Progress and waiting

Well life has had a singular focus since the last post.....getting ready to move.  Only this move doesn't require getting everything packed up it requires getting rid of most everything!  It's part of the challenge of going from 1800 sf to 400 sf of living space.  Sounds crazy no?  Well we did it.  Russ and I have been married for 22 years and so we had 22 years worth of "treasures" to go through.....and the kids had their own.  There were boxes that had been sealed for 10 years but we still opened them....sometimes wishing we hadn't!  But the drudgery commenced and EVERYTHING was gone through to value it for "give to a specific person", "pack for storage", "donate", "sell", "goes with us", or "trash".  Literally TONS of junk that wasn't usable to anyone along with other debris has gone to the dump.  We sold off almost everything that had value, and the rest is being donated to a local thrift shop.   Once all that was done we began work in earnest to make the house look fresh and attractive.  I think we have succeeded.

This is part of what use to be the garage and has been turned into a bedroom.

 This is one of the bathrooms.  We put in new "fancy" toilets that have the slow closing lids and the 2 flush buttons.  One is half flush and the other is full.....I'm sure you can figure that one out.

Here is the kitchen.  Oh how I do love the way it turned out!  Not enough to want to stay here though!

The master bedroom.

The master bath.

The living room.  We can actually enjoy relaxing in here now!

The front of the house.

The shaded west/back side.

Kerrie's room.

Mykhal's room.

So there you have it.  The only bedroom that got repainted was Mykhal's.  It's a nice creamy yellow with brown trim now instead of bright crayon blue and green.  

We are enjoying things being a little slower now.  Once the donations are gone ( tomorrow yea!!) we will take all the stuff we have piled in the "bonus room" out to the old craft building and start sorting through it for what we really do feel we will use and have space for in the 5th wheel, what needs to be packed for storage, and what just needs to be donated as well.  Will be nice to have a place to spread everything out so we can sort it all again.  

And now just for fun here are a few of my favorite pictures of Grandson Matrim.  He is growing so fast!  

This is my favorite of the ones I took of he and his momma.

 Can I help you Boompa?

MMMMM chocolate chip cookies!

Higher Uncle Bud Higher!!

And as we wait for the right person to come to us and buy the house, we are helping to plan an RV Rally for next year for those who have the same brand of RV we are getting!  Going to be loads of fun!