they’re still not quite done. I’ve been splurging and turning the thermostat up to 68 or even 70–which, those of you who know me, is unheard of! 61 used to be my limit.
We got the Carrier Infinity 96 which is a 96% AFUE, meaning I can claim a measly $150 credit on my taxes this year. But, it’s extremely quiet, and keeps the house pretty warm in spite of not being fully installed. The guys have yet to finish the ductwork, including connecting the actual return to the furnace and the humidifier. I am very excited about the humidifier–once this is done, we can hopefully do away with two space heaters and one vaporizer.
The Sears installer–not so impressed. We insisted that this be done before Thanksgiving, and I think everyone’s just finished the last of their turkey leftovers. He didn’t show up the first Monday until 9:45 (which for most contractors is practically afternoon); Tuesday he got a flat on his trailer; Wednesday we were out of town;
Hopefully it will all be done on Friday and I can finally clean the house and basement.
The ongoing antics of two thirty-something *gasp* mamas raising our three-year-old daughter and adding another baby girl to the mix.