The Barr's Weblog

Done!!!

thebarrs — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:27:47 +0000

We are finally moved back in and done….well, almost. Two guys have to come back Monday. The sinks are leaking slightly due to needing updated something and the floor needs a few touching ups. We have almost everything back into place other than a table of “stuff” that we don’t know what to do with. There are a lot of things that don’t have a place and we can’t decide if it need to be the garbage or not. So, here are the pictures…..

The carpet

The downstair's bathroom

Kendall's bathroom (picture need hanging and no valance yet)

Josh and Matt's room- not quite organized yet

The den flooring

New bookcase

New entertainment center

Thanks for all of the prayers during this time. We are so thankful that this is over with. I have to say, it has been one of the most stressful times ever. BUT, we are very blessed and appreciative of our remodeling.

“You Can’t Have Everything”

thebarrs — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:43:27 +0000

Kendall's bathroom

We now have cabinets in both bathrooms, but no counter tops. But, as my dad always has said “you can’t have everything”. The plan is to deliver them on Friday. Josh’s bathroom is the 1st picture- didn’t caption it.

Josh’s room was also painted today.

Josh's room

Kendall’s bathroom is lacking paint also. It is going to be Bermuda Breeze- which is a pink. Our den ceiling was painted today also, but thought I would spare everyone the pictures of the ceiling.

Hopefully I will have more to share tomorrow.

We have tile!!

thebarrs — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:19:45 +0000

Well, it might not look like much, but it is definitely progress. It is more than we have been seeing. This is the downstairs bathroom.

And no, we do not have any idea who the pervert is that placed a window in the shower while building.

The tile up close…

It isn’t grouted yet.

The floor…

Thanks firemen! It is much better than the 1970′s gold tile that was there previously. They will grout it Monday and supposedly they will be delivering the cabinets on Monday. Nothing has happened when it is supposed to, so we will see. The rest of the house looks pretty much the same. They have patched the water spots and holes in the den ceiling and fixed some other water spots. They have to paint the ceiling and walls, not to mention carpet, cabinets and counter tops. They are also saying the carpet is going in Wednesday. I will keep you posted, but they say we should be able to move back home Friday. Hopefully so, then I can have my new furniture moved in Friday afternoon. Anybody want to make bets on all of that?

You might be a REDNECK if….

thebarrs — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:30:36 +0000

….Your carport looks like this-

They have almost gutted both bathrooms and they have sucked the insulation out of the attic. Most of the flooring is up now. Seems like they could get a lot more done if they would actually work all day. They probably would not like for me to be their boss.

Here are the main rooms affected.

In the meantime, we will be staying in the “little cabin in the woods”.

As of Friday, they have reserved this out to someone else. So, we will be homeless after that. We are praying that most of the work will be done by then. They have a LONG way to go, considering I took the inside pics today. God can and does work miracles though. Hope to post something nice real soon!

God is ALWAYS there!

