Eating over the fire

I couldn't resist... really, we have a beautiful, fully functioning, and mostly clean dining room table to eat at, but no fondue pot, so tonight, we ate standing at the stove. Mmmm...

Also, the refrigerator is on the fritz. I noticed drips and a big puddle of water next to the freezer when I went to make dinner. No hum from the fridge. I pulled it out to check it was plugged in, and it was. Decided to go ahead and make dinner and then request service from the home warranty company. Shortly thereafter, it started humming again. I'm not sure if I'm glad or not. I wasn't looking forward to rehoming our freezer contents, but I would like a new fridge, and preferably not after I don't notice that it's been dead for many hours and we've lost all the food.

Revised Timeline (2/6/12)

Labor Day weekend: Remove carpet, replace master toilet, put down vinyl adhesive tile in master toilet room
Fall break and weekends between Labor Day and Thanksgiving week: Frantically sew costumes for Fall Play
Thanksgiving week: Paint entry and great room, hang painting over fireplace, remove baseboard in great room
December (Christmas break): Build bunny condo
January: Begin pantry demo, paint A/C registers from great room
February: Remove baseboards and paint bunny room, hang curtains in great room, install registers in great room, paint second coat on entry, install smoke detectors and doorbell chime, finish demo-ing pantry
Long weekend in March: Paint master bedroom and kitchen cabinets (minus doors) after detaching kitchen counters, remove all baseboards, scrap paint off tiles in entry
Weekends in March: Rebuild pantry, paint kitchen, remove vanity in master bathroom
Easter weekend: Install floor
Easter week: Install pedestal sink and mirror in master bathroom
2nd weekend in April: Finish installing floor
April and beyond: Install kitchen counters and new sink/faucet, paint and install new baseboards, purchase storage cabinets for master bathroom and kitchen, install pantry shelving next to refrigerator, make and hang curtains for kitchen and bunny room, reinforce front door frame, paint front bathroom and replace vanity
Future: Replace windows and sliding glass doors, install wood-building fireplace insert

Outside:
Build raised beds for artichoke and beans/peas
Remove dead plants, grow melons
Plant grapefruit and persimmon trees
Paint trim, paint exterior
Roof?

Original Timeline

Labor Day weekend: Remove carpet, replace master toilet, put down vinyl adhesive tile in master toilet room
Fall break and weekends between Labor Day and Thanksgiving week: Demo pantry and rebuild, paint interior walls, remove vanity in master bathroom
Thanksgiving week: Install new floor
December (Christmas break) and beyond: Paint kitchen cabinets, replace kitchen counters, replace kitchen flooring

Background

You luckily do not have to look at the images that prompted me to remove our carpet Labor Day weekend 2011. When we bought the house, the carpet was cheap, ugly beige. It had been there since the dawn of time (1986), and had actually been well maintained. It was everywhere except the kitchen, the toilet area of the master bathroom, and the laundry closet. It rapidly came out of the front bathroom, and we lived on the concrete slab in there for a long time. Much better than carpet that had been there since 1986. Ick. Ick. Ick. So, we got home from summer vacation in August, and I had not realized until the moment walking in the door just how disgusting the carpet had gotten. It had to go.

P.S. In addition to gross carpet, the people before us had an invasive organism problem in the kitchen which prompted them to wisely spray pesticide in the pantry and one of the kitchen cabinets. All absorbent food (rice, pasta, grains) stored in those places soaks it right up. Hello, what on earth were they thinking?!? So the drywall is coming out. I figured while I was at it, I would move the entry to the kitchen over a little so a wheelchair can get by the fridge without a problem. Right now, the fridge sticks out into the entry.