I must have been crazy! One year ago today…
I got the keys to my very own house!
Boy has the time flown by! Let’s take a little trip back in the Way Back Time Machine to see just how my house came to be:
- December 21 – Look at my keys, my keys, my keys!
- December 23 – I started to paint… the entire house!
- December 26 – Started packing up my apartment… late, I know!
- December 27 – New appliances arrived, I learned a lesson, found out the basement floor was very crooked and that the pipes were corroded shut… yes, long day
- December 28 – MOVING DAY!
- December 31 – Got the internet hooked up… rogers guys destroyed my basement ceiling!
- January 5 – Dreamed about what my future bathrooms would look like… {funny! It did not turn out that way at all!}
- January 14 – Got lucky… then got unlucky… Just my Luck!
- January 18 – Came home to a gutted powderroom…
- January 20 – Got jacked up
- January 24 – Spent a lazy sunday doing very tedious work
- February 10 – Ripped out the main bathroom floor… discovered that evil thing from The Grudge
- February 18 – Went without a shower for 3 days
- February 25 – Something died in my basement… but we got it going again. Thoughts of a new furnace enter my head…
- March 4 – Lusted over pictures of bathrooms while my dad took his sweet time finishing mine…
- March 16 – Is this the home stretch?
- March 25 – I present… the first finished reno in the house!
- April 7 – Discovered very large ants in my house… like so big I had a conversation with one! I then later killed the ants! *evil laugh*
- April 12 – It was a long time coming… but we finished the main bathroom!
- April 18 – Admitted I kill green things… showed you my garden…
- April 26 – Used spray paint for the first time… did an alright job!
- May 5 – Tried to use my ugly basement as an excuse to get $10,000
- May 7 – Cleaned out my garden… still looked like crap… posted pictures of better gardens
- July 26 – Discovered sometime living in my basement… I shall call him “the green monster”
- August 21 – Set some birds free in my office
- October 7 – Found out that a sale on insulation at The Home Depot makes my dad giddy…
- October 14 – Discovered that a new furnace makes your house smell like an oven… for at least a week
- October 15 – Finally told you what I did about “the green monster” in my basement…
- November 4 – Decided it was time that my basement needed a cheap facelift… maybe just some botox for now…
- November 8 – Wow! You can paint cement…
- November 13 – Spent the day in the {pink} clouds…
- November 22 – I lied… the main bathroom wasn’t finished on April 12, it was actually finished today...
- November 29 – Got a massive speeding ticket… but won a Delta Faucet!
- November 30 – One of these things is not like the other… Something here just doesn’t belong… Right! The dishwasher!
- December 5 – Made my first Christmas wish…
- December 9 – First Guest Post! My Perfectly Imperfect Master Bedroom…
- December 13 – Finished my partially finished basement project
There have certainly been ups, downs, guts, quick-fixes, leaks, freebies and even a little blood and tears… but it was all worth it, and I wouldn’t have done it any other way!
I am so thankful for what I have, and I take a lot of pride in knowing that I have accomplished so much by myself and with the help of my dad…
I also want to thank all of you, my readers and followers… thanks so much for taking the time to comment, leave suggestions, and your stories. I am lucky to have you guys… and it makes me happy knowing that my boring flashback fridays, my random household projects, and my bitch & moan posts keep you entertained and coming back…
Happy 1 Year House Anniversary to Me!
