lets get ready for some diy...

This house is move-in ready/livable but (how do I say this nicely?) …let’s just say our decorating taste/style isn’t the same as the previous owners. So we will be attempting to DIY on a lot of these improvements/updates. I have been searching the internet for weeks now (ok, ok, ill be honest...months) gathering ideas and the how-to so we have plenty of ideas.  Im not gonna lie, im really excited to do this! And the hubs, well I think hes just excited to finally get his “man cave” and a little garage workshop and do some outdoor improvements too. Hopefully ill be able to pull him away every now and then to help out too ;)

I suppose you want to see some pictures eh? ***

(view of the kitchen from the dining room, the door behind the fridge is a walk in pantry)

(view of the dining room from the living room, the kitchen is on the right; looks out onto the back yard)

(upstairs bathroom, hearts & every shade of blue imaginable)

Thats probably enough spoilers huh? Actually, those are the best pictures I have right now. I'll try get more before we move everything in.

One of our first projects will be the master bedroom. Something about the mauve/red/who-really-knows-what-color carpet, floral wallpaper, pink walls and hunter green curtains doesn’t really scream “RELAXING!” or “SLEEP HERE” to us.

(a sampling of the master bedroom)

Hope you stay with us as we start to tackle these projects, we will be sure to keep you up to date on all of our progress, accomplishments and (hopefully not too many) fails!

***Writers side note---sorry if these pictures aren’t the best, i’m still in the (never ending) process of convincing the hubs to let us get a new camera...but that’s another story for a different day…

a mexican moving beard...

say what you ask? yes, i said a mexican moving beard. the hubs decided to "get creative" and "show his artistic abilities" on our vacation to mexico a few weeks back. aka, he got lazy. well, i figured when we got back home he'd shave. but nope, this is what i got:

so then...someone decided that he was gonna keep this mexican beard until after we moved. let me just say i am TRYING to stay positive...but thats not going so well. i guess its just another reason im ready for this weekend to come. and heres some pictures of the hubs tonight...

heres to hoping he doesnt change his mind. and make this a mexican-moving-summer beard.

*after proofing this entry, he said... "hmmmm a summer beard..." (crap) 

our little secret...

Ok, so it’s not THAT little of a secret. More like a 2200 square foot secret. Or a 4 bedroom 2 bath type of secret. Maybe a picture would help clear things up?  

Please don’t disown us for this secret. This actually wasn’t the first house we put an offer on. With that first house we had an inspection and didn’t  like what that showed. It was quite the emotional rollercoaster going from “we want this house” to “crap, no we don’t” to “will we ever find anything”   but, we are both very happy that that first house didn’t work out and that we got this one!

So where are we? We are in the process of making everything official. We are doing a “pre-sign” tomorrow. And then everything becomes official and we get our hands on the keys on Thursday. And then we will move this weekend. Oh yeah, its also my weekend to work. Throw in my sister-in-laws baby shower out of state. And you probably think we are crazy. Maybe we are. But that’s ok. We are crazy in love & crazy excited so that’s ok, right? Right.

So heres to you not disowning us for keeping this secret and to the beginning of one of the craziest but exciting life-changing weeks in a long time (well actually maybe 7 months give or take a few weeks…)

And heres a peek into our current living situation...nice and "cozy"...