New gas range installed...

The latest lull in progress was due to the carpet in the family room. The room in the house that I used to escape the construction zone. Now that the humidity has been high, and we've had the windows open to enjoy the temperate weather, the carpet in the family room began to smell very strong of pet urine. Apparently, the previous owner's dog had some incontinent issues. After a lovely relaxing evening at Chuck E. Cheese, I came home to the stench and literally freaked out. I called my buddy Sean (who had previously offered to clean our carpets if we needed it) at 8:15pm Thurday night, and amazingly he said he was able to come over still that evening. So Tiff and I moved everything out of the room and Sean came over to clean the carpet until nearly 11:00 that night. I can't thank him enough. After a couple days of drying, vacuuming up baking soda and carpet deodorizer, we're moved back in and utilizing that room. 

Meet Sean. Sean does carpets. Sean is awesome.

Saturday AM I curiously called the appliance store to see if the range we ordered had come in, and it had. I decided to run and get it knowing the Russell family was coming to visit, and Joe could help me with the install and moving new and old appliances around.

I'd never run a gas line before, but after reading some instructions and things online, it didn't seem too difficult. What's the worst that could happen, right? (Boom!) We're still here, so is the house, and Tiff and Nancy made us a pretty awesome dinner. All in all a good evening.

This morning I also installed the in-cabinet trash and recycling bins. Less stuff to trip over.

Today we're hoping to get the range hood installed, but may put it off until tomorrow so we can run around town with the Russell's before they head back to Sioux City.

New gas fittings off the existing lines.

New range installed. Whiskey on standby.

In-cabinet garbage and recycle bins.

... tucked away.