October 16th through October 23rd:



October 16^th through October 23^rd:  Wednesday I finished the framing and started to do some rough electrical.  New outlets above the counters and stuff like that.  We decided to have the plumbing and electrical bid out.  Chris says I can’t do plumbing because I lose my cool and have to make 20 trips to Home Depot for parts.  We got a couple of bids on Thursday and the plumber we have used was low and got the pipe out of the way that afternoon.  The electrical was all over the place and since we were adding new appliances and outlets it was determined that we needed a new service and some space for some new breakers.  We settled on a electrician that would start that right away and said he would be back tomorrow if I would get all the holes cut for the 21 new can lights we were going to add in the front room, hall and kitchen.  So you can guess what I did the rest of the day.  I had all the holes and even had the wire pulled so all he had to do was wire them.  Thursday and Friday was UEA and all the kids were out of school. Thursday; Mom went with James and his family to Heber to the train.

James and Family in Heber.

Then on Friday mom took Badger and a friend to Boondocks.  On Saturday we took Ellie and her choice Miles to McDonalds and then to Chucky Chess for her birthday and then to Orange Leaf for yogurt.

  

Ellie at Chucky Cheese.

Ellie at Chucky Cheese.

Yogurt at Orange Leaf.



These cousins are best friends.

Sunday we got together at James’ home and had Sunday dinner.  

Kirstin made sugar cookies for Sunday Dinner.



Waiting for dinner to be served.

Monday I got the rest of the electrical done and everything sheet rocked and I started taping and mudding.  What a job.  That is all I have done all week is put a coat of mud on and then sand and then more mud.  I have used over 100 pounds of mud.  Where the brick was I had to completely coat with mud to cover the missing paper that had come off with the brick.

Where the fake brick was on the bottom of each wall.



 

Almost ready for primer.



I also picked up the granite for the new counter tops. I am going to fabricate the seams and cut to length the tops. Tuesday; Mom went with Kimball and Stanford to McDonalds for lunch and we took Badger to Pizza Pie Café for dinner, mom did not have time last Friday to take him and his friend for his birthday.

 

Stanford and Kimball at McDonalds.

Badger and his Papa in Pizza Heaven.



Mom has substituted a couple of times this week.  She is at Washington Elementary today.  This is where most of our kids went to school.