Five Days and Counting

Our first guests arrive on Friday and this is Monday afternoon! As most of you know, Wayne has been working 4 long days each week so he can have a 3 day weekend to work on the house. Well - on this most important week . . . yeah, he has to work on Friday too!


But we're actually in pretty good shape. Here's a recap of our past week's activities:



We had some wonderful help cleaning up the front of the house. Our friends, the Schocks, visited last week and Wes and Kara had fun with a chainsaw!

This is what happens when you have too many things on your mind! I picked up some paint at the hardware store (we're soon going to buy stock in Benjamin Moore). At home, I got out of the van and sat the can on the driveway while I talked to Wes. I then decided to move the van . . . Believe it or not, the can didn't break . The lid just popped off, but we only lost about an inch of paint. Fortunately the van is still white too!






Fixing up the Snow Goose is a family affair. We figured the kids couldn't mess up the floor so we put Corrieanne to work painting while Sodie helped outside.





Meanwhile, Wayne (after working 10 hour days) dedicated his evenings to tiling the bathroom floor. By the way, the grout color is named Chocolate Fudge so if you get a craving for chocolate while you're in the bathroom, you'll know why!






Every good room needs good furniture. We found this beautiful desk at an auction.

Being quite new to auctions, we got confused by all the "Bidda-bidda-bidda" stuff and thought we'd lost. We sat there sad until we realized that the auctioneer was looking at Wayne and saying, "Sir in the back, hold up your number!" We WON!! It is an amazing piece of furniture - solid oak and weighs a TON. (I really wish it were in my writing room!)


Our daughter Katie graduated from Messiah College this past Saturday. We worked our tails off right up to the minute we left for PA - actually painted ourselves out the door and left the floor to dry while we were away. (Congratulations Katie!! You made it!)

While in PA, we enjoyed seeing Wayne's parents, friends at church and even got to stop in for a tour of our old home.

So - what is the condition of the room now?

Well - let's say that it's sort of a blank slate.
Now the real fun begins - the decorating!










One thing we've been doing a lot of over the past weeks is SHOPPING!! Every woman loves an excuse to buy "linens and things." (No advertisement intended.) Now it's time to put up towel racks and light fixtures, hang curtains, unpack the dishes and silverware, set up the bed, roll out the new luxury comforter, find a bathroom mirror, go shopping for breakfast foods and . . . oh yeah, the toilet is still in the tub.


But not to worry! I think we'll make it.