The first casualty

Paul's middle finger on his left hand has suffered the first casualty of the remodel. On Thursday he was tearing out the bathroom tile and he sliced his finger (he was wearing gloves) and being a responsible firefighter he drove himself to the hospital and got four stitches. When his hospital visit was finished he returned to the house to finish tearing out the tile:->. He should be recovered in ten days. We call him "Stitch" for short.

Toliet anyone?

We are definitely in demo phase! Paul has been hard at work (and waiting for school to get out so that I can be more helpful) pulling out carpet, flooring, bathrooms, doors, cabinets, trim...the list goes on and on. We are going to try and sell the kitchen and bathroom cabinets and maybe even the toliets (hey, who doesn't want a good deal on a used toliet)! We picked carpet on Wednesday (for the upstairs) but it is hard to think it may not be installed until NOVEMBER! We have a lot of work ahead of us. The next big choices are kitchen cabinets and counter tops. Those of you who know me realize that I am a terrible decision maker...so making these choices will give me good practice. :->

SOLD

It is official! Wednesday morning Paul picked up the keys to our "new" house. We have been searching for about six months and we finally found our next project. We are in the process of selling our current home and hope to be moving in to the new house in early June. Our home is affectionately known as the "purple house". People that are familiar with the area always say, "oh, is it the purple house?" I guess it is already famous:-). Fortunately it won't be purple for long - one of the many projects will be putting new siding on the house and new paint. All in good time, as Paul always reminds me. He is so good at keeping things in perspective! We have created this separate blog to track the progress on the house...so stay tuned. It will be a long ride:-). PS: We are holding a "sold" sign, but the picture didn't quite turn out.