Christmas Light Contest

So I haven't really had a chance to show off my neighborhood. For some reason people around here either don't put up lights (which I'm fine with), or they put them up and do a really sloppy job (which I find offensive). We thought it would be fun on Christmas Eve to go around and document just a mere sampling of what the hood has to offer. We did not have to travel far.

The honorable mentions:

It looks like Halloween, not Christmas.

Hmm. Not that bad. Just a little lazy.

A plus for the light placement. D- for the creepy santa.

And the winners are:

3rd place!

2nd place! Love the single string of lights connecting the tree to the house.

And the Grand Prize of all time goes to. . . . .

Really? Yep, really.


Merry Christmas Everyone!

Replacing a Window

Not only replacing. . .cutting the house open so we can have it in a different place! Here's the pics:

the kitchen is going to be L-shaped which means we would be installing the cabinets over the window that is there now. I did not like that idea. I'm also not one to let a window keep me from designing the kitchen I want.

this is the new window. I got it at the re-store for 10 dollars. It is vinyl, but the most exciting part is that it is double-paned. The likes of which my house has never seen.

first, we had to tear the plaster down. This is a really messy, dusty job. We wear masks but I still worry about it.

then jeff framed in where the new window will go.

then we removed the old window

and put in the new window!

ta-da!

It's kind of an anniversary

of the day I put a bid in for my house one year ago. And then three and a half months later it was mine. (but mostly the bank's).

and then I was like "oh no, the responsibility is crushing my spirit!"

but then I was like "now I don't have to move every 6 months. Yay!"

I love you, dirty old house!