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What’s Next?

So I’ve been on this motivational kick this passed couple weeks on continuing work on my house.  We are finally able to get some major work done that we’ve been needing to do and so now I have a bee in my bonnet to get all the stuff checked off my list that I’ve been

Sami AKA My first experience with “chalk” paint

I’ve been wanting to try chalk paint for awhile, but like many others, I’m afraid of the price.  So I found a link on Pinterest to make my own chalk paint.  So I went and bought the stuff I needed.  I had the perfect piece that I had a very specific look I wanted to

Toilet Room Redo

So when we first saw our house, we were told it had termites due to some rotting wood in the small commode room, off the master bathroom.  We even has a report that says that.  However, once we were able to further inspect, we found that the rotting was due to a leaky toilet and

Craft Disaster

So my craft room is a mess.  It has become our “catch-all” for all the stuff that has not yet found a home in my house.  I still have things that need to be put in storage, that hubby is dilly dallying on and I have a lot of stuff I’m thinking we probably won’t

From Indoors to Out

Since the interior of the house is pretty much done (liveable) for now, we’ve been working on clearing out the yards, getting them prepped for spring planting and just hoping for a front that doesn’t scream FORECLOSURE!  So we’ve been raking up the endless debris, pebbles, enough stepping stones to get us across the Pacific

Oh my aching….everything!!!

So this is the first time in what feels like forever that I am taking a break long enough to write.  We have made leaps and bounds with this house.  For the most part, the interior is done.  There are still a few stray items lying around, and the office is still a big mess,

Update

We’ve been in our house for a week today. We have been EXTREMELY busy getting things unpacked. I can’t believe how much stuff we have! It’s finally starting to feel like home. We are starting to slowly get stuff put out and up on the walls. Hopefully, they start slowing down soon, but I doubt

The Process

Day 1:  We got our key Saturday, March 16 and decided to hold off on any work until the next day.  Instead, we ran around, doing some shopping, buying much needed supplies for the house.  The work ahead was extremely overwhelming.  We decided that Sunday would be the day we began to do prep work

Thank you, God AKA: Day 1

It’s OVER!!!! O-V-E-R!!! We closed, we got our key and commenced day 1. But first, let me tell you the story. We were told we HAD to fund by 11:00am on Friday morning. If we did not fund by that time, we would have to file for another extension which the seller could deny. I