thebarrs — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:01:40 +0000

I know it has been quite a while since I have blogged, but we stay so busy. I wanted to share our recent events and tell “the story” since so many people have inquired about how it came about. Dave and I left February 8th for a cruise to Mexico. It was absolutely wonderful and much needed time together. We were celebrating 12 years of marriage. We came back home on Valentine’s Day and had a relaxing rest of the weekend. Monday was a holiday-President’s day, so Dave was off work and the kids were out of school. Mr. Type A personality, as he calls himself, decided we needed to mark things off of our to do list. We had several dripping faucets, so he called the plumber. One was on the outside of the house and had to be cut and torched back together. Notice, I don’t know the technical terms. As the plumber was leaving, he mentioned to Payton-”You might smell smoke in the pipes for a little while”. Seemed odd to me, but I thought Payton must have heard wrong. Payton had baseball evaluations that day and was itching to leave so we could go by the Army store and get whatever you need for baseball. It was Monday-lab days for me, so I was on my lap top trying to look up lab results before we left. I was going to call doctors with the results on the way to ball. Moms have to multi-task you know. My lap top was not working correctly, so I kept logging on and off and it would freeze up. I was very frustrated at it and even more so since I knew Dave and Payton were in the truck waiting on me so we could all go. I heard Dave yelling at me and I was about to fire something back at him to let him know I had to finish this before we left. Then, I heard “Our house is on fire!” loud and clear. While waiting on me, Dave had seen smoke coming from the eaves of the house. He called 911 and we all ran outside. Smoke was pouring from the top of the house and the attic. It took 11 minutes for the fire trucks to get here, which is a long time while you watch your house burning. They ran upstairs with their black hoses, ripping carpet fibers on the way. Then they brought their axe in- not a good feeling. The chopped through Josh’s bedroom wall where they found the insulation was on fire. They did put out the fire in the end with their hoses. So, we have lots of smoke and water damage. Last we hear it is going to be around $20,000+ for repairs. We are going to move to a cabin at the marina while they do demolition. They are taking all of the insulation from the attic and walls in that area and replacing it. They are replacing carpet, tile, sheet rock, den flooring, mattresses, entertainment center and whatever else is damaged once they get in there. The actual place you can see doesn’t look that bad, but it is mostly under things that is damaged. If you want to see how much stuff you collect in your attic over a 10 year period, stop by my house. I thought we always lives in chaos here, but this is ridiculous. I will try to continue my blog with the progress as it takes place.

In the end, we are thanking God for messing up my lap top. The firemen said if we had left, there would not have been a home to come back to. We were also leaving Josh here- with ipod in ears and face in the computer. I can only imagine what would happen. God is so good to us. We are going to get some really pretty things from all of it too. Josh thought it was pretty cool that they chopped his wall, saying “now I don’t even have to go out of my room to get to the bathroom.

Here is the way most of our house looks now.

But, at least I this to reflect back on, in the midst of our chaos. We did have a calm before our storm.

So many kids, so little time

thebarrs — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:10:19 +0000

This is from Payton’s Jr Cotillion that was Sunday afternoon. We have been really busy around the Barr household. We are all ready and shopped out for Christmas. This is the kids last week of school before break and the older ones don’t go much, if any, the rest of the week- finals. They are exempt from most of them. Next week they will be home trashing the house and eating all of the food, not to mention drinking all of the milk.

Tomorrow is the last night of Wed night church until January, so Payton’s choir will sing and the older kids will have their youth Christmas party. Payton’s school party is Thursday and that might be all there is for the week. Something could come up though, who knows with 4 kids. Sunday Chris, LeAnn, and the boys will be here for Christmas with them. Monday night we will all get together for the kids exchanging the names they drew. Next Wednesday night we will go the the Christmas Eve service at church then to Tic Tocks for finger foods and family time. Christmas day we will be at home in the am then go to Memaw and Grandaddy’s for lunch and the afternoon. That night we come back home and pack. Dave and the boys will leave before the crack of dawn Friday to drive to Grandma Linda’s for the week. Kendall and I will fly out Saturday am. We will fly back the next Saturday. This will be the first Christmas in 14 years that Dave has been home and his mom is so excited. We are going to have a GREAT time. Dave’s sister, Trish will be there and we all go snow skiing on New Year’s Day. Hopefully we will all come back with our bones like we left here with them. We are in for a busy few weeks, but hopefully all of the kids will continue to remember Jesus is the reason for our fun and celebration.

Don’t exspect too often postings. I am trying to keep up with 4 kids, a husband, 2 dogs, many activities and stay on top of thousands of emails…not to mention Facebook. A big job!

3 Teens in the house!

thebarrs — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:53:00 +0000

Well, we officially have 3 teenagers in the house. Kendall turned 13 and had a “Tacky” theme party. It was great and really cute. Above you see a few of the girls tacky outfits. They had a great time. Her cake was as cute as it could be, as you can see above. It was really good and moist. If you need someone to make a birthday cake, let me know!

