Black Bean Soup

No, this is not what we had for supper last night, it's the name of the color of our front door! We had always intended our front door to be this color, but I think there was some confusion as to whether the interior paint people were going to paint it, or whether Amy - who painted all the trim outside our house - was going to paint it. And therefore it just didn't get painted! Until yesteday! I think it looks like a much nicer color than before. I'd better like it because it's staying that way now!

It was very nice and summery-hot yesterday so I got out the paint and there you have it!

Rock & Roll

John came by on Monday to put up the rock. We picked it out so long ago that we forgot what it looked like! We knew the basic style, but not the color. Darcy's not thrilled with it, but it still needs grout, so it'll look a little different once that goes on. It'll grow on him - it'll have to cuz we're not changing it now! I think it looks ok - the orange-ish rock kind of matches the orange-ish of the wood.

Now all we need to do is paint the front door (I picked up the paint today) and get some grass and landscaping in.

Open House

OK, all you blog-watchers, it's time for the real thing!

We're having an open house on Saturday from 2-4 so you can come and see the house in person.

If you need directions, give us a call - we're in the phone book.

Hope to see you then!

P.S. - Still no bookshelves - probably not until next week now! Urggg.

Get Ready To Rock!

John came by today and got the front of the garage ready to be rocked.

He'll be back on Monday to put the rock on.

Monday is also the day our bookshelves are scheduled to arrive. Cross your fingers!

Look Quick!!!

Look quick, because the playroom will never be this clean again!

Kaitlyn and I spent all day organizing the playroom downstairs. What a big job! You don't realize quite how many toys they have until you have to pack and unpack them! Rachael vacuumed it when she got home from school.

Cabinet

You know that big white cubby hole in the cabinets under the phone desk? Well, it's no longer white. It looked kind of funny having nice dark cupboards everywhere, and then this big white opening glaring at you. It always was supposed to be wood colored, but they forgot to do it ahead of time, so they had to send somebody out for over two hours to do it today. But it looks much better! There's one piece of trim on the right edge that still needs to be put on - it split when it was being cut, so they have to come back and attach that sometime.

Still no word on when the bookshelves and rock are supposed to arrive. Sometime this week, except that's what they said last week! I'll keep you posted.

Moved In

Sorry to keep you all in suspence for a whole week, but moving is a busy time! Now that we're all moved in, it's time to unpack. Fortunately there's no longer a time-pressure, so I can take however long I want! But, I hate living out of boxes, so it's mostly all done already. Now, let's take you on a tour of the house. Here is the dining room. The table looks a bit small and quite out of place being all beat-up after almost 11 years of use! But it works. Here we have the kitchen. We're still planning on getting counter-stools for around the island one day soon. The trim kit around the microwave is still not in place - we need the smaller size.
As you can see, the fireplace mantle and bookshelves are not in. The finish carpenter is apparently building them in his garage, and then when they're ready he'll come and install them and be out of here in a day. Rock around the fireplace has to wait until the finish carpenter is finished. And we're still waiting for rock on the front of the house, but it's been nasty-rainy this last week. Not very summer-like! Here is the office. Or at least part of it. It's hard to take a picture of the whole thing at once!
The master bedroom is just as gynormous as we imagined it would be! But I love the vaulted ceiling and the dark blue walls.
Rachael and Kaitlyn like their pink room, though they say they're tired of the animal border already. TOO BAD! is what I say! I like it - it really livens the place up. And I think they really like it, too, they just won't admit it.Here we have the guest room, if any of you ever want to stay the night!And, last but not least, is the all-important craft room! Still in a state of dissaray, but I think that's what I'm going to work on today.

If you'd like to see the house in person, we're having an Open House on Saturday June 21 from 2-4. Come check it out! (Hopefully by then everything will be finished!)