Update

There hasn't been much to blog about lately. Since finishing the kitchen we've been mainly tidying up the house, cooking/baking, and keeping busy with school/work. We also took a weekend trip to Quebec as a break from the house.

One project that did get us to pick up a power tool (ok the one of us who was determined to be the only house on our street with Christmas lights) was hanging Christmas lights on our porch. When we got our house rewired the electrician offered us external GFCI outlets on the front/back but we only got one on the back since we couldn't think of why we would need one on the front. Then came Christmas time and we realized why having a GFCI on the front of the house is a good idea (lights!). Luckily by now we're confident enough with our electrical skillz that we were able to add the new outlet ourselves. And here is the result:

Much more festive than last year :o)

Let there be light...

Finally we have made some progress on a part of the house we can see. After 3 weeks of our electrician not showing up we booked someone else. We waited a long time before rebooking because the first electrician had given us a really low quote. Once we rebooked (at a higher price :\) things moved significantly faster! About a week after meeting our electrician we now have a rewired house. This is the first change we've made to the house that has a real positive impact on things we can see.

Here are some pictures of our shiny new wiring. Ok... it's not that shiny right now. We're hoping to hang some drywall this weekend so the pot lights have regular bulbs in about half of them and the other half have no bulbs. Even in this state though they make a huge difference. Our main hallway used to have no lights and adding 2 potlights to it made has helped make it look bigger and less grungy.

So close... yet so far....

So after 3 weeks we might be getting electrical redone in our main floor this week (hopefully). Our electrician hurt his leg so things have been stalled out for a while.

In this waiting period we've started getting things in order so that when the electrician is done we can get our drywall up in the living and dining rooms ASAP. We've been busy figuring out jam extenders, blow in insulation, getting taping quotes. Next up, floor refinishing and window quotes!

In unrelated not so current news, we got our shower kit set up. We had splurged on a shower that had the telephone attachment on it to make cleaning our dog easier. Two doggy baths later and we can say, it was worth every penny!