Muchacho Polaco

70s style soffit coming out. I dislike them greatly. What a challenge to get out. I am removing a/c ducts and finding wiring issues. We had to stop midway through.

Yrem and Heidi up looking for homes. We had a chance to meet for breakfast at the Hungry Fox.

Yesterday Matt and I destroyed the kitchen soffit. It was a hideous remnant from the 70s that needed to go. I need a demolition saw to cut out that framing and then I can remove the duct work. We don’t need that many vents in the kitchen, so we will reduce it to one next to the fridge (and above where the new pantry door will go).

I removed the shelving from the laundry room on the right hand side. I think we will rearrange the room so the washer and dryer will be side by side facing the brick wall. That should open things up quite a bit.

The dogs join us most nights. They seem to enjoy exploring the new place.

The entertainment room will soon become the staging ground for our move. We will probably dump most of our stuff in there until we figure out how we intend to furnish the house. Currently it has bamboo floors. Not sure what we will do about that. Also, I very much dislike that kiva fireplace.

Sunday before last we had Michael over along with Matt and Dana before church for some pozole. Given how small our home is here, we don’t often have people over. I suspect this will have been the last time here.

We had the most challenging time getting the vanity out of the guest bathroom. Someone from the past took it upon themselves to glue it to the wall. Strange technique. The counter top is nice, as is the sink, but I am not sure I am going to be able to sell it for much on craigslist. It would be nice if we could. As it turns out, new vanities are not cheap.

Getting the toilet out was not difficult, butdoing the cuts around the sewer line is going to be a pain. I still need to finish that.

Last weekend, Matt and Dana hosted one final pizza shindig. They make fancy pizzas – quite good except for that one with an egg on it. That one goes too far. Since we bought our home, they cho

When we bought the flooring for our house, we decided to transport it in our own vehicles rather than have it delivered. In the end it worked out, but it was a terrible idea to put that much weight in cars not designed for that.

The progress continues.

The floors progress. It is no small thing. It has been going well. But I want it over.

I am a becoming competent with the cuts. They are at times a challenge. This was the coat closet that holds the central alarm system.

The fireplace was painted tonight. Yun did a great job. Just the primer is an improvement. We will remove the slate tile and bring us into the 21st century.

I am in Mesa tomorrow and Yun will do second coat of primer/seal on the fireplace brick. On Thursday I hope to continue with floors as fireplace will be done where it meets the floor.

Matt and I worked on the house today to continue with the floors. Progress is slow. We finished one of spare rooms today. So many cuts.

We had dinner at Matt and Dana’s house tonight. They made pizza and they were spectacular. Lots of good times.