Soooo I totally forgot that I have this blog until I went to comment on something today and found myself mysteriously logged in to this account haha
Anyway, we are successfully in the house... I love it... We got super busy right after moving in, tho, so we haven't done nearly as much as I wanted to. Here's the run-down:
- Painted the LR and adjoining dining room this great pale mocha
- Got the new couches, lamps, side tables into the LR
- Hung some art in the LR
- New dining room table and chairs
- Just recently hung some art and a huuuge mirror in the dining room, because it has no windows and was dark
- Replaced all the appliances in the kitchen with stainless... SO gorgeous!
- Set up the office with two little desks and two little filing cabinets :)
- Painted our bedroom this bright azure blue... a lot brighter than I intended!
- Hung curtains in our bedroom
- Got a new bed (queen sized instead of just double, yay!) and pretty bed linens to try to pull our otherwise empty bedroom together
- Got two puppies!!!!! Yay puppies!!!!!
Well, I just found out that my gramma, who helped us with the downpayment, is coming to AZ for the first time in years this January, so I want to make sure the place is totally ready for her to see and love. Projects that must happen:
- Get some sort of side tables for the bedroom so I can get the crap off the floor
- Move a shelving unit from our LR into the laundry-- kills two birds with one stone-- declutters the LR and gives storage in our dinky laundry closet
- Hang some shelves in the dining room to display the china she gave me
- Fix the drawer I broke off in our kitchen haha
- Buy a shower curtain for the master bath
- Fix up the front entry, inside and out, so it looks inviting
Annnnd, final list, if I can scrap together enough money I would like to:
- Put together the guest bedroom nicely-- paint, new linens, curtains, maybe a new end table, hang a piece of art or two
- Get some art for behind our couch, like we've meant to forever
- Best case toal dream scenario: finally put in our back patio like we've wanted to forever... right now it's all just dirt!
I quit my job and went back to school as of August, so money is tight right now. We're basically living off of one income, Andrew's, plus the $800 per month I'm making working part time on a political campaign. We were talking about trying to rent out the house, but know that I know gramma's coming, I absolutely have to stay in the house long enough for her to see it. So ummm yeah I'm getting a 2nd job working nights at a hotel, in addition to working 20 hrs / week at this political thing, in addition to taking 6 courses at the U of A, in addition to being the on-campus coordinator for Obama for President. Oh, and I like to sleep and play poker sometimes too, but I guess we all make sacrifices... haha
This is my kitchen table. Andrew liked it because his parents back in Illinois have a coffee table just like it. :)
