Fireplaces and Jammies

Right now Collin is in Denver participating in the 911 Stair Climb....his knee has been bothering him so I am hoping that he makes the climb without problems...He was also interviewed for the local paper and there is a really nice article about him and the other guys from Cheyenne that go to the 911 Stair Climb in Denver every year........

Jammie's....Dylan is so cute in his new Jammie's....all summer he wore only shorts to bed since it has been so warm....but a couple of nights ago we started putting him in his new Jammie's since it has cooled down enough at night to wear them........his Nain got him two new pair of Jammie's....they are so cute on him.....I am going to pick up 3 or 4 more pair for the winter....he loves them.....Dylan is also putting so many words together and has decided that he likes food again which is a relief for us......he is so much fun...and today I am off so we are going to spend the whole day together...

Projects....well the house is going to be pretty much a disaster zone starting tomorrow for the next 3 weeks or so.....so here are the projects....some are more exciting than others

The family room is getting a face lift....a new fireplace...ceiling is being torn out and we are installing can lights and fans and new trim....and then finally a new paint job....the sheet rock alone will create a lot of dust and mess but I think we will really enjoy it and it will finish out the room nicely...

Our bedroom is getting several windows ripped out and 2 new windows installed...right now the headboard sits against windows....it looks kind of dumb so ripping out the windows behind the headboard and installing one on each side of the headboard should look nice....we are also getting a french door in our bedroom it is replacing the old patio door.....this was not a planned part of the bedroom but there was a mistake on one of our new construction homes so we are getting a pretty pricey french door pretty reasonable and the old one really needed to be replaced anyways......of course more sheet rock work so lots of dust and mess and then we will need to paint once the bedroom project is done....

We are also getting several plumbing and roofing repairs taken care of.....our plumber is adding a couple of outdoor faucets to make it easier for watering...he is re installing a heater we have in our shop and adding some safety shut offs and thermostat features so that it will be more economical and the dogs and mooks will love it in the winter....the big plumbing improvements are that they are installing washer and dryer hookups in one of our master bedroom closets...it will be so nice that we don't have to go downstairs to do laundry any more...of course we will still keep the 2nd washer and dryer in the lower level....they are also going to disconnect the gas line at our gas fireplace in the front living room.....we are going to turn that back into a wood burning fireplace....this was a huge compromise for the Moody family....Collin hated the gas fireplace in the front room because it offered no real heat and was pretty much just for looks and cost money with no real return except for my personal enjoyment....I loved it well because I liked the way it looked and loved the ease of having a fire with a push of a button.....so the compromise was that we would turn the front fireplace back into a wood burning fireplace....so a true heat source at little to no cost and I would still have a pretty fireplace to look at...but we also agreed to install the gas fireplace in the family room so at a flip of a switch I will have pretty fire....the good news is the fireplace that we picked is actually a furnace rated unit ...so it is designed to put out some serious heat and was pretty darn efficient...it will be the primary heat source in the family room and is actually thermostatically controlled.....there is a old gas heater on the side of the family room that was put in to heat the room...it is old and kind of dangerous with a little one....it also looked out of place since the family room had a different heat source....so need less to say I am very excited....we have known that we have wanted to do these improvements since we have moved in so it is nice to be able to get them done and cross them off the list.....

Today....Dylan and I are going to head down to the farmers market and then head over to the park....Collin should be home sometime this afternoon so we are hoping to have a relaxing evening and BBQ this evening and burn a fire out on the patio tonight.....