We've painted the kitchen and guest bath (thanks Mom), the kitchen cabinets (Thanks Mom and Dad C), and the guest room (thanks Ally and Mikey).
Enrique is coming next weekend to patch the hole where the TV is now, paint the master and the outside of the house and clean. Enrique charges $120- are you kidding me?!? Wish I'd known him sooner.
Thanks to a combination of efforts, the yard is now seeded, fertilized, pinestrawed, landscaped and extra spiffy.
Dad, Ky and Mikey pulled down the gutters, replaced the rotten wood, cleaned them and put them back up. They look great- thanks guys!
The office and guest room are ready to rock. Thanks JO and Ally for helping load the Pack Rat and throw so much stuff away (my sister would be proud).
Mikey is taking a load of stuff to the dump... and I've made 7 trips to Goodwill. (They smile when they see me coming :))
We had a yard sale, came out with $270! Still selling stuff on Craigslist too. I'm proud of my first yard sale experience.
Through all of this, Mike has been incredible. Cleaning and getting the house ready for some other family to come live in, flat out stinks. It isn't fun and it isn't something I ever want to do again.
We took the day off of work today to finish the house together. .
So far, Mike has made me breakfast, we watched an episode of Parenthood (new fave) and he is headed to return things to Lowes (and get me some Dairy Queen :)).
The next 8 hours are devoted to last minute junk removal and spiffying.
Mom took before pictures... and I'm almost ready for after pictures.... I'll post them both this week. For now, I'll leave you with one of my wonderful brother who came here two weeks ago and devoted his weekend to the Extreme Makeover. Welcome home from China, bro... thanks again! XO
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