I can't get the photos to paste over so I am pasting in the links to see all of them. We ordered the kitchen Saturday, May 2nd, 2009. The order should be in By May 23rd if you can believe it. At the same time of ordering the Appliances we (Kenny) ordered the cabinets and all. We have at last count 28 cabinets. I will look to scan the kitchen plans and load them. I will also try to take a good photos of the Kitchen tile that we have chosen. We are certainly getting there!

Refrigerator
http://products.geappliances.com/ApplProducts/Dispatcher?REQUEST=SPECPAGE&SKU=PFSS6PKXSS&SITEID=GEA

Cook top (this is so cool looking)
http://www.boschappliances.com/kitchen-appliances-cooking_cooktops_gas_800-series_NGM8054UC.html

Ovens (2 side by side under the cook top) I think this is the one. It is pretty like this and has convection cooking in both
http://www.boschappliances.com/kitchen-appliances-cooking_ovens_500-series_HBL5450UC.html

Washer (these will go in the Laundry room off the Mud Room)
http://products.geappliances.com/ApplProducts/Dispatcher?REQUEST=SPECPAGE&SKU=WPDH8900JMG&SITEID=GEA

Dryer (these will go in the Laundry room off the Mud Room)
http://products.geappliances.com/ApplProducts/Dispatcher?REQUEST=SPECPAGE&SKU=DPVH880GJMG&SITEID=GEA

Cool right?

Amanda in all her Glory

Daddy lets Amanda have almost total free run of the construction site. She has been climbing this ladder since she was just able to walk. She has become quite proficient at it as you can see.

Just thought I would share a photo of our Princess w/out all the frills

Photos of Kenny's Helpers

Amanda's Toys @ the Propery




Quadie









Geni Lifter






Cementer









Bob Caties










The Cat

January 20th, 2009

Here are some photos that were taken in January. Margee's friend was up to NJ from FL, so of course she got the full tour. Sorry there aren't more photos but I will upload as I locate them. As you can see this is the house. It is weather tight and we even have the gutters, and very exciting...the Garage Doors. there was much a-do about them as I choose what I wanted in about 20 min. It was a big decision I didn't want to rush myself. However, in classic Shilay glory, Kenny was a bit harder with the decision. After at least 3 months...if a Shilay was telling this story it would have been 6 months of torturing me with how about this one, or that one, are you sure about the color, or the design what about the little windows do you think this or that. I finally told him that I didn't care that much...He ordered the ones I wanted from the start. I have to say they do look great. When they arrived the house was not stained and they did look like, well let's just say they really stood out. I was afraid that I had done a horrible thing. but after the stain and the brown gutters all was well with my choice. Do you agree?

You might be asking yourself what the heck is this stuff. Well I have a story about that too. I bet you couldn't have guessed that right?Well, Kenny asked me about what to do with the floor in the Garage. Yes the garage. As if that was high on my list of need to decide about. Well he was obsessed. So I looked at the Epoxy and was not impressed. I my humble opinion it was very good and ugly paint for the cement floor. Well he debated and deliberated and finally decided, thankfully not including me. Then he took a whole day off work and had Nick come to the house and help him "paint the garage floor". Well he was so excited that I thought he would burst. He wanted me to see. So after trying to delay it, I finally went to go, when he was in the driveway of the current house. I asked him why he was home and he said, "you just have to see this it is so cool" so I went. When he opened the door it took my breath away. How could one get so excited about a garage floor you might ask. And the photo doesn't do it justice. It is high gloss and it looks like granite. It is going to be the best looking floor ever in a garage.

Cute out house right? No, that is our outdoor wood boiler in action. That little baby will produce all the heat and hot water for our house all 3,000 square feet of it. Every day Kenny (yes Kenny) loads the boiler with about 6 huge logs. maybe 18"-24" round by 4' long. Once that is done, 24 hours later he repeats the same. This came online at the house for Thanksgiving. It keeps the house at a minimum of 65 degrees. Now we do have Radiant floor heating so it is a nice even heat throughout the house. Oh yeah that incredible garage floor is kept at 60 degrees. Yes it has radiant floor heating too! as will our walkways and driveway. Yippee no more shoveling snow. If you all want more information on the Wood boiler I can ask Kenny to do an entry.

Here is the Newsletter

Here is the unpublished Shilay's House Newsletter!

I hope you all enjoy it! Now I will do my best to fill the rest of the gaps.

All the best,
Monica

An Update from the Homefront

Hi all, I think that my last post was in late June 2007. As most of you know there has been a lot going on with our family so I am first going to post my New Years Newsletter (that never was sent to anyone) to update you on the family and then I will post photos and explanations of the last 18 -24 months to catch everyone up. Thanks for checking in even if my update is long overdue.