No renovation update...but it has been 10 years..

Ten years since Timbo and I tied the knot down in Morehead City. Almost thought we weren't going to - since Hurricane Bonnie just wouldn't LEAVE US ALONE!!! But for all the stress and last minute adjustments, it was the best day of our lives!

I don't want to get all mushy - but just know - while we've had the normal ups and downs of any marriage...the bigger picture...the wonderful life we've built together...has never diminished. We are just amazed at the life we have some days...how we got such beautiful, smart, funny children that never give us a dull moment, how well we work together on these big, seemingly spontaneous projects....and just the fact that what we have, fills us completely....we are truley the richest people in the world.

OK _ enough with the mush!!!!
:)

Update....we're getting ready for tile

I can't believe it has just been over a week...but the wall is down, new sheetrock is up...final skim coat needs to be on....the re-wiring is done for the most part...we're trying to fix a couple squeaks in the floor and we're gonna do some re-enforcing - since we're adding a pretty hefty layer of 20x20 inch tiles...not to mention, hopefully granite countertops EVENTUALLY! LOL....

As you can see from the photos...we've had lots of help!

And it continues

We've progressed with the renovation!
The wall between the kitchen and DR was actually down by Saturday at 2 a.m. Saturday - at reasonable hours - Timbo went and purchased the majority of the materials we were gonna need. (Tile, backerboard, mortar, sheetrock, the electrical supplies..)

I just had to throw one shot in there of the kiddies! They think it is awesome that we're "making a new house" LOL. Martin even got to help Daddy under the house with the electrical changes...

Oh Miss Josie - poor pitiful girl...she was stuck in the house with mommy while the big kids were running around outside and helping daddy under the house...

Just because we're a little big crazy

We decided at 9:30p.m Thurs. night to start a major renovation! YES WE'RE outta our minds! LOL

It has been a long time coming..and somehow my little idea to just get rid of the carpet in the DR - turned into removing two walls, laying down tile in the kitchen and DR areas, pulling off the old paneling, re-sheetrocking..and all that goes with that...re-wiring, replacing molding, etc.

Here are some of the images I caught after we had already gotten started...I'll have to find some of the TOTALLY before shots...

Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium

I had a few sessions down on the coast last weekend...seems I'm getting more business down there...I'm not complaining. I get to go down and see mom and dad...the kids too of course. This time it was just me, Martin and Josie.

On Saturday we went to the aquarium. All I had to ask Martin was whether or not he wanted to go to the place where he could see the sharks. He was ready in a flash. LOL

Once inside, he darted from tank to tank...searching for those elusive sharks. Each smaller tank would hold his attention for a bit...sometimes a little longer if there were some more colorful or tropical looking fish in them...or when we were looking for that hiding eel...but when he saw that BIG tank - the one with the sharks in it...it was over. We of course spent a big chunk of time in front of that tank...he was in awe...He named the BIG shark - the one that kept watch over all the other fish and didn't venture down too deep in the tank "THE BOSS". He told me he wanted to catch one like THE BOSS one day...I asked where he'd keep it...he said we could make a big tank for it like this one...ahahahhaha --- um ..no...LOL

Anyway here are a few images from the day!