UPDATE on the house

We are about a week away from moving into the house. Hopefully, we will be moving in on Friday, September 4th, but that is subject to change. It may get pushed back a couple of days to insure completion. We'll see. As of right now, Jay - the contractor says most everything will be done and available for us to move in, but there will be some small projects to finish after we are there. The biggest change in the house is the paint. I can't tell you how great a coat of paint looks. It's amazing. There was a LOT of trim and doors to paint so the paint seems to be the biggest undertaking. They have completed all of their work minus some touch-ups and the inside is a more modern home. I love it. It's funny seeing something take shape.  We took a LOT of tile out of the entry and put in hardwood floors, we matched the floors in the formal living room and den. This just makes the whole space come together. The only problem now is furnishing the place. We'll get there, but I am finally seeing 'our home' instead of Maxine's house that we tore up.  Our painter has taken before and after pics that he wants to use because it's such a major change. He's supposed to send those to me, so I'll post them once I get them. 

Can you translate this Nolan sentence?

'I put my case-a-teeya in my cock-a-molies!'

Before Photos of House

Tomorrow we close!

First of all, let me apologize for being a bad, bad blogger. I haven't even logged-in  in a couple of weeks. Lately, I've only been putting up pictures and still have about 300 photos sitting on my camera waiting to be downloaded. I'll get to them soon I promise. In the meantime, so much has been going here. As some of you know, Chris and I have been in the process of buying a house. It took us by surprise, but all of a sudden the right opportunity and the right house. The house was built in 1975, and we are buying it from the original owner. It has been a super stressful experience. We have been waiting for about a month and a half to close and finally the day is here. Tomorrow is our closing date and we will officially be receiving the keys. Now, we won't be able to move for at least a month. As I mentioned, the house was built in 1975 and there hasn't been much updating since then. You will hear us talk about the brown bathroom, pink bathroom, yellow bathroom and bird bathroom. I like to call it the 'bird bath'. We will be doing some cosmetic renovations for the next several weeks. We have given our contractor a 4 week timeline, but he's a contractor and by nature I think he's obligated to go at least 2 weeks over. Tomorrow, Chris and I will take some 'before' photos along with the obligatory photo of us in front of the sale sign dangling the keys and looking like dorky first time home buyers. I'll get those posted as soon as possible and keep you up to date on the renovations.