tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49045114138316674832025-12-23T14:09:40.165-06:00The OutPost, Fine Gifts and Collectibles for all Occasions is on hold as we remodel our Home...The OutPosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13499903608268004437noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904511413831667483.post-32657286327528361872012-08-30T11:56:00.001-05:002012-08-30T11:58:17.967-05:00

As promised I will try and get through at least one room a day.  Here is a small room that was a large challenge.  The guest Bathroom.  The only words to describe seeing it for the first time in years , was Gross!!!! The day we arrived back in town after our home had been rented for many years. I flushed this toilet before taking a pic... Look at the Dirt on the tub and this

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I cannot believe that I have not blogged since May.  Shame on me.  Since we are getting ready to take on a new challenge, I figured before we start the adventure I should get everyone up to date on the House and where we are with this remodel.  This week I am hopeful that I can feature each complete room.   I will start with the family room. Here it

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Well as I write we have starting filling the Pool and our grandson Taylor and neighbours' son Romeo are already in and playing.  This project has been a long time coming. This is what the pool looked like last year when we came back to Texas after nearly 15 years of Renters.  I was in total shock. This was the only project we were going to do when we got back

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This was done in the month of March.. Time to install our new fence from the front of the house to connect with the ugly preexisting chain link fence. Now we could not be normal and install pre-made wooden Fence Panels, instead it is going to be built from scratch. George first digs the holes for the fence posts and then gets them set in with concrete. Next day&

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Well we have been working outside on the pool and patio and we were ready to paint the inside of the pool today but it is pouring outside so I guess it is time for me to get back to finishing up all the small jobs inside the house that I have been putting off in order to get the house completed. First I painted the last of the Hallway doors and the last door in the living room.&nbsp

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It's been months since I blogged but we are still working hard getting the house finished.  We have celebrated Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Valentines, Birthdays and our Daughter coming home from Germany from the last update of our furniture getting delivered way back at the end of October.  Hopefully this post will get me back into the swing of things and I can

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MY HOUSEHOLD GOODS ARE HERE.... Now let the games begin... Three trucks pulled up each loaded down with crates.  My stomach was churning as it always does just before the unloading begins.  You just never know how the inside of the crate is going to look when it is opened.  My stuff has been sitting in storage for nearly 6 months and before that it had travelled from Hawaii

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Week 23  Part 1 24 Oct thru 27 Oct 2011 What a great way to start the week especially for me..a wonderful hot bubble bath in my new tub. George got home and it was back to work. Time to install the Kitchen Extension Cabinets.          We also got some molding up in the family room ceiling and floor

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17 Oct thru 23 Oct 2011 Where Has the Time Gone… Well the last time I posted the blog we had just completed WEEK 21 and that was way back on the 16th of October 2011. Wow how time has flown. My only excuse for not blogging is Life..well not really. My household goods got delivered and I was more focused on emptying boxes and getting things put away than blogging but most of all I was relieved to

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10 Oct thru 16 Oct It’s 18 Days now until our Furniture and belongings show up..  Oh please let us be done… As usual I seem to start my day off cleaning.  go figure.  Another wash down for the Master Bathroom.  Getting the haze off the tiles is a pain. Since it’s a holiday George is home and is tackling the last of the sub flooring.  Yeah !!! Now

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3 Oct thru 9 Oct George and I have decided to go ahead and schedule a delivery date of the 28th of October of our Household Goods shipment from Hawaii.  That means it is time to kick this remodel into high gear. I started off the week reinstalling the insulation in the floor of the powder room and closet.  Called for an inspection and Kenny was out an passed us before noon..

