I've lost track...Day 21?

It snowed again, the day after Christmas, and Joshua had to go to work. So what he couldn't finish shoveling, I finished later. I'm seriously over the winter already.



I spent the next couple of days patching nail holes and gouges in the wall, so it's ready to paint next week.

In general, it's been sort of slow going as far as the house goes, but we've still been busy. Joshua found someone at work that does general contractor type stuff who was going to come fix our leaky plumbing in the garage and tear out/rebuild the damaged wall (years of water damage from previous owner.) But, with the holidays he's been a little tough to get a hold of, so...no new wall yet.

We finally went and cleared out the rest of our stuff in the apartment, cleaned it, patched nail holes in the wall, etc. and trailered Joshua's motorcycle over. It was a busy few days, made all the more interesting by discovering all the stuff in closets we forgot to pack and a car key that broke just as we were ready to load up the motorcycle. But we figured it all out and turned in all the keys to the apartment yesterday. Hallelujah!

So since then, we've torn out the icky garage wall, and painted, grouted, and scrubbed the main, upstairs bathroom so we have one in working order. Previously we had been using the toilet upstairs and the shower downstairs.

Joshua's demolition handy work in the garage...the lack of insulation should make for an

interesting gas bill this month.

My painting expertise...or lack thereof. Yeah, really exciting photos, I know. Before After (will strip and paint the vanity another day.)

A minor casualty...paint on my new carpet:

Next week I'm on vacation and the priority is painting out bedroom. We're currently sleeping in one of the smaller spare bedrooms and as you can see, there's only room for the bed.