Our House...

What's been going on with us for the last 12 days?

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We have been working hard to get our house in order. As of right now, I am happy to report we have new furniture, new paint, decorations in place, and every box unpacked.

Yesterday we got curtains so our bedroom, our bathroom, office, kitchen, living room, and entry way are finished. All we have left now are the two guest bedrooms and the guest bathroom. Then some day when we have the urge to paint we need to do our bathroom and the hall.

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We are pretty proud of ourselves for having this much done so fast, and people keep acting like we should be completely settled. I don't know how long it usually takes people to be done, but surely it's longer than 12 days. I mean if we didn't go to work and have busy weekends I bet we could have everything done.

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It is pretty great to have our own house back. We lay down every night and say, "I love this house." It is so open and so us.

We can't say "home" without giggling... actually, Nate can't say it yet. He comes in the office and says he's going to "the house." I can't wait to be completely comfortable in our home again and start having lots of people over.

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I haven't taken pictures of the finished product yet but here are a few from closing day. We closed at 3:00pm on September 30th.... Waited for the sellers to get out, and when they never did we went ahead and moved our cleaning and painting supplies in at 6:30pm. (They were there till 9:30pm. I guess they didn't get the memo about what closing on a house means.)

Then we cleaned and painted till 2:30am and got up at 7:30am to move everything we own out of the mission house. We were having to tell our legs that it was ok and to keep going.... one step at a time... till 8:00pm or so. What a weekend! We are very thankful for my mom, who came and helped clean and paint all night, and Nate's dad, that helped us move.

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Goodbye Texaco Green entry way.

Goodbye yellow.

Claire Bear is really loving our house too. She approves of the carpet and the new furniture. (She wouldn't lay on the floor or the couch in the mission house) It is funny how even our dog is more comfortable now.

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Another huge thank you to everyone who has prayed for our house situation this last year. We are incredibly blessed and thankful for your support. God delivered big time and gave us a wonderful house in His perfect time and we are thrilled.