Well . . . .

There are no pictures here. I know, I promised. But sickness, work, laundry, internet problems and such get in the way. We have internet at home, but not wireless yet. So the pictures are on my lap top which is not connected to the information super highway.

Sickness seems to be my friend these days. It is time to slow down, breathe, rest and let my body heal. I need to start saying no to some things.

Other than that we are doing great. The house is slowing becoming unpacked. We got the guest bedroom furniture set up, but there are boxes filling the room. We love having our house. It is only 200 square feet bigger than our apartment, but it just feels huge. I really feel the need to have a garage sale or take a big load to Goodwill.

Oh, by they way - we are real home owners. Our dishwasher is broken and our garage door doesn't always want to work correctly.

Finally, my dear friend Laura left US soil today. She and the hubby will be spending 3 years in Japan. On one hand I am very very very sad about this. But on the other hand just is just a skpye call away. I pray for safe travel for them today.

Maybe, maybe not

I might get Internet tomorrow. ATT says they will flip the switch tomorrow, but I am not going to hold my breath. IF we do get Internet I MIGHT get some pictures up here. But again I am not holding my breath (and neither should you).

We have made some good progress in the house. The kitchen is 90% put together. The master bedroom only needs the mirror attached to the dresser and some major closet organization. The master bath is DONE!

My goal is by the end of the month to have the guest bedroom and office workable. I really want to spend time unpacking and analyzing what we need to keep and throw away. I know that will take some time, but it will be totally worth it. Right now I feel motivated to do a garage sale. I think that if we got some of our friends in on the action too that it would be fun and we could make some cash.

Painting might start back up in September. Right now painting feels like the most horrible thing in the world. But I refuse wake up six years from now and still not have the washer and dryer room painted!

By the way, Brett and I both feel back to 100% normal again. We never want to be that sick again, ever!

We are moved in . . .

but not unpacked. We had a wonderful move day. We have the best friends and family, there were 13 people to help. We started at 8 am and were finished by 11:30 am. Nothing was broken and as far as we can tell nothing is missing. Saturday was just perfect.

Sunday on the other hand was not. Brett and I got sick to our stomach. I save you the details, but the score was Brett 10 Jill 2. Brett has recovered well. I have taken three days off from work this week and I am still not back to 100%.

Pictures to come once we have Internet. I think that I need a nap.

Two more nights

Brett and I will only spend two more nights at our apartment. I will be so ready to just live in one place, our HOME, but it is a little sad to leave our first place. We have loved our apartment. It is just the right size, we have nice quiet neighbors and the location is great. However, there are down sides to apartment. About a month ago our neighbor bought a fan. We can hear a repetitive noise coming from it. I won't miss that! And our down stairs neighbor, Janet, takes a bath every night at 10 pm. When she turns on her water it sounds like she is in our bath tub! I won't miss that.

Tonight we will pull up all the plastic and tape and vacuum really well. Brett will pull down the last bits of wall paper. Friday we pick up the U Haul, start loading, and pack the last odds and ends. The light is so bright at the end of this tunnel!

PS I promise to post some pictures soon. . . I PROMISE

Mr. Papillon

"Jean-Michel Papillon, a French engraver and considered the inventor of wallpaper, started making block designs in matching, continuous patterns in 1675, and wallpaper as we know it today was on its way." http://www.wallpaperinstaller.com/wallpaper_history.html

I would like to have a few words with Mr. Papillon. He has made my life hard these past few weeks. Tonight we should rid our home of wallpaper for good and I will be very happy if I never see wallpaper again.

The light at the end of the tunnel is bright

In order to move in on Sat. we need to . . . .

1) put a 2nd coat on the trim in the office
2) take down the last bit of wall paper in the kitchen
3) vacuum really good

Just two things

We only have to do two things in order to move in . . . .
1) put two coats of paint on the trim work in the office
2) remove all the wallpaper in the kitchen

If we do those two things we can move in and finish things later on. Here is the list of what still needs to be done. (I don't mean to bore you with lists, but it helps me to stay on track!)

1) paint the trim in the master bathroom
2) hang fixtures in the master bathroom
3) two coats of paint in the hall bathroom
4) paint the trim in the hall bathroom
5) hang fixtures in the hall bathroom
6) paint the trim in the hallway
7) paint the trim in the living room
8) paint the trim on the stairs
9) paint two coats down by the washer and dryer
10) paint the trim by the washer and dryer
11) prime two coats in the kitchen
12) paint two coats in the kitchen
13) paint the trim in the kitchen

A sneak peak

Sorry that I didn't get this pic turned before I uploaded it. I have tried a few times to get pics on here and it just taking too long. This is Brett painting the vaulted ceiling in our Master bedroom.
Brett had fun with the first coat. This is only the beginning . . . more pics of his "artwork" later on.
Here is the master bathroom with the wallpaper still attached. Kristyn and I worked on it for a long time and then our friend Matt spend about four hours pealing it off piece by piece. It pulled the dry wall off with it so we have had to prime, texture, prime and then paint the bathrooms. Brett has done an awesome job in here. I can't wait to show how it looks now!