Hodge Podge

A hodge podge best describes this post... So here we go...


First - Chris taking a nap and I found him on the couch spooning a stuffed animal... w.o.w.



Brewski...

Okay onto the house - first disclaimer - its messy - sorry - second disclaimer - I guess I didn't finish taking pictures - forgot the bedrooms and basement - but we can see those another time!

Here goes the tour... This is looking in from the front door. My lovely set up for work - and yes those are banquet tables - jealous? I thought so. You see the stairs to the right for upstairs and to the right of Heidi is the dining room.

Standing in the living room - looking into the dining room.

Standing in the living room - to the right is the entry, stairs for upstairs and the small hallway which leads to the family room and garage. To the left is the dining room and you can sort of see the walkway into the kitchen.

Another look at the front door.

Standing in the dining room looking back to the living room. Kitchen walkway is to the left.

This is on the other side of the entry way - straight ahead to the right is the living room and to the left is the garage. The door you see is a closet. The family room is behind me. The basement door would be directly to my right.

Looking more down the little hallway - the door straight ahead is the garage door. Left of the garage door is the small hallway with a half bathroom and the laundry room.

Small hallway with the half bath (on the left) and straight ahead is the laundry room.

Half bath and no I didn't take a picture of the toilet - you see one and you have seen them all.

Laundry room

Garage and Chris' new...ugly...car... hey it is a hybrid (he's so smug he smells his own farts) AND its 4x4 - so its perfect.... minus the color...

Okay continuing on...have I lost you yet? This is the morning room as they call it in Ohio. Please take note of the lovely color and fantastic curtains which have all been torn down now and this is the next room to be painted.

Another picture of the morning room. Kitchen is to the left and the family room is to my right. Ugly curtains straight ahead.

The kitchen. Morning room to the right, family room behind me, garage to the left and the dining room is through the walkway. Ignore the garbage...

In the kitchen, family room to the left, main kitchen to the right and the morning room is behind me. Garage door is straight ahead. The basement door is through the little opening and to the right.

Standing in the kitchen, looking at the family room. Morning room is to the left and the garage is to the right. Dining room is behind me. And if you notice more ugly curtains.

Don't worry, I know you were curious - here is a close up of the wallpaper... For some reason its a lot brighter in person... grapes anyone?

Family room - aka the dark dungeon... the paint is WAY too dark for the room...I swear it eats light...

Okay - back to the entry way - looking at the staircase - sorry - bad picture - I don't know what I was trying to catch.

Staircase looking up - that is our master bedroom straight ahead.

Hallway shot - first door on the right is a bedroom, then a closet, then the bathroom then the guest bedroom, another closet (awesome) and last on the left is Heidi's room. I didn't take a picture of any of these - so use your imagination.

And lastly on the tour looking out from the upstairs hallway.

Whew - onto the painting... Grandpa Jeff was super awesome and came down for a week to help with the removal of the wallpaper and painting of the walls. It was fantastic!!!

Say goodbye to the ugly paper! (Heidi is helping too)

I had no idea how much work it is to take down wallpaper - it really is a 3 day affair to take it down - get the glue off - clean the walls and prep them for painting... we wouldn't have been able to do it ourselves - knowing us - we would have tried to paint over it :)

Testing a much lighter color in the family room - figured out - we had to use a primer - boo...

Heidi! SOOOOO happy to see Grandpa!

Heidi wanted to help too - don't worry - it was just water and she didn't come that close to the plug - no I didn't electrocute my kid.

Grandpa showing Heidi how to climb the ladder...um... that's what grandparents are for - you show the kids something cool and let mommy and daddy explain why you can't do it... :)

Primer is up! And already sooooooo much better. (and yes we used the ugly curtains as drop cloths - wouldn't you?)

Professional painter - Grandpa Jeff - for hire - just pay with Diet Pepsi and maybe a burger or two...

Heidi cleaning our mess up - she loved it - and we didn't mind either :)

Wallpaper is done and the paint is up - excuse the mess - once we put our kitchen back together - I'll take nicer pictures... what do you think?

Can't remember what it was like before - which one is better?

Yeah! A nice calming tan that brightens the room!!! The new family room...

You be the judge - dark or light?

Grandpa Jeff was a tremndous help! Thank you - Thank you - Thank you! Plus it was nice to have a familiar face here to ride along and get lost. We have to still paint the morning room - which is this week's project. Once I get that done - things put away - I will take better pictures. Say goodbye to angry yellow and dark maroon!

Now I end with a few Heidi pictures... Heidi going shopping - should I be worried - she loves to shop and want to look nice to do so.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Catching Up...

Good news! I found my camera - now I can upload all the holiday pictures and prepare for the tour of the new home. That will be the next post - all of the new home - couldn't do it tonight as Chris still has dirty underwear on the floor. :)

So rewind two months...

First we have Heidi's daycares' holiday program. Heidi did great - she sat in her chair - didn't move - but sang along. The only hiccup was when she broke her hat - had a slight melt down and then sat right back down and kept on singing. It was cute!

Next - we made a gingerbread house... um mommy didn't do so well and we have some structural issues... Good thing I'm not an engineer or architect!

Holiday cookies - Heidi did all of the cutting out of the cookies. It was fun!

Christmas!!!! Of course she received special Christmas pajamas - which to this day are her favorite.

You ask her to smile - this is what you get:

I don't know what Heidi enjoyed more - opening presents or picking up the trash.

LOVE

Daddy received a new ipod from mommy and Heidi LOVED it!

We got Heidi an easel for Christmas which came with markers, chalk and an eraser - do you notice something strange? We didn't know it came with a free pet.... GROSS! The question is - is it all the way from China or something???

There is a gap of pictures from Christmas to now - I didn't have the camera and seriously didn't take a single picture - but I will try to make up for it now.

Our first pictures of our new house - well sort of... The boy's first bath in the new tub...

A face only a mother could love... by the way - HAPPY BIRTHDAY Brewski! He turns 8 tomorrow!

My handy helper...poor dogs... they may have had more water dumped on them than needed...

Cleveland Heidi

Glad to be back :)

The Move

Hello All - We are currently homeless living in my mom's basement...now that you have stopped laughing...it will be awhile until we post again. We officially close on our new house on January 21st (more than likely leave for Ohio around the 19th). I will have plenty of pictures to post at that time that are currently trapped on the camera.

Until then...here is a picture of our new house...

A big thank you to my mom and Darrell for putting up with us over the next three weeks! Ohio here we come!

Holiday Heidi

Now that cards are mailed - I can share Heidi's holiday pictures Christina took. I LOVE THEM!

This Are Falling Into Place...

Whew - what a C.R.A.Z.Y. last few weeks - with many more to come - but I feel like things are FINALLY falling into place. An update:

Our house sold in 3 weeks - YEAH! We are moving out the 27th - 29th of this month - closing December 30th.

We found a new house in Cleveland - but due to paperwork - banks - and two relocation companies (yep we chose a house where they were relocating too) - we aren't closing until January 21st. I don't mind. :) So in the meantime, we are moving in with parents until we officially move.

I am excited for our new home. We will have to of course do some redecorating...



Chris right now is working from home doing both his jobs - his old and new. They just hired his replacement for the old - so its training time. He will continue to work from home until we move.
I am actually transferring with West with my same job (YEAH!) I'm VERY excited about that. I love my job and the people I work with and would be very sad to leave. I'm glad it is working out. I will be working from home and Heidi will be going to daycare. I'm not going to miss getting ready in the morning. Let's just hope I don't have to do any video conferencing... :)

Back to the paperwork...