One Year On....

July 16th just about came and went unnoticed, this was the day last year we signed on the dotted line and committed ourselves to this massive project! Although we can still tend to get bogged down with everything that still needs doing, we do from time to time look back at what has been done, bearing in mind our budget and only attacking what we can afford to at the time. Overall it has been a little surprising what we have chipped away at.

The winter weather slows alot of things down and the motivation at times to get on with things is just not there, but we are itching to get into the landscaping side of things and get our BBQ and spa area up and running ready for summer.

As far as the inside painting goes, every room apart from the toilet has been painted with the spare room just waiting for it's top coats, the toilet needs to be re gibbed, not looking forward to doing that room as it is tiny, not alot of room to move about in.

Anyway, onwards and upwards, we have been a little distracted getting Hayley organised for the ball coming up early August, she is all sorted apart from the shoes and her dress needs to be shortened, as soon as she gets her shoes we can get onto this. Her dress came from the US and fits perfectly other than the length, she looks stunning and very grown up.


a sneak preview...

lovin the sexy sock look :)

Ok, back on track, since the last update the  gates have finally gone on, still need another top coat of paint but what an improvement from before, finally able to throw off those old water logged things, and boy were they  heavy!!

the night they went up....

as they are now...

 Just thinking back, although we had the key, we didn't officially move in for a couple of weeks as the bathroom needed to ripped out and redone, but it was very similar weather, with a cold snap and going backwards and forwards after work between the two properties while trying to keep on top of things at Lincoln, madness really! Then when we did finally move in, Rachelle getting caught out in the shower when the water went cold and Brent having to run her round to Lincoln so she could finish washing her hair...haha....yep, good times. Other than the front door saga, we really haven't had any other bloopers to add to the blooper file yet, but early days I guess, still I don't think the front door can be topped, that was just too funny.

I thought I might have got round to taking more before and after pics but umm....I haven't, but will do and will update that page as I can, but here are some random pics of things started......and umm just waiting to be finished, a common theme throughout!


the beginnings of the vege garden...

the beginning of the end of the butt ugly compost things....

don't ask my why but they took most of these things so we have to replace them all....

then there are the things that just require what seems like a simple thing to complete....do you think we can find a picture hook????? haha, Rachelles black and white portrait to hang in the upstairs hallway, will get one of Hayley on her ball night, then I can tick that job off!

paving stones out to the wood shed, look how lovingly they are placed!!

gotta be a reason for this, but right now it escapes me, clearly we were checking something out, just what, not sure...

 (and I know you are admiring the outside toilet! )

and....we've made a start....

hard to tell, I know, but we removed the HUGE desk from in there....it's a start, oh and the walls have been undercoated :)

top right hand corner....yep, will get round to that......eventually....

then there is the garage, a minefield of things waiting to be done...

ALL IN GOOD TIME :)

So to wind up the year in summary, I will load a snapshot tour of the house, I ran around today and took what pics I could, and no, I did not race around cleaning up, it is purely an as is where is snap shot but should be a good reference for us in the coming years :) I do however apologise in advance for the mess in some areas...haha....

Brent and I did celebrate when we finally realised what day it was, he had a beer and I had a wine and I think we were asleep by 9pm!!!! Life is sweet :)

snap shot of a year http://projectlockwood.blogspot.com/2011/07/snap-shot-of-year.html