Busy, busy

Well, we have been shopping. Geeze is it easy to spend money. After spending time looking on line we ended up going to Lowe's. Husband was very happy with our salesman. So we got a washer, dryer, cooktop, oven, microwave, 2 fans and lots of light fixtures.
I'm a little upset over the oven. Not having ever done something like this before, I really planned for the wrong size of oven. The opening is only for a 24" oven. There are only 2 makers that make ovens that small, and both are basic models. I really wish my kitchen person would have caught that and talked me through it. We have more than enough room. I could have had a convection oven, which don't come in 24". Nothing arrives until November 21, so I'm thinking I might not do Thanksgiving dinner.

Our bedroom is really getting into shape.
A new area rug is replacing the old one (that was literally 100 yrs old), the old one needs to be cleaned and have some resewing done to it. I got some bright colors to paint the background of the bookcases. They will be moved into place next week. Still have to figure out window treatments. The original plan was for me to sew new curtains. I am so over that. The neighbors on both sides feel that flood lights are needed every night, and of course, they shine into our room, so we need something for night. But we have this great view. Really would like drapes, for easy opening and closing... who does drapes any more? Thinking of thick curtains that could be tied back very easily. After picking the new rug out, finding curtains or even drapes that look good with the rug is going to be harder. Kind of did that one backward. Also looks like we will need another smaller rug in the area where the closets used to be. Another mistake was not getting both at the same time. We went to a shop in Gilroy called "Home --" something. They had some really great rugs in two sizes. I was more than willing to return the new rug and purchase two matching from this place. But, he really likes the rug we already picked out.

Not much is happening to the kitchen, at least appearance wise. The crew is doing some outside finish work and getting the plumbing laid out. They really want us to move back downstairs to our bedroom so they can work on the kitchen. Why that ties together? The pipes to the upstairs bathroom run through the middle of the kitchen. And two of the pipes leak.

Can't do the kitchen until the pipes are fixed. Can't fix the pipes until the downstairs bathroom is working. We are in a circle waiting for one or the other to be finished. I planning on tiling the downstairs bath myself. I've got 5 days off starting Friday to do it in. Hopefully the guys will have the 'greenboard' in place by then, so I can start.

My oldest son had his 26th birthday this week. We are really quite boring when it comes to birthdays and other occasions. I think Christmas is the only thing we get into any more. And even that, not so much. Last year, the Christmas tree was a one of a kind. I'm hoping that we can avoid it this year and maybe go a little more traditional. I still can't believe that last year's tree made the "Ugly Christmas Lights" web page. This is a real fun page to get you ready for the season. Our personal favorite is 'divorced santa'