Lights in the Former Living Room (12/19/17)

The front formal living room has no lighting in it.  There were just lamps in the room previously.  Mike added some recessed lights!

This is my next room to tackle the trim and paint along with the entry-way.  

Living Room - Kitchen - Office Painting (12/16/17)

On Monday I started painting the trim white in the living room, kitchen, and office.  Took about 3 days and then I painted the walls.  It really brightened things up and got rid of that warm tan that was here before!

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Meanwhile out in the garage, Mike has been busy insulating the attic so we can get the heater going and so he can get some storage up there.

First Projects! (12/6/17)

Well so typical to our fashion we already started in on some projects in our new house!

The walls in the storage room are sheetrocked but never painted.  I painted the walls white so it looks fresh and clean and then we put up shelving.  I am loving all the storage space we have!!

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Brings me right back to our reno days!

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After adding shelves & organizing!  I love this!!!!!

Mike has been busy in the garage finding new homes for all his stuff.  There was a large ramp going to the door to the house that was taking up a lot of space.  Mike took out the ramp and built some stairs.  

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 Mike's been moving things around and figuring how he wants to arrange things.  He brought the Camaro home which took up his parking space because the 3rd stall is full of all the other things that need homes.  He was able to shift things around and can now park in there with the Camaro in there too!  He is beyond excited with all the extra space and plans for what he can make it into....I'm surprised he can sleep at night!  

Yard Clean-up (12/3/17)

Today I mowed the backyard and picked up all the leaves.  Whoa now this is a yard!!!  I see a riding lawn mower in my near spring future!  There's only one tree in the back and it's a little strange.  Mike trimmed up the low hanging branches so I could get around it with the mower and also some other branches hanging over the fence.  There is a little city land beyond the fence and we have a gate back there too.  So I was able to dump all the leaves and Mike put the cut tree branches back there.  That sure makes life easy!!! We are loving our new space!  Oh and Bentley loves his new backyard too!

Moving In (11/29/17)

We are here at our new home!!!  It feels so good to have the home selling/purchasing process behind us!  Now time to unpack and get settled into our new life!

On Wednesday night our realtor and friend, Jeremy, unexpectedly and graciously helped us unload the trucks.  His wife-Kelly, Pam, my mom, and our friend Matt also were here to help!  We got all the heavy furniture in the house - one truck was mostly empty and the other was about half full still.  I'm so thankful for the help!  

On Thursday morning Mike and I unloaded the rest of the stuff and brought the Uhauls back by 11 am.  

Moving Day!! (11/29/17)

It's moving day!!!  We slept in a pretty empty house last night and put the kids on the bus for the very last time. Or first closing isn't until noon so we have plenty of time to get the final things loaded into the truck.  Of course the morning turned into a mad rush to get all the things done and make it to closing on time....but we did it!  And my favorite part was cleaning that dark floor for the very last time!!!  That floor was so pretty but man it was a pain to keep clean!

Farewell!

Confused Doodle

Empty house!

And that's a wrap!! Time to celebrate as new homeowners!!

Packing (11/28/17)

We've been packing like crazy!  Monday afternoon Mike picked up the first Uhaul truck.  Our friend, Matt, came over and helped him load all the furniture in the truck.  The house is looking pretty empty now without the furniture.

Tuesday morning Mike picked up the 2nd Uhaul and loaded boxes all day while I cleaned and packed all the misc. things.  

We had our final walk through for both houses at 3:30.  It was so nice to get back to the new house.  It had been so long since I've been there that I was forgetting what I loved so much about it.  But after going I was very sure again, all the rooms looked even bigger than I remembered without furniture in them.  I finally felt a relief and got the excited feeling to move!

We sure have a lot of stuff!

Last family pic in front of our house

Kids are excited about the Uhaul!