by Kristin Echols | Mar 25, 2018 | DIY Projects, Homestead, Moving
We have been so busy the last few days, that by the end of the day I’m too tired to blog. Tuesday through Thursday we tore up wood flooring, and Friday we finally got to start laying the new flooring in the kitchen and living room. This vinyl plank flooring is...
by Kristin Echols | Jan 19, 2018 | Moving
We spent the majority of our day working on the guest room flooring. An early morning trip into Coeur d’Alene (CDA from now on because it’s easier to type) for more flooring and assorted supplies at Home Depot. You can’t go into town without a trip to Home Depot to...
by Kristin Echols | Jan 18, 2018 | Moving
There were so many other blog titles that went through my mind today while tearing out carpet, such as “Carpet is Disgusting”, “I Know Where All the Dead Skin Cells Go”, “What the Hell Were These People Doing on Their Carpet? Sacrificing Animals?” We have been tearing...
by Kristin Echols | Jan 17, 2018 | Moving
On December 30, 2017, we closed on our new house in Idaho. We sent 2 out of 3 PODs worth of our stuff to Idaho in the first week of January, and now we are spending a week in Idaho. We had great plans of arriving on Saturday afternoon and having a few hours to unpack...
by Kristin Echols | Jan 12, 2018 | Moving
When you live in a house for years, there are just some things you start overlooking…the missing tile in the corner of the bathroom; the hole in the closet for the CAT 5 cable you installed pre-wifi; that overgrown corner of the yard that no one sees; the unpermitted...
by Kristin Echols | Jan 11, 2018 | Moving
I completely underestimated what a huge undertaking moving would be. We have lived in our current 4-bedroom, 3-bath home for 21 years. We’ve raised three children from school-aged through college. We’ve remodeled, repainted, redesigned and repurposed rooms many...