Thursday, August 25, 2011
THE COUNTERS ARE DONE!!!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
The Cabinets are UP!!!!!!
Our cabinets are finally installed!!!! We love them. Now we have a lot more work to do touching up where we "thought" the cabinets would be covering the paint... Oh well. Gotta put in the microwave, install a receptacle in the island, mud some holes, put in knobs on all the doors and drawers, finish the shoe molding, get the granite guys to come measure and install our counters...... ughhhhhh will this ever end? For tonight though, we are going to just sit back and enjoy the new cabinets. ahhhhhhh a moment of zen.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Getting this Started
With our recent departure from Facebook we've been approached by several people wanting a way they can keep up with us and our wacky antics. This is the best way we know how. So with that being said..... Here's whats been going on with the Griffins the past month and a half.
The second to the last day of our vacation in Rodanthe we were called by our neighbor who told us our downstairs had flooded due to a leaking toilet. Since that day our life has been a complete blur of non-stop phone calls to insurance agents, mortgage companies, and contractors. In order to make something good of this we decided to use this as an opportunity to make some major updating to our home. We have put in hardwood floors in 90% of our downstairs. With the help of our brother-in-law Kevin and Keith we were able to finish this in a weekend. I cant thank either of them enough for everything they did. As anyone who has done home repairs knows, you start and you find more stuff that needs to get fixed. So we had to replace our back door. Again, thanks to Keith for helping us out with that! This weekend Jennifer and I were given some time to really work on the painting together thanks to Kat and Kevin taking Parker for a night and most of the day Saturday. It has been a non stop busy weekend but we have finished the painting and got the cabinets off the wall and replaced the trouble making toilet. I must say doing all of this is both exhausting and stressful. But it has also been very rewarding and has built my confidence in taking on these projects. So the cabinets get installed this week and we should get the granite counter installed soon after.
In other news Parker has turned 5 and started Kindergarten. Thanks to everyone who came to his party and thanks to Memaw and PawPaw for hosting. He is really enjoying it and he's such a big boy now but he has been having a little trouble with his conduct. He's working on it but lets face it.. he's my son. We are proud of him though even though he cant seem to keep his mouth shut. :-)
Finally on a very serious note. We have recently found out that our Grandma Dot has a brain tumor. This is some really hard news to hear after the recent passing of her son Gary from the same problem. She will be going to Duke to get a second opinion this week and we are hoping this will be something they can treat. She is surrounded by people who love her and is being prayed for but I ask all of you to pray for her. If you've ever met Dot you know she is one of a kind and a treasure to our family.
So finally here are some pics for your viewing pleasure..... :-)
The second to the last day of our vacation in Rodanthe we were called by our neighbor who told us our downstairs had flooded due to a leaking toilet. Since that day our life has been a complete blur of non-stop phone calls to insurance agents, mortgage companies, and contractors. In order to make something good of this we decided to use this as an opportunity to make some major updating to our home. We have put in hardwood floors in 90% of our downstairs. With the help of our brother-in-law Kevin and Keith we were able to finish this in a weekend. I cant thank either of them enough for everything they did. As anyone who has done home repairs knows, you start and you find more stuff that needs to get fixed. So we had to replace our back door. Again, thanks to Keith for helping us out with that! This weekend Jennifer and I were given some time to really work on the painting together thanks to Kat and Kevin taking Parker for a night and most of the day Saturday. It has been a non stop busy weekend but we have finished the painting and got the cabinets off the wall and replaced the trouble making toilet. I must say doing all of this is both exhausting and stressful. But it has also been very rewarding and has built my confidence in taking on these projects. So the cabinets get installed this week and we should get the granite counter installed soon after.
In other news Parker has turned 5 and started Kindergarten. Thanks to everyone who came to his party and thanks to Memaw and PawPaw for hosting. He is really enjoying it and he's such a big boy now but he has been having a little trouble with his conduct. He's working on it but lets face it.. he's my son. We are proud of him though even though he cant seem to keep his mouth shut. :-)
Finally on a very serious note. We have recently found out that our Grandma Dot has a brain tumor. This is some really hard news to hear after the recent passing of her son Gary from the same problem. She will be going to Duke to get a second opinion this week and we are hoping this will be something they can treat. She is surrounded by people who love her and is being prayed for but I ask all of you to pray for her. If you've ever met Dot you know she is one of a kind and a treasure to our family.
So finally here are some pics for your viewing pleasure..... :-)
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| The hardwoods lookin gooooood! |
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| Parker and Daddy on his first day of school. |
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| Mommy walking him in. |
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| 3 cousins at Parker's Birthday |
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| OMG there is a giant hole in my house!!! |
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| Captain America to save the day. |
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| The new kitchen color after we took the cabinets down. |
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| The new hallway color really looks good I think! |
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| Sampson approved. |
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| Daddy's helper. Kid had great accuracy with the hammer. |
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