We found a fantastic deal on a brand new microwave that has a built in exhaust fan and light.....Michael, Kenny and Jimmy finally got it wired in and mounted.

Michael got all the under cabinet lights mounted....they came with the cabinets but just hadn't been installed yet.  Now there is plenty of light in the kitchen.

The drywall starts to go up in the office area....and you're looking at the only two sheets so far that didn't have to be cut....lol

This the upper part of the stairwell which he dry walled while I was gone....thank goodness, I'd have been having a cow watching him do this....very scary...;-(  By the way, the wall isn't crooked, the ceiling is slanted upstairs....;-)

Behold!!!  My bedroom is completely drywalled!!!   ;-)

My bedroom is "L" shaped, Michael has actually worked 3 rooms into one and this is my sitting/dressing room...and just to the left is my walk in closet.

Ummmm....we stopped long enough to see the eclipse....;-)

We finally finished up the bathroom closet.

Michael keeps plodding along with the drywall....at the time of this picture we had gone through 80 sheets of 4' x 8' drywall.

Yes, Yes...it the midst of it all, my A+ Certified technician had to stop and work on my computer....it crashed big time!!  Turns out the little fan on the processor had gone out and the processor was overheating and that's why I got this screen.....just one more reason to not leave your computer running all the time....which is our advice to all our customers...;-)  As the screen says, Windows did shut down, but the computer didn't!!  If we hadn't been at home when it happened, I shudder to think what might have happened.

Michael removed the old window in the utility room and framed it in.

The baker's rack sits where we hope to put in a snack bar later on.

And while it really cuts down on the sawdust all over the house, I'm really getting tired of the plastic hanging everywhere....lol....I'm just ready to OPEN IT ALL UP!!  LOL

Then Michael got himself into another little project.  The Stairs.  They were built wrong and the first step was 1½" taller than all the others and the top step was 1½" shorter than all the others.  It wouldn't meet code and it was really deceiving when you were walking up them.  So, he proceeded to cut them completely loose from the ceiling, wall and floor....ugh...that was a very noisy weekend...;-)  He mounted braces on the floor so when they were finally freed that would just drop into place...well, I had my doubts, but I should know by now to never doubt him for a moment...it worked exactly like he planned and now they meet code and are properly and safely secured...;-)

The old nasty banister has been removed and the office ceiling is completely drywalled.

Next it was time to frame up the doorway that will go between my sewing room and our office....it was time, but I'm still having withdrawals because most of my clothes had to move upstairs....argh.

Now instead of one long closet, we have a double wide doorway and still have nice sized closets on both ends....with lights in them, too!!  That's my waterbed you're looking at through the doorway....it's going up stairs real soon...;-)

I got home from work yesterday and Michael had put up his last two pieces of drywall on the wall that backs up to the bathroom and wired a ceiling light in our temporary office...this will be his computer workshop when we're done.

And an overhead light is going in my temporary sewing room as well...this will be a guest room when we're finished.

Bruce was here this week and we now have lights everywhere...;-)

And our beautiful tree in the backyard is now nakkie...;-(

Michael took the swimming pool down, too....it was his way of "winterizing it"....lmao

And lights on the back of the house too....;-)  A beautiful new deck is planned before next summer....;-)

He also got tired of the "critters" and wind knocking the trash cans over...lol

Lights and fixtures in the office....

Even lights at the top of the stairs....;-)

Michael decided not to even bother with the old switch and set a new one....the old one was COMPLETELY encased in wood....go figure!

And today Michael and William brought home 40 more sheets of drywall....that's 120 so far....and now he's in "drywall heaven" again...but after 27 trips up and down the steps, he'd just about had it for the day.  He left 13 sheets downstairs to complete the office.

It took 2 trips in William's truck, 40 sheets is too much weight all at one time.

Thanks William....;-)

Whew!  You know, I had always heard that there were men like Michael, but I never thought I'd be lucky enough to find one...;-)

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