Hodge-podge

After nearly giving up on Craigslist it's came to my rescue again. earlier this week, I called the trash hauling company to get an estimate on how much it's going to cost to get rid of the last remaining piles of dirt and trash. They estimated $1300, mainly due to the contaminated soil and several tons of used bricks.

We've had this pile of bricks in our yard since the demo back in December last year. We had planned to them to be reused for the walk ways around the house. Well, now we are sick of looking at them, so it's time to say goodbye. I don't want to hold onto something that we may or may not use in the future. 

I posted an ad for free used bricks on Craigslist and within the hour, I overwhelmed by eager takers. After about the eighth email within the hour, I decided to take down the ad. So now, we are expecting four people to come on Saturday morning and haul away as much bricks as possible and save me some money on dumping fee. I didn't know there was such a high demand for used bricks. 

Justin took two weeks off last month to work on the radiant heating with Dixie. Installing the tubing that goes underneath the floor is very labor intensive and the job is still not done a month later, but at least the boiler is in and ready.

The Pex tubing carries hot water that circulates through out the floor to keep the house warm. Sorry downstairs tenants, this luxury is only for us, the homeowners...we can't afford to do it for the whole building.

Is this an art gallery installation? Oh, it's just part of an unfinished tubing.

Isn't this light cute? It was a cheapy at Home Depot. We are going to install motion sensors for this light outside the utility room and one outside the garage.