Pictures of the House

Here are the long awaited pictures of the House. We would have posted pictures earlier, but I (this is Kurt) have been working to fix all the junk that is wrong with the house so I have not even plugged my computer in until now. So I finally downloaded the pictures off the camera and will post them today.
Don't expect much text... its taken all the energy I have just to get the pictures on this blog.


Here is the Basement:










This is the sump-pit that I had to cap to try to reduce the amount of radon in our basement. Evidently, if you have too high of radon levels its like smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day. Frankly I think its a ploy to scare people into paying $900 for someone to cap your sump-pit for you. I did it for about $50 in parts.




Here is the 900 sq/ft crawl space: I have to figure out what to do with this waisted space. This was the one sad thing about the house. I have more crawl space then I have basement.


Here is the Living Room




Here is the Kitchen:



Here is the Family Room:


I made this book shelf with my bare hands... and then I messed up on it so I gave it to Megan... she painted it black and ignores my imperfections.

Here is Room for Alexis:

Here is the Room for Lauren:


I made this doll-house shelf as well. It was not that hard and I also made one for Heather and Alexis. It does cost $50 in bare materials, but considering they want $400 at Pottery Barn, I like my $50 doll-house.

Here is the Room for Heather:

Here is Kurt's Loft: (This is the last room to be finished thats why its a disaster zone)
And I made that book shelf with my bare hands... and a saw... and some screws... and stain and lacquer. I felt very "Happy" after I finished this book shelf... I am not sure if the unventilated basement full of lacquer had anything to do with it.



Here is the Master Suite:



Here is our Outside:


This is the garden that I transplanted from the old house to our new house. As you can see... it didn't quite make the transplant.



Here is a small man-made pond in our yard. I am not sure what strange creatures live in the pond, but I just keep hoping I will see Nessie (The Lockness Monster) poke his head out for a look at the new owners of this house.

Halloween

We moved the weekend before Halloween so we were happy to find our costumes for the events. Heather's grade school had a fall ball were the girls dressed up and played carnival games. Halloween day we had trunk or treating at the church and then the girls went trick or treating around the new neighborhood. Lauren went two houses before getting cold and tired so she came home and helped me pass out treats. I keep waiting for her to get excited about the candy, but she just likes to dress up.



I made a Halloween feast consisting of Mummies (hot dogs wrapped in breadstick dough), Witch's fingers (cheetos), Ghost Goo (orange Jello), and dirt (chocolate pudding with oreos and gummy worms). The kids loved it. Delicious. We hoped you had a fun holiday as well.

The feast and a messy family room in the back!

First time with pudding: a success!