Project #1: We have a utility room just off our kitchen. We weren't able to use it for much as there wasn't a ton of space in there for one and there's only so much stuff you can store in a utility room. So, we had an idea. This has been an idea we've wanted to follow up on for a while and since AJ has been working so much we decided this was a worthwhile investment. A chest freezer! You know you're old and married when you get excited about a chest freezer. =] Well, we wanted to put this freezer in our utility room. Only one problem: the door opened into the room... no way a freezer would fit in there with the door opening that way. So, my ever-handy husband got his hands dirty and flipped the door jam.
The new placement of the door latch
and the patch where the hinges used to be.
He did a very nice job. It isn't quite done yet and the freezer is still in the box, but we have just a few finishing touches left and we'll have doubled our freezer space. If you've ever seen our freezer, you know this is very exciting.
The utility room door opened outward and the laundry room door opened inward. The utility room used to open just like the laundry room.
Project #2: The weather here has been so random and spastic. We didn't turn the air conditioner on until the very end of June. When my menopausal mother got here she thought she was dying at night (we'd just been opening our window at night, but the room they are staying in is literally right off the freeway... she wasn't really crazy about the ambiance and mood noise. ps, love you, Mom). We'd noticed that our 2nd level was quite a bit warmer than the lower level in our house, even with the air conditioner on. It wasn't uncommon for there to be a 5-8 degree difference from the upstairs and the downstairs. Everyone sleeps upstairs. I, personally, can't sleep if I'm too hot and the air conditioner just wasn't cooling the upstairs enough at night. SO... we put in a ceiling fan.
Project #2: The weather here has been so random and spastic. We didn't turn the air conditioner on until the very end of June. When my menopausal mother got here she thought she was dying at night (we'd just been opening our window at night, but the room they are staying in is literally right off the freeway... she wasn't really crazy about the ambiance and mood noise. ps, love you, Mom). We'd noticed that our 2nd level was quite a bit warmer than the lower level in our house, even with the air conditioner on. It wasn't uncommon for there to be a 5-8 degree difference from the upstairs and the downstairs. Everyone sleeps upstairs. I, personally, can't sleep if I'm too hot and the air conditioner just wasn't cooling the upstairs enough at night. SO... we put in a ceiling fan.
Our awesome ceiling fan! 
With fan control and dimmer switches. In this case, there really are no strings attached (or for AJ to hit his head on...)
With fan control and dimmer switches. In this case, there really are no strings attached (or for AJ to hit his head on...)Again, AJ got down and dirty and rewired the lights, added a fan and worked an air circulation miracle. I married such a stud! He's not an electrician (he did only shock himself twice though...), but with some guidance from Lowe's electrical department manager, the internet and, of course, Father Wolff, we have an amazing ceiling fan that helps keep the temperature difference to about 3 degrees.
Project #3: This project was not as involved or detailed as the previous two... but I sure have enjoyed it. We got a new shower head! Again, you know you're old and married when... Well, we did this mostly to try and get our pipes to stop groaning. And they have... now they scream instead. There just is no pleasing those pipes. The toilet used to groan, AJ stopped that... but now the shower screams. Ah, whatever. A little fiddling with the shower head or the knob that changes the water from coming out the tub faucet to the shower head and it usually stops. This project was so exciting because the new head we got... has a massage setting! Yay! =]
The other projects are mostly things I've done to keep myself busy. They say you 'nest' in the last weeks of pregnancy because you want everything to be ready and pretty and such when your baby gets here (not to mention, it hits you how little free time you will have once that little bundle of joy shows it's face and you decide it's better to re-wallpaper your house with all the ailments of being 9 months pregnant than to do it with a newborn). I have a different opinion... you do it to try and convince yourself you aren't as bored as you actually are. You're stuck within an hour or so of the hospital so exotic vacations are out of the question. And when your belly hits the steering wheel before your legs hit the pedals in the car, you're stuck within walking distance when you don't have a chauffeur. I do all these 'projects' because at least that way I feel semi-productive when my husband comes home from working a 15 hr day!
Project #3: This project was not as involved or detailed as the previous two... but I sure have enjoyed it. We got a new shower head! Again, you know you're old and married when... Well, we did this mostly to try and get our pipes to stop groaning. And they have... now they scream instead. There just is no pleasing those pipes. The toilet used to groan, AJ stopped that... but now the shower screams. Ah, whatever. A little fiddling with the shower head or the knob that changes the water from coming out the tub faucet to the shower head and it usually stops. This project was so exciting because the new head we got... has a massage setting! Yay! =]
The other projects are mostly things I've done to keep myself busy. They say you 'nest' in the last weeks of pregnancy because you want everything to be ready and pretty and such when your baby gets here (not to mention, it hits you how little free time you will have once that little bundle of joy shows it's face and you decide it's better to re-wallpaper your house with all the ailments of being 9 months pregnant than to do it with a newborn). I have a different opinion... you do it to try and convince yourself you aren't as bored as you actually are. You're stuck within an hour or so of the hospital so exotic vacations are out of the question. And when your belly hits the steering wheel before your legs hit the pedals in the car, you're stuck within walking distance when you don't have a chauffeur. I do all these 'projects' because at least that way I feel semi-productive when my husband comes home from working a 15 hr day!
The head of our bed. I finally took the time to measure out the spacing for the lettering. And off to the right of the picture I have the baby's "domain" set up. You really can come anytime, little tyke!
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