Hi Kel,

I am sorry to be so slow in getting on here and getting back to you. I just don't seem to find the time to browse this forum. :o( I am sure you know what that is like. ha, ha. Have you moved in now?

We are in the house, but it is not done. Today cabinet people are here putting in finishing touches. Ran out of bank money and are paying out of pocket now. Drat.

Anyhoo, we have a long ways to go. Still need to decide on doors and trim. I want stained doors for 1st floor, but then some doors up on 2nd floor are visible from first floor (balconies overlook great room,etc.). And of course painted doors are cheaper, so then I am tempted to just do painted doors and trim. Still trying to decide. Arrgggh.

I am really happy with how much of the house has turned out. LOVE the kitchen most of all, and it was one room that almost made me not want to buy this house. I think it has turned out far better than we could have hoped. Love it!

I will share photos when we get some doors on and finish up with paint. Today I'm putting 1st layer of paint in formal dining room. Took forever to choose the color. We had primered in white, and of course chose deep claret RED for that room, so had to reprimer in the gray they told me I needed. Just goofy stuff like that which sometimes makes me feel like I'm taking two steps forward and one step back. LOL!

Anyway, thanks for asking about me. So sweet of you. I will try to share some photos soon. We had gotten tired of interior stuff and I started planting some flower beds, but now it's back to inside stuff.

How about you? Did you share photos of your completed home? I hope you are in by now and are enjoying your beautiful new home.

Maybe I'll find some time this weekend to browse the board and see what everyone has been accomplishing in my absence. :o)

It sounds like y'all are really coming along! Oh I wish I could plant flower beds! We spent almost a week putting up a garden. I just had to have one but by the time we hand tilled the dirt (oh what a task that was) brought in dirt to mix in with the virgin dirt, built the fence and planted the veggies, I am EXHAUSTED! LOL! We have been putting off getting dirt just because DH has not had time to spread it all out. I am afraid we will be without grass most of the summer since he going to be traveling a lot. That is ok though, we threw out a bunch of grass seed and maybe that will get us through a few months. I can't wait to do flower beds and just work on the outside. Tomorrow we are burning brush. Oh joy!

I am so happy to be in though :-) We went looking for a new sofa tonight and found one I loved!!! Feels like the money goes out faster then it is coming in! LOL!

I can't wait to see pictures of how far y'all have come! Your house is one of my favorites.

I guess I better get to bed. Tomorrow is another day of endless laundry and dust. EVERYTHING has dust on it still. I have the curse of the "never ending dust". We call is NED in our house. I will wipe off a counter and the next morning DD will say "NED" is back mom!!!!!!!! LOL!

Talk to you soon!

Kel

hey Kel,

Sounds like you are super busy on your new home too. I want a garden too, so you are way ahead of me there. :o)

Good idea with the grass seed. I was out in our backyard to rinse my paint trays out on Friday and there are little ant holes everywhere. Since I'm new to this part of the country I don't know what kind of ants they are, but I tried to avoid them! LOL! Anyhoo, glad you'll have some grass seed. OUr house sits on the hill in an old farm pasture, so we've got pasture grass, wild flowers, and weeds galore (pretty, blossoming weeds, but weeds none-the-less) all around us. I'm not sure we'll ever "finish" with all the things we want to do! :o)

NED. Yep, I've got it here too. Isn't it a pain? I wonder how many years it takes to just get the dust levels down to the point that air returns aren't clogged with dust 2 days after installing them? Ours are constantly filling up. How gross is that?!? he, he

Well, good to hear from you. I'm so glad you found a couch you like. Enjoy your new home. If you share more photos I hope I catch them! :o) I'll try to get some for you to see soon.

Sounds like heaven! I saw that we had bluebonnets coming up and yelled for joy! I have never truly seen "wild" bluebonnets. oh sure they are all over the roads here in Texas but they get thrown out each year! LOL! It was neat to see the wild flowers popping up! I am dreading the moment I see a scorpion and/or snake. I know we are in their part of the world out here but I can take seeing them outside, not inside!

I will try to post more pictures soon :-) Trying to figure out what to do with the fireplace!

Talk to ya soon!

A good friend lives in AZ and the first morning in her new home (they had just moved to that state!) she stepped out of bed and her cat pounced onto something right near her feet. It was a scorpion! Yikes. That was her initiation to "things" sometimes getting in the house. Eeeks.

Our neighbors have 3 cats, and all are pregnant. They love to come up here and watch my kids play. The owners are never home and I think they find our place more "interesting" during the day. LOL! There is one that is shy and won't let us pet her.

Well, Saturday afternoon we got home and she was laying over in the corner of our garage on a blanket we use when we move furniture and things. It's a really thick, old quilt. I couldn't figure out why she wasn't running out the garage door after we got in. Then I looked closer and she had brand new tiny kittens! 6 of them. Soooo cute and just barely born. She was so exhausted she just looked at us and laid her head down. Poor dear. :o)

We let her owners know where she and the babies were and they came up and took them home to an outdoor shed. I was actually sorry to see them go. Anyhoo, that's our "initiation" at finding critters where they don't belong. I'll take neighbors cats over snakes anytime!! he,he. ;o)

Enjoy the wildflowers. Oh, and what are you debating about the fireplace? I thought you were putting up a "log" for a mantle. Wasn't the stone already done? What's the debate? I'm up for a vote. :o)

TB, we have scorpions here too. Just not as big or mean as those AZ ones. ;)

Awww.....on the kittens. Your kids are going to try to talk you into taking one back to CA! lol

totallyblessed, please tell your neighbors to get the cats fixed. Just reading that they have 3 pregnant cats sends me in a tailspin. LOL They are the ones who don't want to go to the shelter to see the 100 a day being put to sleep!! Idiots!! Pardon me, I get upset with people who haven't a clue about being a responsible pet owner.

By the way, nice to hear from you. Can't wait to see some photo's.