Slow Progress

I feel the need to document today as we have been here for 2 months now. The garage is still holding pretty much all of our furniture, this is not where I expected it to be at this point. The good news is that the upstairs is now completely painted (minus a few touch-ups) and the carpets are being cleaned on Wednesday so by this weekend we can move our furniture in. I'm crossing my fingers that I will be settled by the time school starts in a couple of weeks. Yikes! Where did the summer go?!

Ch ch ch changes

Before:
After:

This is ground zero for my painting supplies so it's kind of a mess in here, but I was so excited to get this room painted and show the transformation. Besides removing wallpaper and covering up the sponge-paint I painted all the trim, doors, and the ugly beam (you can kind of see it in the uppper corner of the second picture). I love it. I'm using these two colors in most of the house with a few color accents here and there so it's a good thing I'm happy with how this room turned out! The sheetrocking and texturizing of the living room walls is complete today so, I'll have lots more makeover pictures to share after this weekend.

Moving On

This is the current view of the front of our house. York and Colleen have started moving in to their camper and plan to be at Pelican Lake by Sunday. This means I have moved into the kitchen (20 boxes down, 100 more to go). Thanks Lori, Missy, and Shannon for all the notes you packed in with my dishes. You made unpacking so much sweeter :) Miss you lots!

I'll post some before and afters soon, I just have to remember to go upstairs and take pictures of the formerly sponge-painted walls. You will be amazed!

Back Home

Here we are, good 'ole Fargo :)
These are some pictures of the outside of our house. We've already done some improvements to the outside, including painting the front porch and flowerbeds, new house numbers, mailbox,and a flag. We stained the back deck and added lots and lots of flowers. Not bad considering we don't even close on the purchase of the house til Friday!
I have pictures of the inside, too, but I think I'll post those room-by-room as I finish my painting projects and we get our furniture in here. Look how green everything is here... It rained for the first two weeks straight, I swear. And some days I think I'm going to choke to death on the humidity. I heard someone say recently, "I washed my hands today using only a bar of soap and air" LOL. It's gotten better, though the temps are up and the humidity is down so I'm happy.



Oops, I guess I didn't do a very good job of showing the trees and all the greenery, but more pictures are to come.
I miss all of my Colorado friends and family so MUCH and think of you everyday!!!