Painting & House Recap!

Welp, we had a couple of days of painting. Last Monday - Wednesday I had off of work and really tried to get most of the painting done!  My mom was a big help, 2 of my brothers and also my friends  Patti & Sheri came to help.  In those 3 days (really 2.5ish) we got all but the 2 extra rooms, the hallways, & the fireplace wall done!  I couldn't believe it!  But now as I write this, the 2 extra rooms are done, the hallways are painted and only the fireplace wall and all the touch-ups need to be done! But I hope that that this weekend I am able to finish it up! =)

Here are some photos:

Before - Kitchen & Living room Great Room

After

 

Our Master Bdrm

 

Office

 

(looks a little brighter than it really is!)

Matt varnishing the trim

My dad staining the windows

Fireplace is finally in! (& the mantle too!)

Railing that my brother keith made for our garage! I love it!

Other than that, a couple other exciting things have happen with the house:

• We ordered and received all flooring (minus the carpeting though) and it is all ready to be put in!

• We bought a fridge.... found a great deal on Home Depot.com and have it sitting at

my parent's house until we are ready! Now we just need to get the rest of the appliances!

 

• Our cabinets should be in in the next week & a half or so! 

THAT, let me emphasize THAT, will be SO EXCITING FOR ME!!! The kitchen and what is looks like has been what I have been planning and look forwarded to for a very long time! As soon as we had to plan out our budget for the house, I had gone into Project Place and started working with Holly on the design!  Once that is done..... I will be ONE HAPPY CAMPER!

(alright... maybe I should actually start working for the day.. hehe)

Thankful Thursdays

 

• RSVP pens... they just bring such joy to my life. I love writing with them!

• Panera Bread..... good memories & good talks with friends there, plus they have great food

• Washer & Dryer at the apartment.... what a small but little convenience

• Kids that make me smile & giggle and make me want to be a kid again!

• Safe travels so far this winter...

Here are some colors that are in our house.......

Can you guess what colors go where?

thankful thursdays

 

• Family - for the help that they give, for the support that they offer and for the love that they show!

• Perfect timing with getting rebates for our paint.

• A God who knows all our weakness & faults, but forgives us and lifts us up to bring us closer to Him.

• The fireplace finally coming in.

• Good Health.

preoccupied

sorry, but i will neglecting the blog for a little while,

because....

i'm P.........................



AINTING!!!!!!

Thankful Thursdays

 

 Every Thursday (hopefully i can remember),  I will be writing 5 things that I am thankful for.

I need to start thinking about the things that I am grateful and thankful for. 

Normally this is done around Thanksgiving time, but I feel like it should be done all year round.

In NO specific order:

• That the Lord knows what is best in our lives and that He is in control. 

No matter what we may think sometimes.

• My job... that I have one. Yes, it may be boring and sometimes annoying, 

but I can't beat the hours, days off and the flexibilty.

• How well things are going with the house. 

• A loving and wonderful husband who does everything in his power to 

make me happy. Our relationship is uniquely ours and I KNOW that

God made us for each other because there is no one else that could

understand us like we do each other.

•  New friendships and old friendships. 

Wordless Wednesday

So I'm going to try to do this whole WORDLESS WEDNESDAY that I've seen on other people's blogs... starting.... NOW......

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