Day 2 Keira

Randy and I couldn't believe how much Keira wanted to help! She cleaned up, tore down a wall, helped tear up carpet staples and even cleaned out a drain in the utility room! She was (IS) a rock star! What an incredible daughter God has blessed us!

Keira's "mean face"

 

Staying Fit

I must admit. I was a little concerned cancelling our gym membership, but after yesterday--WOW! I am convinced the reason carpenters and construction workers stay fit is because they rip carpets out everyday! I have not felt this sore since I completed the Insanity workout about 3 years ago. It's wonderful.
Today's schedule consists of staying warm and safe inside while letting my sore muscles recover. There is a blizzard warning for the Elbert area. It's a bitter-sweet feeling. The snow is one of the reasons we chose to live in the Elbert/Black Forest area, but a blizzard makes it a bit unsafe to drive in the area. So while we want to continue work, safety comes first. That redirects my energies toward painting the master bath at my parents' house and perhaps some wall repair in the basement. We may venture out to Walmart and Home Depot to get a few supplies for tomorrow's venture to the new house.

Day 1--Demo

I went out to the house with intentions to tear up base board and come home...to say the least...MUCH more happened.
End result? All base board upstairs is up and stacked in the garage. Closet doors are off and stored to the side. Carpet and carpet padding is rolled and stacked nicely--ready for the dump. A list of items to shop for has been compiled-ear plugs, adhesive remover, power drill, 50 gallon trash barrel, trash bags, tile and mortar, grout, cleaning supplies and food. Lots and LOTS of food.

Quick Update

Sorry I have not updated for quite a while. Life has taken a toll on this Culver Family. We sold our house in December and moved into the basement with Ma and Pa. We are currently known as the "basement elves" or "basement trolls". It depends which side of the bed we roll out.
After the selling of our house we expected to hunker down and live in the basement for about 18 months before looking for houses. However, Mom sent us a link and we decided to drive out and take a peek. As soon as we pulled up to the house our curiosity was peaked. We called our Realtor who immediately received access to the house. As soon as we walked in the house we knew...just knew...we had to make an offer. We didn't know how we were going to make it happen, but we it was everything we were looking for, stinky carpet, wall paper and all.
We called Tom and immediately placed an offer which was declined. They wanted us to make an offer with a 203k loan (huh?). After researching 203k loans (renovation costs are rolled into your loan) we decided we could deal with the higher costing loan for the house. It was our dream house after all. We quickly put in a 2nd offer only to find out someone else made an offer too! Freddie Mac (house owner) asked both of us to put in our "best offers"--how nerve wracking!!! We wanted this house badly...and didn't want to lose it because of another bidder. We prayed about it and made the same offer minus the closing costs. Two weeks of torture now followed. We had a hard lesson in "just letting God do". And He did just that. We won the bid! We are now 2 months into the loan process and hopefully close on the 7th at 3 pm. We are praying...praying hard that the 203k loan officers approve the loan and the documents are finalized without error. Lesson #2--letting God do....again. :)  We should know more tomorrow...

Go Liam GO

Tyler's picture taking...

Tyler wanted to take pictures while we were baking cookies. :)

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