The Process

...of setting up home has definitely been just that: a process. Just two weeks ago we were given the keys to our home. Conveniently, it happened the day before a school break so I had the three-day weekend to work. My mom and I got six cans of paint and went to work, along with my mother & father-in-law + Jonnycakes, painting every room in the house (on the main floor). After two long days of painting, we moved our things in on Sunday the 12th -thanks to the help of many great friends. Thank you!

Sadly, there isn't much evidence of progress two weeks later. We have unpacked quite a few boxes but we definitely still have a load of them unopened downstairs. I had high ambitions of "attacking" each room, one at a time, at night after school. My motivation somehow has a way of leaving me, though, when I get home after a long day of school, meetings, and volleyball. Our plan is just to chip away at it during the weekends and hopefully we'll have a place that feels a little bit more settled in the coming weeks. FYI: If you live in the area, we're going to have an open house pretty soon (we hope)...I'll post details later!

Here are a few pictures that Jonathan took on painting day. You can still see the blue tape along the window sills:). I commissioned him to take tons of pictures and this is what we ended up with. Just about five pictures (with NONE from the bathroom, kitchen, or living room). I will officially be taking over camera duty in the coming days and maybe will post some better pictures when the place is more settled. Maybe by then we'll have some furniture to go along with our scratched TV stand (just one of many moving casualties) and amazing pink couch from the Boggs:). Yeah for a place to sit!!!