Where to start??!!??

Oh my goodness ~ Where should I start? So much has happened since my last blog! Just before we left for IL, we looked briefly at a home that we fell in love with. While in IL, we put a bid in (that's right ~ Larry had only seen the home once!) and just before we left IL we heard the counter and we accepted that. :-) We are so happy. So ... Long story short; we closed on the 16th, funded on the 17th and started remodeling right away. So far we have had the walls primed white (thereby removing all of the very dark olive green that was thruout the house, closets & ceilings) and all of the laminate flooring has been removed as well (which would be all the flooring except for the three baths). Already it is looking so much better!! Or, shall we say, more to our taste?

While in IL, we sorted and packed our little fingers to the bone. :-) We returned to FL with a 27 foot UHaul that was towing my PT Cruiser convertable and a fully packed Aspen including (of course) "the Girls". What a trip home that was!! We have since decided that Larry & I are far too old to attempt to move ourselves and the rest of our stuff will be handled by the professionals. This will be something that our kids will appreciate as well, since they are the ones who were stuck offloading all the boxes and the few (but heavy) pieces of furniture that we did bring.

Today we are off to pick our flooring and then to meet an A/C guy at the new house. Also, our Realtor Becca will be coming over to see our progress. I hope that she is amazed!! Now that we are DONE buying houses ... we hope that Becca transsitions from being the "Realtor" to FRIEND!!

Pictures to follow in a later post. Everything from a family vacation to Cabo San Lucas to pics of the house ... All when I get a spare minute!!

TTFN