Trying to install a dishwasher...

We recently got a really nice dishwasher before we went to Finland. We ran into some problems trying to install it so it has been standing in our living room for the past month. I am trying to get some help from some blogs, so I will post here some photos for some others to see as a reference, and hopefully figure out soon how to properly get it install it so I can start using it and get the extra space back in our living room.

First image is the bx cable, second the junction box that plugs into the dishwasher and the third shows the instructions on the installation booklet. Our bx cable only has 2 wires (black and white). The main question is how to properly ground the dishwasher. 

Here is few pictures from our anniversary celebration from back in August. Since I have been trying to update our blog lately here are some more pictures. We went on a nice trail first, then ate at Safehouse restaurant. It was interesting. We had to have a password to get in. If you didn't have the password they made you do some funny tricks and there tvs inside and people were entertained by the funny stuff we had to do. We had to do the Irish dance...lol..I was a little rusty. After the dinner we went for a walk by a river. It was a nice date. I am grateful to be married to Bobby. It has been an adveture.

 

 

Today was a nice day. I helped watch my friends son for few hours. Jared had fun time showing him some games and toys. I ended up playing cat in the hat game with Jared. After Jared went to K4 I took the boy home and then helped an other friend to frame some pictures. I bought some pizza for dinner so it would be easy to make dinner tonight. After dinner I asked Jared to clear the table and few minutes later I found Jared doing the dishes in the kitchen. I had to hurry and get a picture to memorize this historical moment. My 4 year old son was busy doing the dishes without asking. He is the only child in our family that has ever done this. Few months ago our dishwasher started acting up so I have been doing dishes by hand for few months now. So, I was pleasantly very surprised to have Jared do the dishes and he washed a whole sink full until they were all done!

 

Floors...are they ever finished...

I like dreaming of a beautiful home, but in reality the execution is hard and getting things finished takes forever, especially when I don't exactly know what I am doing. While my parents were visiting we started on the flooring project. Most of is done by now. I still have to do two transition pieces: from family room to garage and from hallway to Matthew's room. Few pieces of the quarter round broke when we were ripping it out to get the laminate installed. Last week I went to Menards to buy some more and found out that they don't carry the same size anymore as the original 60s quarter rounds. With a new obstacle the completion gets delayed. With my personality I like to take my time though, and like the process of researching for a best solution. Which involves looking stuff for hours on pinterest... I have several other projects in mind for the future, but I am trying to constrain myself to start anything new until I have the flooring completely done with all the details. Here is some of the progress.

 Floor in the kitchen

 This is our old carpeted kitchen floor...sorry about the mess....

Entry way...

 I made this metal (looks wood) transition between the kitchen and basement...sawing metal was fun, new experience.

I painted the baseboards and quarter trim white..sounds easy right, sanding, priming two coats and putting in two top coats. I probably didn't need all those extra layers, but just in case...

I love how the new floor is so much easier to clean :)

 Some of these pictures are so my dad can see what I did...this is transition I made from hallway to bathroom.

 

This is transition I made between entryway and living room. I got a long piece of wood, mixed different stains to get the right color and sealed it :)

I'll get pictures of the rooms after I clean ;) and after I paint some paneling in my family room. My kitchen cabinets still clash with the floor, but that is an other big project I don't want to start yet.

With all this agonizing about getting the floor finished I have to tell you how grateful andI blessed I am to have such an awesome dad! He is so talented and patient, maybe one day I can be more like him if I really, really try and don't give up :)