Goals: Week of July 29th

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We were blessed this last week! Family and church members helped us move all of our big stuff. I appreciated the muscles and the trucks and trailers that were brought. They made our lives a whole lot easier. We could not have done things as easily on our own! 

I also realized how much we own. Oh my! I have some things that I know I need to get rid of. I probably should have done that before I moved right?! I guess part of me wants to get settled here to see what all we need before getting rid of stuff. 

Last week's goals:

1. Get everything moved
2. Get as much stuff unpacked as I can
3. Change address- I am sure more place will pop up that need changed.

This week's goals:

1. Plan a menu and grocery shop. I has been about 3 weeks since I have really grocery shopped!
2. Unpack kitchen
3. List things to sell
4. Finish patterns
5. Plan a clothing exchange- yes I found clothes when I moved that I didn't know that I owned!
6. Make a cleaning schedule
7. Read the first 5 chapters of The Spiritual Danger of Doing Good

I am ready for a good week! How about you?

Jumpin' on the Door Paintin' Band Wagon

A little while ago, I got two coupons for free pints of paint. Perfect amount to paint a door. Scott has always been determined to paint our front door red. We got some red rock paint, but decided that the middle of winter was not the best time to paint the door. Then we seriously started looking at houses, and we decided to wait until we had a house to paint the door.

This project wasn't a has to be done to move in project. While we were changing the locks, my SIL decided that she would take on this project for us. Didn't take too much to convince me on that one!

Before

After (sorry this pic is so dark)

Our house has an old door for now, so painting the door gave the door new life. I was hoping that the painting would bring the house a little more up to date, but the screen door kinda hides the door. 

Now, you can see the door! We decided not to paint those diamonds into order to do something to them. My MIL votes for a stain. I am kinda thinking an accent color. I would love to hear your thoughts. There are those dark screw in the middle, so think about that before you weight in your choice of what we should do.

My favorite part of this project, no cost! And the fact that my SIL graciously did the work for us.

Cleaning Cabinets, Mowing, and Painting Oh My

Sunday night we got the keys to our house! Everything about this being our house feels surreal.

We were able to walk through the empty house and pick some brooms out of the trash pile!

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While our realtor was still there, she wanted us to pull up the bright red carpet that was covering wood floors in the master bedroom. Needless to say, the floor underneath looks great. We are looking forward to getting everything up and the floors ready to go. But for now, the padding is making a wonderful drop cloth!

We got to meet one of our neighbors. And welcome to the world of social networking, we came home and facebook stalked them. They have three girls who were hoping that we would have kids for them to play with.

Monday, we went back to the house. My husband mowed and I attacked the cupboards.

I promise I took a picture of my husband mowing, but the picture has vanished. He also cut down some brush. We have some work cut out for us when we are in the house and the weather is cooler! We need a few trees cut down and some brush taken care of.

Our cupboards are washed, and I pulled out the liner. I would love to hear if you have your cupboards lined or not. Why do you choose to have them lined or not?

Isn't that pretty liner?

Under the drawers, I found this mess. Carryout menus, church directories, ice cream spoon, screws. Anyone wonder what might be lurking under their drawers?

Today, my mother and mother-in-law graciously came and helped me paint. Can I just say that they are awesome! 

Notice my MIL in the next picture, anything seem to be an issue?

See our pretty drop cloth? Worked wonders for us! I am excited to get some more things done so that we can get our stuff moved into the house. Still can't believe that God has entrusted this house in our care. We are blessed.