The new house

Of course my life will revolve around my new house for the next few weeks as I get the whole house painted and get ready to move in. Yesterday the painting began. Spent about an hour at Home Depot waiting for them to mix the 9 gallons of paint that I bought. Three friends from work came over to help, and we managed to pain the entire living room/dining room/kitchen area, and taped off most of the rest of the house. Half of the work out room got painted, and the other half got a coat of primer (above and below the chair rail).

I think we made excellent progress.
Josh was a good helper, but I don't think he wants to help in the actual painting, too nervous he will mess something up, or something.
So he helped tape, and then worked on yard work, pulling weeds, watering the grass. He didn't want his picture taken... So today I will start painting countertops. I'll let you know how that goes. I know it sounds crazy, I'm not 100% sure of it either, but right now my counters are dusty rose, and I just can't live with that. Not even for a short time.

Josh and I took a little time to ourselves and went on a train ride this past saturday. It's called Thunder Mountain Line, and we had dinner and a show, then relaxed and enjoyed the beautiful scenery. We got to see a magic/comedy show, and she had one trick that I had no idea how she did it! It was amazing. It was nice to spend some time doing something nice with just the two of us.

Well, I officially feel pressured to start a blog. My sister, sister-in-law and brother all have their own, and now I'm jealous. So, here we go. I sign on my new house today!

I'm excited. First time home owner. Sounds so cliche, but I'm excited anyway. I've spent hours pouring over paint colors. Bought those little 4 dollar samples from Home Depot on Tuesday. 9 of them. Yes, I am that psycho that I will have 9 different colors painted in my house. Hopefully I don't regret it. But I will try out each sample in its appropriate spot in the house, and decide then if I like it. Hopefully I will have a ton of help to paint the house, because painting is one of my least favorite things to do. I figure I will start with ceiling and trim, that way I'm not forced into any color decisions too quickly. That will be Sunday. Of course, we sign today at 4pm, and there is a doctor's meeting this evening. What a buzz kill. I was thinking it would be a great day and we could go out for a nice dinner afterwords. Oh well. That will have to wait until tomorrow. We don't actually get the keys until tomorrow anyway. I'm excited (have I said that enough times yet?)