First Steps

The house is ours, for better or for worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, until new deeds do us part. Just like marriage...do we have any CLUE what we have just gotten ourselves into? Probably not, but we have done the best we can in seeking God's help, the advice of family, and the assurance of friends. We are so excited!

We officially closed on the house on April 28th! The first day we worked at the house, Caleb and I spent an entire day outside. The yard had been left unkempt for over a month and that meant lots and lots of tall, thick weeds. In fact, the landscaping bricks in the front yard weren't even visible because the grass and weeds had grown over so much.

This is a picture after I had mowed the front yard, so the bricks are visible! If you look carefully to the right side of this photo you can see a little bit of mulch. That is where I had already weeded. The entire flower bed looked like the rest of the picture shows. My forearms got a major workout that day!



This is a picture of the back yard after CJ had already pulled up the biggest weeds. He has actually has used the weed eater a bit in this photo. We had to cut the grass down to size before it could be mowed.



The next day we began to paint the dining and kitchen area. I am going to try to paint a picture with words for you here. The walls where an odd shade of pinkish cream. The countertop is bluish in color. The cabinets are brown oak. The trim was white. The door to the garage and above the countertops were PURPLE. All of this mismatched color in such a small space was, well, horrendous! Once again, the pictures just can't capture it.





I know the best part about before pictures are seeing the after pictures, BUT I don't have any yet! Sorry. :-) They will come soon.