The Next Project

So I was on my favorite website, http://ana-white.com/ and someone had posted asking for plans for this castle playhouse. Its from this website, http://www.lilliputplayhomes.com/custom-playhouse-castle.asp and its so awesome!

Check it out!

As FABULOUS as it is, I can't afford the $7,000 price tag. I had been thinking about building Anna's playhouse from her website, but when I saw this, I just knew I had to try and build it. So I started to draw up plans and see if I could create something that looks like this.

I have most all the plans drawn up except the inside of the tower. While I get that there are levels inside, I can't find information on how many etc. I want the inside to stay dry so I don't know how they prevent rain etc from getting in what appears to be an open tower. So that is stumping me so far, but I am fairly sure I have the "great room" part drawn up the way I want. I also changed it from an 8ft by 6ft playhouse into an 8ft by 8ft just to give it a little more room.

I asked my dear friend Robert to come over and help me with the base. He build his shed using the same cement footer things (yup technical jargon here) and after begging (okay just asking and he said yes, but I was willing to beg) he agree to help me.

This morning he came over and we got to work. Here is everything we accomplished in Day 1. I am sore in any number of places and I am eternally greatful for Robert's help. I couldn't have done it without him.

Tomorrow I hope to build a few of the walls in the garage and set them aside for when I can set it all up. With the rain coming back next week, I need to get everything ready to build at once and get a roof on it before the next rain. So hopefully I can get the walls build soon because I want to see it start taking shape. :-)

Stay tuned for more!

Sunshine!

Hello all my lovely readers!

Its been a bit crazy lately (I say that a lot, but somehow its always true) and I hope that everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. We went to visit family for a 4 day weekend and celebrated both me and my husband's birthdays. So now that all that is behind me, I wanted to tell you all I finished the bookshelves (just not the trim) and my husband is filling the bookshelves with lots of lovely books as I type this.

On the horizon is my largest project yet, but one I am so excited to do. Stay tuned and hopefully tomorrow night I will have the time to write a decent post with pictures and plans and ideas and excitement. For now, its past my bedtime and I am just plain exhausted.

Take care and stay tuned for the exciting new project I have planned. Here's a hint, my children will get to become prince and princesses of the back yard......

Things Turning Around

After being sick for nearly a week and unable to get much done this last week I have gotten the bookshelves assembled. THANK GOODNESS!! I do need to get the backing on one of the sets and then they will be ready to set on their base, attach to the wall and get the final trim work done on it. 

I can at least be thankful to getting something done. I look forward to being able to truly be done with it.

I do have a bit of a challenge ahead of me though. Some of the boards were pretty warped and I decided to use them anyway. Now I get the added challenge of trying to straighten them out with supporting boards. Okay, I am rambling. I am tired and all I can say is there is a lot more work to be done. At least I am moving forward.

Worst Week Ever

As if I didn't already have enough going on, this has been the worst week ever. One week ago today, we thought my daughter was a little warm. Then we noticed a big old rash. Massive rash from head to toe. Called the doctor about the fever etc. They thought it was just a fever and no big deal about the rash (probably a fever rash). Split the day with my husband to be home with her and I just didn't buy that the rash was no big deal. Called them back and got an appointment for Tuesday. Finally they saw her and did a throat swab. Turns out it was Scarlett fever. So another day or so of splitting days off and dealing with the consequences at work.

She was finally able to go back to daycare on Thursday. I wasn't feeling super great, but hey, no biggie right. WRONG. On Friday I had to work with a fever and a sore throat because I was so behind. By the time I got home I felt like crub! I went to bed at 6pm and other than an hour or so on Saturday, I was in bed from that point until this morning when I felt slightly better.

Add on top of this a MAJOR change/overhaul to my job that I missed the meeting on because I was home with my daughter.

So how could I possibly get anything done on the bookshelves? The answer is I couldn't. Nothing. The thing has been sitting there done. Shelves stained, shellac-ed and ready to assemble. Except between life, life, and more life, I have not been able to get back there. As it is, I spent all of today working from home trying to play catchup for last week and get ahead enough that I don't die this week. Given I still don't feel so great, I can only imagine my work output will be less this week and everything has to be done by Friday....Stress much???

Oh yeah, and in case I forgot to mention, I have to miss most of Thursday of this week to bring my daughter in for an EEG due to not being able to wake her a few weeks ago where they think she had some kind of seizure.

Has anyone seen my sanity?