Time

I'm having to come to terms with my poor time estimation skills. I'm learning that I frequently underestimate the time it takes to complete tasks. This house has helped me to realize this as every task has taken exponentially longer than anticipated. Today we Hung a new side door, made a cut in a kitchen cabinet to accommodate our fridge, and FINALLY finished ripping out the floor. I had the great help of a construction guru as well. So we are one week away from move-in... nowhere ready. We'll get there. It's just difficult to see where we are at in renovations. It looks as if we haven't made much progress. But, just in case I sound sad here- we CAN'T WAIT to move in to our first house! :-)

All Star Team

This weekend was another weekend of great progress. (Oh, if only Richard and I didn't have work and school during the week!) We had an all-star team helping us this weekend, and we just wanted to give a HUGE thanks to all of them:

Monica Murrell (aka my "monkey")

Stacy and Randy

Cory Green and Kate Thompson

                Rick and Chase Kenny

Thanks to these guys we were able to finish ripping up the rest of the flooring, paint the ceilings in all three bedrooms and the bathroom, prep all the bedroom walls for painting, and even get the first coat of paint down in the guest bedroom! What on earth would we do without you guys? THANKS!

I couldn't fit pictures of everyone (or of the house), so, be sure to click "view my gallery" on the photostream at the bottom of the page to see more pictures from today and previous workdays.

Mailbox

We have a mailbox now! I installed the mailbox tonight... took me an hour to get it up. We'll take a picture tomorrow. Other than that, I went over some holes and replaced them. This.weekend we're going to have to make some real headway. To be honest, we've started feeling the stress and overwhelming feeling associated with the need to move in 2 weeks. We need prayer and help!