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26 Sept thru 2 Oct Monday. Monday..    singing this in my head..taking the day off to catch up on the blog. I am 4 weeks behind..Managed to get two weeks done by the time George came home. He got to work and  finished up the drywall in my office.   Since we had to redo the plumbing last week, I had to take the insulation back up but the plumbing got done and I

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WEEK 18 19 Sept thru 25 Sept Ok some might have read this blurb below about my car service appointment when I first posted Week 17 but it was on the wrong week.  I now have the days straight...oops Got up and headed out to my service Appointment for my car. I took it to the Nissan Dealer in town. Compared to the Nissan in Hawaii, this one gets a big fat zero. I sat waiting for my car

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WEEK 17 12 Sept thru 18 Sept Worked on the blog but I am getting nowhere fast.  By the time George came home I had done Nothing. As soon as George showed up I see him picking up a large piece of wood and making his way to the side of the house by the gate.  When I asked what he was doing, he told me there was a snake in the yard.  Wish I hadn't asked YIKES.. I guess it was

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WEEK  16 5 Sept thru 11 Sept 2011 It's Labor Day and we are still hard at it.  I got up and headed out to Home Depot to get the Wall  texture that I like.  George called while I was at the store to let me know that he opened up the Master Bedroom wall and ceiling and there is mold.  There was water damage to the house a few years ago when we had renters and the

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29 Aug thru 4 Sept 2011 WEEK 15 Started the week off  by putting in some more tiles in the hall.  Only a few cut tiles to lay but will wait until we decide what to do to join the flooring at the doorways. I also filled the seams in the guest bathroom shower. It's just about ready for tile.. I then decided I would do some of those projects that were put off but now had to be

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WEEK 14 22 Aug Thru 28th Aug 11 I woke up today and I can hardly move my hands.  They are so sore..My Body is telling me to slow down.  Guess what ?  I am taking the day off and I am not doing a darn thing except take some Advil.. My Bathtub is still outback under the Pergola.. George came home and started muding the drywall,  I felt bad, but not bad enough to help..

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WEEK 13 15 Aug thru 21 Aug 11 George is back at work and I am back at tiling.  Starting the walls in the Master Bathroom. This was George's super dooper power tool.  I seem to be using it a lot more than him.... I now wonder why I chose this design.  Maybe I should simplify and not cause myself so much trouble.  Well I manage to get one wall tiled in between

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WEEK 12 8 Aug 11 thru14 Aug 11 Since Academy Graduation was last week and there will be no more students till next month George has taken a week of leave to play catch up with the house.  We have hired Paul for this week to help George with the work that I am unable to do because I do not have that kind of strength. OK because I am a girl... Since the Beam we recessed in between

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WEEK 11 1st Aug thru 7th Aug 11 My motivation is at a all time low.  We were suppose to be done today. This could be a slow long week.  Kenny the Inspector showed up to view the Pergola.  Unfortunately it did not pass the inspection as there is a question on how it is attached to the roof line.  Called and left a message for Mike from Lawn Masters. The electrician

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WEEK 10 25 July thru 31 July Another week and D Day is looming and I have now resigned myself to the fact that the 1st of August as our finishing date is not going to happen.   Maybe the 1st of September...Praying George has the Memorial today and Funeral tomorrow.  Since our household goods are in storage George does not have all his uniforms other than his ACU's.&nbsp

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WEEK 9 18 July  thru 24 July Well it's  bright and early Monday morning and I am already dreading the start of the day.  Clarence showed up to clear all his equipment and materials out of the yard.  I had already started putting most of his stuff together along with picking up all the loose concrete and putting it in piles.  There is still plenty to be picked up and my

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WEEK 8 11 July thru 17 July Wow beginning of another week and I now have a sinking feeling we will not meet our 1st August Deadline.  That's OK I am dealing with it. Well its the beginning of a new week and I am dizzy with excitement.  My windows are being installed today. Truck showing up with my windows.. Unpacking and setting up.. There was no dilly dallying with the

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WEEK 7 4 July thru 10 July 2011 Happy Independence Day...Today is another day that rings home to you what our Troops and Families sacrifice for this country...God Bless you all and Thank You for what you do each and every day.  Please keep our Military and their Families in your prayers, not just on special days but every day.  Their sacrifice is what allows us to enjoy our Freedom in

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WEEK 6 27 June thru 3 July 2011 I have been wearing my husbands flip flops (slippers for those of you from Hawaii..) around the house, so today we got up and went to Home Depot bright and early. Right before I get out of the truck  to go into the store, I look down at my feet.  Holy Toledo, I have his slippers on..I felt like a complete fool walking around the store and was

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