So, as of two Sundays ago, we were officially moved into our house. We no longer have keys to our apartment, which in many ways is totally awesome. We no longer have to key lock doors from both sides, and we only have to enter/exit via one door to get into our dwelling; we don’t … More Officially home owners.

I did not have any of those first four somethings on my wedding day.  I didn’t really even stop to think about it until the day of, to be honest.  I guess I had a new dress and new necklace (thanks, Pat!), and new lots of other stuff bought just for that day.  I guess … More Something borrowed, something blue, something old, something new … SOMETHING AWESOME.

All last week, and all this past weekend, we have been busting butt to get these front four rooms done because the floors get refinished this week!  It was a super task to take on … and we didn’t quite get it ALL done, but we did get the vast majority of the high priority … More It’s really only been 3 weeks?

So, my mom had painted the living room/dining room while she was here … and she made the comment that it took her all day (and longer than she estimated) because there was just so much trim to paint around, so it went slower.  I agreed then, but was unaware of the work and time.  Or, should I … More We have SO. MUCH. TRIM.

So, my mom has been here all week … and boy, has she been a HUGE help!  She worked hard all day, each day she was here, to help us get this house in order!  And, it looks like we are on task to finish all of the necessary items before we move in, which included: … More Non-union work force – you don’t get breaks!

So, Patty & Tom left early on Sunday morning and so we were up and at it.  We got some breakfast, made a stop at Home Depot, and headed back to the house.  We put in a full day’s worth of work.  We finished scrapping the paper off the walls in the den – we had to … More Sunday & Monday … The anniversary is over.

Pat & I got some stuff done through week one … but we needed some help, both via manhours and professionally!  We had been waiting for a long time (since we bought the house back in August) to see what the costs were going to be to contract out the work that we can’t (or … More Home Owning Anniversary (one week)

Yesterday, was the first Sunday of the 2010 NFL season; so we didn’t really get that much work done.  But, we did manage to clean up our current apartment some, make a trip to Home Depot, and work at the house for about 4 hours. We finished stripping the rest of the wallpaper in the … More Breathing easy.

We met the current owners at the house a little after 12 noon to pick up the keys and walk through the empty house with them.  They’ve lived there for 16 years, so it was a bit emotional for them – I tried to be polite and not tell them about all the work we … More Getting the keys and vomiting.