House work is never done

I am learning you are never done with fixing up your house. I thought i would be in my house in 1 month. That is so not the case. My cabinets are going to take 8 weeks to get in stock. So much for being in for Christmas! Dang it! But here are a few more pictures of the work we are doing!

And that piece of molding is to show you how great the previous owners were at painting...needless to say I am replacing all the molding thru-out the house.

It's Coming Along...slowly

It's been approximately 2 weeks since I became a home owner and I am starting to come to realization with what that means. I can no longer afford anything. I had a good chunk of money saved up, so I thought, for renovations. Turns out it was not enough, would have been enough if it was just the kitchen though, but I need a variety of things. I need water softner, iron extractor, water heater, paint, new moldings, new floor, new cabinets, counter top, fireplace mantel, and possibly a bathtub. It would be really nice to remodel the bathrooms too, but I am still working on the first list...sheesh! But here are some pictures of what we have been up to.

What do you think of my purple door?

Fix Up

Fixing up the house has begun and I am now rethinking my whole "be in a month" plan. I don't think that is going to happen with everything we have to do. The ceilings have to be repaired with the dry wall because because the previous occupants did a horrific patch job. We are also now replacing the floor too. I guess we are really good at adding work to our already packed to do list.

My mother being totally disgusted with the paint on the moldings

My mom and dad tearing apart the ceiling with the terrible patch job.

Work Begins

We are passed our first weekend of having/working on the house. Although I am currently off on Thursday & Friday so i was not very helpful. We cleaned a little and scrapped the walls. My mom and dad also weeded my yard. But here is the starting point:

New Homeowner

I closed on the house 0ctober 28th, 2009. Everything in this family seems to happen on the 28th! Shortly after signing the million papers, or 20 pages, we went to the house because mom wanted a picture of me in front of it. I was annoyed with the idea, but you can plainly see that in the picture. So it is offical, I am a homeowner. One huge step towards responsibility and growing up. Now onto the remodeling/cleaning the house. I am hoping to move in in 1 month.

PS. anyone else think I look like Aunt Barbie here?