Tagged

thebarrs — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:17:51 +0000

Katie “tagged” me, meaning I am to list 6 uninteresting facts about myself. So, here goes….

1. I moved to LaGrange when I was 3 weeks old and have lived here since then(other than in Atlanta for college). My parent’s moved back then after being away for a short time.

2. Dave does most of the housework- inside and out- in my house. Ironing, mopping, and all.

3. I LOVE to travel. I would rather travel than anything else I can think of.

4. I can’t eat sugar, but would LIVE on it if I could eat it.

5. I have an obsession with getting the mail from the mailbox.

6. My favorite tv trash shows are Desperate Housewives and Gray’s Anatomy. 9pm on Thursdays and Sunday’s, I am glued to the tv, except during commercials.

Thanks for tagging me Katie. Got my brain working before even the 2nd cup of coffee on Saturday morning.

New Investment!

thebarrs — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:30:22 +0000

These extra eyes are our latest investment. Neither one could see, so I thought we might need to check their eyes. So, they both have new glasses. They can read the board at school now. Woohoo!

One week down and one to go. Dave left last Sunday for Kansas for 2 weeks. He has a management class he is taking there. So, I am here to hold down the fort alone. It is getting better. We haven’t destroyed anything that we couldn’t fix yet. The first day I battled an ant invasion. The next day Payton broke the faucet outside where water was shooting all over the yard. He fixed it though without Grandaddy having to come out. I was impressed. I have been late to the dentist, missed Wednesday night church, and spilled spaghetti sauce all inside the frig. Needless to say, we don’t function very well without Dave.

Thank goodness it is Friday and we can all sleep in tomorrow without getting up to pack lunches at 6am, remind everybody to brush their teeth 10 times, or make sure Payton is out there for the bus at 7am. We don’t have much planned for the weekend and we are excited about that.

Don’t these two look totally innocent? Well, they’re not!! Here is the hole that they have started digging to China.

Now, isn’t that nice? This is only one of several in our backyard now. If anybody needs anything dug up, just let me know. I will be happy to lend this “show dog” and her cohort to you.

A great school year, so far.

thebarrs — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:31:11 +0000

This year has had a great start. Everyone has actually been doing their homework and no big suprises on edline, so far. Hope we all continue to do as well. Josh has decided to run for President of the debate class and has joined the debate team. Yep, that is Josh Webb we are talking about. We will just keep our fingers crossed for the year. He hasn’t had much driving practice lately, as my nerves do not handle it well. I need to suck it up and let him have some experience. Matt turns 15 next week, so I will probably never have sanity again. Definitely not a settle stomach in the car anyway.

We had another death in our home this week. Our guinea pig, Rodney died. He was really old, for a piggie. He just crawled into his cardboard house and died. Thank goodness we didn’t have to put him to sleep. The other animals are in the backyard just digging to China. They are digging a hole so big you cannot see them when they are in there. How do you stop that? Dave’s show dog, Ellie Bell, is not too bright. She cannot figure out to use the bathroom in the yard instead of the patio. I remind Dave everyday, “he brought her home.”

Our little 3 year old nephew, Sam had an accident this week. They were out to lunch and somehow he turned a big metal bar stool type chair onto himself, trying to climb into it. It landed on top of his face. They rushed him in, called in the facial surgeon, and took him into surgery. Poor baby….his lower lip was cut from his chin to his lip all the way through and his upper gum was cut. They sewed all of that back together with multiple sutures. His top teeth are pushed into his gum, so he will have to see the dentist and oral surgeon about this. Poor thing, LeAnn says his face is so swollen and he is only drinking. He is a tough one though and will be back running before too long.

No more news here right now. We are planning on going to Dave’s mom’s a few days after Christmas and snow skiing while there. I have never been snow skiing, but there is a first time for everything. Hope it won’t be a first time for broken bones for any of us.

Off to help with homework, FUN, FUN!