Progress

Accomplished Friday:

* Closing of the house
* Cleaning of guest bathroom
* Sweeping
* Carpet cleaning
* Assisted seller to move stuff out

Accomplished Saturday:

* Sweeping & mopping (first time)
* Scrubbing of kitched + bay window area
* Scrubbing of interior side door
* Confirmed seller was leaving

Accompished Sunday:

* Nothing (w/ church & working, it didn't leave much time to do anything)

Accomplished Monday:

* Kitchen cabinets/shelves cleaned out
* Fridge cleaned
* Mopped floor twice. Scrubbed as I went.
* My awesome friend, Ashlee, came over & scrubbed the baseboard + walls & also cleaned the interior of the front door.
* Upstairs windows & flooring vacuumed
* Pantry shelves cleaned & put back up. Pantry cleaned.
* Laundry area dusted (yuck) & mopped.
* Windows cleaned.
* Interior back doors cleaned.

Accomplished Tuesday:

* Another mopping!
* Ashlee came again & scrubbed the remaining baseboard (dining/play room, hallway, & guest room.
* Put contact paper + liners down in kitchen cabinets. (Even put some stuff in them already!)
* Unpacked three or four boxes.
* W/D moved in the house; will be hooked up later.
* Scrubbed the living room area.

It sure seems like we've done so much... and we have, but there is still so much to do. More scrubbing & mopping of the main areas. Some walls need to be primed. Almost all of the walls + baseboards need to be painted. I haven't even started the deep cleaning of the upstairs bathrooms, but want the bottom to be done first! And, obviously, we need to move in! Then, it's final painting, unpacking, & decorating... making it our HOME.

We also need to clean the current home for the renters moving in November 1. That won't be nearly as exhausting! :)

Hoping to head over more Wednesday to keep cleaning & move a couple boxes or so in the van. We will see if it happens or not...

A New Beginning

On Friday, we are set to close on our new house.

It's a 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom, two-story house set on 5.82 acres. Our backyard will include 4100+ acres of protected state forrest. There is a sweet bay window for a breakfast nook & an open floorplan very similar to the floorplans we've dreamed about. We were mesmerized by it back in May, when we first found it & made our first offer on it.


We tend to be a family that can look beyond cosmetic or even minor structural defects. Thankfully, this place has only cosmetic defects. As in, extremely messy. But, once the current owner's possessions are removed, there is just the normal, deep-cleaning, you'd plan to perform on any house you moved in with an exploring, adventurous toddler!

Because we do not feel the need for a formal dining room @ this time, we will use the dining room as Squishy's playroom. I may have a craft corner in there somewhere, too! ;) The breakfast nook will be where our small dining room goes... our current place has limited dining space, so we've used the small table for years to fit perfectly here.

Some of the features we loved...
** Stained concrete flooring. We plan to re-stain it before moving furniture in, but have always wanted stained concrete in our forever home.
** Lots of closet space! Coming from a home that has 3 closets, it will be wonderful to have the storage space in the new house.
** Secluded "neighborhood". It's almost like you can't tell there's other house around!
** Tucked away staircase. You'll see what I mean once I start posting photos!
** A dormer cut-out space for a bench or reading area.
** Jacuzzi tub!
** HUGE master room.
** Area that will be great for guests... the bottom bedroom will be a guest room & the full bathroom downstairs is just steps away. No awkward running to the bathroom for our guests! :)
** More rooms than I have ideas for... yet!
** Squishy will have his OWN playroom! Mom & I have been working on getting all the stuff for it @ Target months ago. I can't believe the deals we got & am so excited about putting it all together!!
** Lots of projects & personalization!! I will post lots about that, too!

As I sit in the midst of what is nearing 100 boxes to move, I can't help but get more & more excited!!

This weekend will consist of cleaning bathrooms & kitchen, getting a carpet cleaner hired, & wiping down walls + taping walls off for the concrete staining that will happen next week. Oh, working, too!! I will be working my regular 3p-11p shift! Probably more packing up this weekend, too! I'm anxious to clear out our stuff from the current place so I have plenty of time to clean this place before handing over keys to the renters!

Hope you will join us as we step through each hurdle & get this place up to our par! :)