the weekend of awesome

We had a pretty awesome weekend. My parents came over on Saturday and proceeded to hack through our to-do list like it was no big deal. Their energy and we-can-do-this was exactly what our disillusioned selves needed. 

Mom and I tackled the kitchen cabinets. We finished painting all the (upper) cabinets and got all the shelves painted.  

Exhibit A: painted shelves

Exhibit B: Cabinets. Painted. (cue: oooooo, ahhhhhhh)

More painted cabinets:

Now, you might be wondering, what's standing between you and getting these cabinets reattached to the wall? Why, nothing! Which is why I've been asking Nick if we can go ahead and re-attach them. Every 5 minutes. Apparently he wants a third person here so we don't drop them on our toes. Details. 


While Mom and I were slapping paint on cabinets, Nick and Dad were down in the basement re-attaching pipes to the boiler.

 I don't think I've really mentioned this, but two weeks ago we went ahead and tore out all of the boiler pipes in the basement. Meaning, we can't actually turn on our heat, because all we would do is flood the basement. And the house would still be cold.

The boiler pipes were much big for the boiler, which means there was way too much water in the system. The boiler was working so hard just trying to heat it all up and get it through the system, and on the coldest days of the year we would just watch the thermostat drop, even while the boiler was running. Plus? Crazy expensive.

So, we're replacing the 2.5" pipes with 1" pipe. We're also moving the pipes up into the joist space instead of having it hang down into the basement. Which means we could put a real ceiling in the basement, if we ever wanted to finish it.

Exhibit....whatever we're on...NEW PIPES!

The men got all of the supply pipes run. All of them. Nick still has a couple of return lines to run and then we'll have heat. Which is good, because we got down to 30-some-odd degrees the other night.

So yeah, it was an awesome weekend. We're trying to figure out how we can con my parents into coming over every single day, because then I think we might actually finish this project in the next year.

Seriously. Mom & Dad, you were exactly what we needed this weekend. Thank you SO MUCH for all your work and help and encouragement. We love you two.

Stolen from Facebook.

This is not actually our backyard. Which is a bummer.

ps - We have a winner! Our 3M Giveaway winner is comment #5 - Stephanie from Second Chances. Stephanie, shoot us an email (theflippingcouple(at)gmail(dot)com) to claim your prize!