Without Further Ado...

Our new home! Needs some love but we can do it!



Lovely side yard where Ike will build us a 2 car garage. We also need to dig up a ton of stupid bushes planted in the middle of the yard!

Small deck in the back currently only accessible by walking around the house. We plan on installing a patio door where the dining room window is.

More beer dad?! Small outdated kitchen also will receive a much needed upgrade this winter!

I love my new fridge...I didn't realize how much fun having ice & water in the door could be!

Dining room...That was the old fridge which wasn't keeping anything cold (no wonder she wanted ours)! Don't worry we already dragged it outside.

Who was the first idiot to install carpet on walls? What a dumb idea....Stairway to our basement...Charlie enjoying the coolness down there.

Living room...as you can see we already attacked some of the house and ripped out old carpeting and various closet doors.

Hallway to the bathroom and bedrooms AND linen closet!

Beautiful pink main bathroom...ugh...needs updating too!

Master bedroom...Lots of space! Already ripped out flooring and mom and I re-painted it(not shown in these pictures).

Master 2 piece bath with yet another linen closet. :)

Ginormous closet!

Claudia's future bedroom....Can you see the ugliness? One wall is pink...one is lavender...

And one is green....thank goodness my mom and I attacked her room first!

Spare bedroom where Claudia is currently sleeping until we put new flooring in her room!

More pictures to come later...Hope this satisfies some of you!

We're In!

We did it...We are in our new home! Friday evening Dad showed up with his big truck and before getting to work we headed out to Pizza Haven for a birthday dinner! Mmmm pizza! Then to work...The three of us (Ike, Dad, and I) loaded his truck as full as we could with all of our possessions. It's amazing how much you can get done in 3 hours. The next morning we started the day off right by going out for breakfast...and then back to the house to load up and organize the last remaing items like our mattresses, appliances, fridge & freezer food, and other misc. items that couldn't fit into Dad's truck. My mother-in-law and Dave & Char showed up somewhere around 11-1130 to help...thank goodness because by that time the other lady was just about ready to move in! We had so much stuff that we were forced to do some extra half ton loads in between the her moving in. We all unloaded the van and the half ton loads and then took a well deserved break....During which time, I made lunch...a lovely assortment of bbq'd hamburgers and hotdogs, beer, veggie platter, and cookies. Then back to work unloading the big truck...by this time Laura and my sister-in-law Becky had shown up (they must've smelled the food). 30 minutes and we were done!
My mom showed up in the evening and stayed the night. The next day she helped me paint Claudia's bedroom as well as the master bedroom. In between coats of paint she helped me put find and put away dishes and food into my freshly cleaned (thank you Ike's mom!) cupboards. Monday we finished up the last of the painting in those two bedrooms and cleaned closets so we could put away all of our linens! I LOVE closet space!!!! Dad helped Ike install my washer and dryer and put together Claudia's bed!
We're still living out of boxes but so far so good! I will post pictures tomorrow when I have more time!