Got a pretty early start this morning and began by cleaning and organizing a little bit. Once my dad arrived we began putting down baseboards in the apartment. Then we moved on to wall and ceiling trim. Wow! What an improvement. It just gives everything such a finished look. We also installed the closet and bathroom doors. We even started on the cedar ceiling trim. I had to leave just after noon, but my dad finished the cedar and caulked everything in the apartment.

I drove up to Nashville and bought tile and grout at Buy Floors Direct. Next I picked up our countertops at Southeastern Salvage. I was surprised at what Liz had picked out, and sent her a picture of it to confirm, but didn’t get a response, so I went on. On to the delicious Mediterranean buffet. Wow, talk about awesome. I won’t eat dinner tonight because I’m still so full. Next I went to the Habitat ReStore to see if they had a sink for the apartment kitchen. They did not, and so I came back to the condo. Liz confirmed that the countertops we’re the ones that she had ordered, however what the salesman had showed her looked completely different. So tomorrow morning I will drive to Huntsville and hopefully exchange them for the correct ones. That is fairly frustrating, but not a huge deal. I spent some time sorting and labeling all of the fixtures that have piled up in the apartment. I also found all of the appliances that I think we will order. Lowe’s is having their best sale of the year now and we want to take advantage.

I also played with Little Man a bit. Tomorrow morning I will try to leave before six so I don’t run into a bunch of traffic. Liz and I have a bit to discuss but hopefully I can get to bed at a reasonable time.

It was a pretty scattered day. The one constant was cold temperatures. I headed to get some trim first thing this morning. The insulation guys were at the house when I returned, and my dad said that we needed to get the cedar on the front porch so they could proceed. So we started on that and it was incredibly cold and windy. Fortunately the new propane heater was running inside the house, so we could at least go in to warm up. I wasn’t too pleased with how the cedar went up, mostly due to the side of the house being a little wonky. Eventually the insulation guys finished under the house and said not to worry about the porch, since the garage wasn’t finished either and they couldn’t do it. So I did a little more until it got too cold and I couldn’t take it any more. Next I went and got some of my flooring. It started to go down pretty well. Liz came in the early afternoon to look at exterior paint options, and made a decision. Blanched pine. After she left I continued to work on the flooring until I ran out of daylight. My dad was putting the trim around the windows and it looks fantastic. We went to dinner then to Home Depot in Spring Hill where we bought cement board for the master shower, and tried to buy a kitchen sink but they didn’t have it in stock. Liz went to Southeastern Salvage after leaving here and was able to buy the countertops. I’ll pick them up on Thursday. I’ll also get bathroom tile and grout then. Tomorrow it’s supposed to rain all day, but I still need to go get more trim in the morning. Then I’ll finish up the apartment flooring and then put backer board on the walls of the master shower and on the floors of all the bathrooms. I’ll probably finish the day by putting down underlayment where I can. My dad will keep trimming out the windows and then probably do the baseboards and all of the window and door trim in the apartment. Tomorrow will be another very cold and nasty day.

It was pretty cold this morning and that kept me in bed for longer than necessary. Once I finally got up I did some organizing outside, mainly moving the old wood flooring out of the way. I brought in the cabinets with the front end loader and then began clearing the area for us to assemble and install them. I also unloaded my new cedar for the front porch. My dad arrived as I was starting to scrape paint off the kitchen windows. We launched into the cabinets right away. I unboxed them and he assembling them, and together we installed them. I have to say that they look pretty good. And the price was amazing. Now I am just waiting for the apartment cabinets and the vanities to arrive. Tomorrow I hope to go to Southeastern Salvage and buy countertops. Liz wants butcher block. Actually she wants concrete, but that isn’t happening now, although it might at a later time.

We got the cabinets all set and my dad called it a day. I threw the cabinet boxes and some trash bags on the trailer and took them to the dump. Don’t worry, I recycled the cardboard. From there I went to TSC. They had five of the twelve shelf brackets that I needed. I drove up to the TSC in Triune and bought the remaining seven. They are pretty nice and a decent price, and that saves me the trouble of tracking them down on Etsy.

Back at the condo was most of the stuff I ordered off Amazon, Wayfair, and Home Depot. I will take it all down to the farm tomorrow.

The Little Man was finishing up his dinner when I arrived. I read him a new book, Goodnight Gorilla (mini review: it’s pretty lame), and then he went to bed. Liz and I have been discussing house stuff since. She will go to Home Depot and make some decisions tomorrow.