It has been an AMAZING past week.  I mean seriously.  We have gotten SO much done that it is unbelievable.  And we actually did some of the work ourselves!  The big stuff (kitchen cabinets) we can’t take credit for, but we can take credit for tying up a lot of loose ends and making this place look phenomenal (just one … More Best. Week.

We’ve had 2 different painters come out to the house to quote us some work.  The first lady came back in September when we were still fixing stuff up and not living there.  She said she would mail us the quote the following week because she didn’t use computers well.  Never got the quote in … More Weird.

(except for the other list of stuff we have for them to do that they don’t know about yet …) Our bathrooms are done.  Finished.  Completed. (Insert ridiculously smiley girl here – seriously, we can’t believe that we own this stuff and get to live here.)  And I’m using the plural form of bathrooms because in … More They’re done!

The main bathroom is well on it’s way to being completely renovated also.  And it’s going to be awesome. We’ve run into a few alarming items back in this lavatory as well … mainly stupidity ones.  We’re quite positive that the previous owners put this bathroom together on their own, and well …  There was … More This one is going to be pretty too …

So … the dishwasher now comes in at a VERY close second on the list of Best Things in our House.  The first item on that list is now … drum roll please … our very new, completely completed, totally renovated, exceptionally pretty bathroom! We can hardly believe it’s our bathroom.  It’s everything we wanted and … More Something Better than a Dishwasher.

Resolution #1 – to put this house back together. And, I’m giving us all of 2011, but we vow to have it put together – painted, renovated, updated, upgraded, and awesome by the end of the year … at least on the inside.  (The outside is a whole ‘nother story, but we have to start … More Happy 2011.

I am making up for lost time here … 3 posts (almost) within a week!  There has just been so much happening so quickly here and I want to get it all down so we can look back on it to see just how much progress we’ve made.  Because we have made a lot.  And … More On the fast track.

And my second December post!!  Who says that just because I got a late start posting in December, I can’t get several posts in before the end of the month! So, the house is coming along swiftly this month.  It seems like every time we leave the house, we come home and something new is … More Another Update.

I started this post about 3 weeks ago, with the intention of posting a few times in December – because we have a lot going on! But alas, things happened (good & bad), and here I am, a week before Christmas with no December posts yet. And, to top that all off, I am taking … More The Update Post.

So, we were out of commission for the two weeks prior to this one.  It’s been dreadful.  Seriously.  But, good things have come!  Here’s a recap: Patrick’s excuse:Working late a lot lately.  (Good thing … because his promotion is coming up and showing that extra effort right before the bosses decide on the important things … More Back up and running!