House pictures

I spent the whole day digging out the ginger and heliconia in our yard (minus lunch time).  I had Elspeth take some pictures of the house so we could share.


Dining room to living room.


Living room.  Hard to tell, but the walls are safari.


Mid-century modern dining room table with McDonald's taro pie.


Kitchen.


Kitchen again.


Living room from hallway.


Foyer.  The kitchen cart will be removed some day.  Probably before we have kids.


Clearstory.


Guest bath.  Just recently painted.  Waiting until the paint cures before the shower curtain and mirror go back up.


Guest bath.


Bedroom #2 is currently our office.


Bedroom #1.  The brightest room.  Currently occupied by Elspeth.


Master Bedroom.  The purple really helps when trying to sleep.


Master.


En suite.


The mini-mart is very close.


The backyard hibiscus.  We'll have to trim it soon.


Backyard.


China.

Elspeth forgot to take pictures of the laundry room.  It's a really bright yellow.  Makes you feel all cheery doing laundry.  It does have a shower, toilet, and laundry tub.  I guess that makes it a .75 bath.  So our house must be a 2.75 bath.  However, we also have another shower outside of the laundry room, in the backyard.  We don't have any fences up, so it might not be a good place to be naked.  Hmmm... maybe our house has 2.85 baths?

What can you do with $50?

Wendy is out in Kalalau Valley for a week, and Elspeth is working at a night event at the NTBG.  Ryan is home bored, listening to the dishwasher.

So what did we do with the $50 Nick and Emily sent us?

1.  Changed all the locks on the house.
2.  Added deadbolts to all entry doors.  The entry from the garage has a keypad system.
3.  Added missing knobs to closets.
4.  Sprayed the entire house with Home Defense Max.
5.  Used Spectracide all around the yard.
6.  Replaced broken jalousie glass and straightened out screens.
7.  Changed all incandescent bulbs to CFLs.
8.  Replaced bathroom dimmer switches with illuminated switches.
9.  Added door stops to some of the doors.
10.  Waxed window rails.
11.  Cleaned windows.
12.  Steam cleaned the carpets.
13.  Patched drywall in the bathrooms, laundry room, living room.
14.  Painted the master bedroom purple, the tardis and dining room red, the living room safari, the laundry room buttery, and the guest bath blue.
15.  Moved all our stuff over.
16.  fixed the 3-way switches in the hallway.
17.  Replaced the vertical binds on the sliding glass door with sheer curtains.
18.  Fixed the speaker connector in the living room.
19.  Removed shelves from the entertainment center and patched the holes... including the one Wendy made with a prybar.
20.  Removed mini-blinds from the laundry room and added etched glass contact paper.
21.  Got a new washer and dryer combo.
22.  Put shelf paper in all the cabinets and pantry.
23.  Poisoned all the Guinea Grass.
24.  Caulked the laundry room shower.
25.  Got various tools and a roll-away tool chest.
26.  Replaced one of the garage door openers, fixed the non-working one.
27.  Installed a new threshold on the dining room entry, repaired the garage-side door one.
28.  Replaced the door sweep on the laundry room door.
29.  Fixed all three toilets. 
30.  Felled 2 out of 3 African Tulip trees.
31.  Took down a bunch of palm trees.
32.  trimmed the Heliconia and ginger out front.
33.  Got new hoses.
34.  Got new trash cans.
35.  Got a midcentury modern 7 piece dining room set, hutch, and side table.
36.  Got a heavy coffee table.
37.  Got 3 bar stools for the counter overhang.
38.  Patched some roof shingles.
39.  killed a bunch of ant living in fire detector.  Darn thing went off randomly and it was mounted all the way up the clearstory.
40.  Hung a mirror.
41.  Got a fire extinguisher for the kitchen.
42.  Replaced the motion sensor light for the driveway.
43.  Repaired the laundry room exterior light.
44.  Got a mini-fridge.

Fifty dollars goes a long way, eh?

I was going to post some pics, but Wendy didn't take any with her good camera.