a few more improvements

I painted a door.... it was the same nasty blue as the rest of trim was and for some reason we didn't repaint it when we painted the garage...

Then we fixed this down spot. 

And we paid some local folk to come do this...

a big trench

became a curb

a lot of rebar

became a garage floor

and a big truck came twice and dumped a lot of gravel

So what's left?

Rich installed two new garage doors.... 

And next weekend he will be installing two garage door openers.. at which point I will start actually pulling into the garage...i can't wait...

This week I start a new job.  I accepted a full time position as a team coordinator for a local hospice.  It's been at least eight years since I worked outside the home.  It's going to be quite the change....and I am very excited...

Nancy

big things happening over here folks...

 We are finally getting to the end of things around here... I don't think we will ever finish, as Rich seems to find something we need to do every weekend.. But the big "must do to live here" things are almost done.

These were left on the list...

Furnace and A/C
Move the Propane tank
Have a concrete floor poured in the garage (it's sand)
Install garage doors and openers

When we bought our house, we were told that the heating and cooling systems were probably the original systems and this house was built in the 1970's...  That's a long time folks...30 odd years...old...

Thursday a local heating and cooling company showed up to fix that..  We now have a brand new furnace and A/C unit...  He and his one worker were here almost 12 hours Thursday..  I had planned to let them get started and then take the grandkids out of the house because we were told it would be noisy in here..  That didn't happen as the one grand showed up with a low grade fever, no appetite and a junky stomach..  so we stayed home and really the noise wasn't all that bad...

the new A/C unit

The A/C unit used to be under the deck...that is not the ideal place for it... We had it installed on the south side of the house with new lines also..  When the heating/cooling guy came to give us the estimate we found out that all the gas lines in the basement were not gas lines...they were water lines...yes...propane was running through copper pipes used for plumbing.. Not safe...at...all...

Sorry, no photo of the old or new furnace...one was ugly and dirty and nasty...the new one is just a big metal box...lol

When we moved here the propane tank was located right next to the garage...There were many times we were afraid someone was going to back into it...

We called and made an appointment to have it moved across the driveway to a small area of land that wouldn't grow grass and was hidden behind a little row of trees..

Ava...posing for the camera...

tank in front of the garage...not a good placement..

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the trench...

they took the time to wash and paint the tank...

in it's new location tucked away with a pretty orange cap...

and this is the last one of Ava...

Next week we have Ron coming to pour a new garage floor...right now the floor is sand...yea...sand...Maybe we should have a beach party? before it's gone?

ok. this IS the last one ... she loved walking around the driveway "Grandma, take this pose!"she would say...

This weekend will be work free...for me, anyway...Rich is fixing a little problem with a down spot this morning.. then off to memorial for a friends dad and then tomorrow we have a 6th grade graduation for a nephew...oh wait...great-nephew...HA..we ARE getting old..  His mom was our Jr.Bridesmaid...LOL

Nancy