My kids (Tiffanie included) have purchased their first home in central Riverside. I am so very excited, they found an amazing deal in a wonderful, mature, well established quiet neighborhood. A corner lot too! They are probably the youngest owners in the area. Today started the hard work of cleaning and personalizing their new home. My son is hard at work removing the old “popcorn” type ceiling, opening walls, knocking down concrete enclosures, cleaning and keeping the girls busy busy busy (that includes me) I will be keeping a photo journal of their progress and hard work here. I am so very excited and look forward to the many invitations to their summer BBQ’s (did I mention they have a pool?) Congrats to Buddy, Rachel And Tiff, (CJ too!)
CJ wanted his ATV to go with us today and my truck was packed out with bikes and cleaning products….
CJ LOVEs my 1970 Ford F250 truck (40 years old) and insists on riding with me when I drive it, he tells me “faster grandma…faster”
It has a BIG BLOCK and open exhaust so it appeals to “boyz!”
CJ thought this was sooooooooooooooooo funny
CJ being silly with Aunt T
That front block wall will be coming down soon to expose the front of the house, it will have wonderful curb appeal
The master bath/wardrobe area, two sinks and two mirrors….Perfect!
CJ’s room
RJ’s room
the living room (that wall will be opened up more in a few day) How wonderful to redesign your own home
My son Buddy
On our way to Home Depot (& McDonald’s)
CJ wanted this shovel so bad (he said, “Look it’s made for little kids”)
He didn’t get the shovel like he wanted….
The day every girl dreams of ….Shopping for drywall MUD!
All done………
CJ’s first picnic at his new home
No California home is complete without a pool!
he’s a crazy boy
Tiff’s parents, Don & Donna Edwards came to give a hand in the remodeling, the family support was wonderful….
Buddy and Tiff working hard
Buddy and I practicing safe “sanding”
Rachel & CJ having some fun……
Buddy scraped the ceilings of the entire house in preparation for new texturing throughout
I spent about 5 hours cleaning and preparing the kitchen for the girls
Don & Donna Edwards hard at work
My busy grandson C.J.
Nice size kitchen . . . my first assignment is all done, ready to move in
Rachel preparing C.J.’s room for texturing and paint
My two kids and their father (Joe Lundy)
My beautiful boy – Buddy
My beautiful girl – Rachel
Father and son hard at work…………
check back soon for more updates & progress….
Here is a quick minor update from Monday 1.25.2010
Another small update on 2-2-2010
My son Robert up in the attic installing lighting and wiring boxes in all rooms for ceiling fans
Mike providing lots of help and training for Buddy in owning a home
Rachel not enjoying this part of owning a home….YET!
2-14-2010 Valentines Day will probably never be the same for the new homeowners….
Looks like they are having so much fun…Almost ready to move in
My son owns his own weed wacker now…
He mowed his lawn for the first time today too
So many improvements, new wiring
every room now has an electrical box for a ceiling fan
and they put recessed can lights in the kitchen, living & dining room (hallway too…)
CJ entertaining himself while all the improvements are being done
Buddy with a chainsaw…….Yeikees!
2-15-2010 Texturing the walls begins today
“Uncle Mike” working hard (again….)
2.27.2010 Saturday
Today was the BIG painting party at the BRAT – we had a big group of friends show up to help, it was the best way to paint an entire house in a few hours.
I LOVE the neighborhood and quiet streets of their neighborhood………
C.J. didn’t waste any time locating all the puddles…….
The very large dining room – Can’t wait for Thanksgiving!
Robert the homebuilder
For anyone who does not know my grandson (C.J.) don’t freak on this image….he asked for this repeatedly, so he could practice his escape skills.
This baby Houdini did well…as you will see in the next few images.
He loved it, no HUMANs were injured in the making of this blog!
He removed the tape on his mouth first, escaped the hands and then the feet in record time!
He is sooooo smart
Tiff and Uncle Mike (looking at a light?)
Pizza time
Tad (Tiff’s brother) asks “has anyone seen C.J.”?
Steven says “He’s with me”………
another hostage wrap
how is it that this comes completely natural to a boy?
My precious grandson C.J.!
3.15.2010
Quick update on the AMAZING job that my son has done on the ceramic flooring of the entire house. First time and it looks so good!
Painting is done, once flooring is complete the final touches of moulding and touch up paint occurs …
Then comes to big MOVING day!
