And Then I Touched It.

Sometimes I wish our house was finished, just so we could live in it you know? But it's not! However, we did get all of the windows in, storm windows taken off, and the new windows caulked--which I even learned to do. I also assisted in taking off some of the storm windows...and successfully broke one of the huge ones. Glass. Everywhere. Yay, me!

Here is what our house looks like without all the nasty storm windows:

Our house on a prettier day!

Yay! Every time we drive by it I say hello and smile because it just looks so much better!

Sunday came around last week and My Honeypie was all like, "What do you want to do?" and normally we take turns picking/arguing about whose turn it is to pick. Except for this day I said, "Let's go take a walk at our house!" So we did. and found this:

Rwaaaar! It's a cow skull.

Holla Holla

A special shout-out and huge thanks to the young men and their leaders in our ward!! They did a service project at the house last night and got a lot done. Thank you!! Holla holla. That means "thank you"...at least for today.

[caption id="attachment_212" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Cleaned up the kitchen"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_216" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Knocked out ceiling in the dining room"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_215" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="knocked out ceiling in the 1st living room"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_213" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="cleaned up the 2nd living room"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_218" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="ripped out the closet"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_222" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="knocked out half of the master bedroom to be ceiling. Also, all of those brown splotches? They are "mud-dobber" (wasp) nests. YIKES!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_223" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="knocked out closet number two!"][/caption]

THANK YOU!!

and of course, THANK YOU to all of our family who sacrifice their time and energy to help out on our house. All the time! We've decided to wait to move in until the house is completely finished...which will be awhile. It has its pros and cons, but I'm still excited about this thing nonetheless.

We also need to think of a name to call our little home. The previous owners named the property "Good-Bye Acres." Like, wut? No. Horror movie name. No. I keep imagining coming across a bunch of tiny little headstones in our woods. No. No. No. Nonono!! So. We have some time to think about it. Any suggestions?

PS!
*UPDATE ON THE ROOF*

Shingles!!

Holla holla.

Roofing....again!

Yes, we are still talking about the roof. Here is a picture update of what is happening:

[caption id="attachment_181" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="we started early"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_182" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Dad. Don't worry, he tied himself to the peak :)"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_183" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="My Honeypie. Also roped off."][/caption]



 

[caption id="attachment_185" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Ammon and Ryan"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_186" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Notice the rope."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_187" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Trimming off some excess."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_188" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Starting with the roof jacks. Which are apparently awesome."][/caption]



 

[caption id="attachment_190" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Ammon"][/caption]



 

[caption id="attachment_195" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Caleb"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_196" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="SHINGLEs!!"][/caption]



 

Later we took a break and went to our ward pool party. Gotta love his hair :)



 

 

 

Paint Speaks to Me

I've always wanted to be one of those people that name the paint...you know, you go to the store, get totally bored, walk over to the paint section and start reading the paint chips? Eggplant Sunrise, Unicorn Surprise, Mandarin Glory...Okay, yeah, I haven't ever come across paint chips named like that, but if I named the paint....Dirty Worm, Leafy Toad, Mist of Darkness...You get the idea.

There are some pretty great paint chip names out there already:

-"Sensuous Pear"-Better Homes and Gardens. I think this might be my favo.
-"Sunwashed Kelp"-also Better Homes and Gardens
-"Exotic Peacock Plume"-Wal-Mart?
-"Icy Peppermint Vinca"-also Wal-Mart? (apparently Vinca means Periwinkle? I think.)
-and lastly, "Amphibian" -Behr. Just as a side note, with a name like "Amphibian" you'd totally think it was in the green color family right? No. It's gray. Like charcoal. Whatev.

We haven't done much in the way of construction on our house the past week, but it has given me time to look at paint samples. I love paint samples! My Honeypie has literally pulled me away from all the paint chips because, "We have to go..." Oh responsibility. I was looking through Behr's exterior paint collection and cutting out the colors I liked when My Honeypie suddenly said, "I like that one."

[caption id="attachment_127" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Behr Pacific Mist"][/caption]

I didn't even know he was looking. It's a very faint blue...like a mist! Hence the name. We decided that it (if paint sample prove to be what we want on the house) will be the main body color.

We decided on white for the trim on the house...honestly, I chose this paint for the name, "Daisy White". Daisies are my favorite flower! I couldn't resist. I honestly couldn't tell the difference between the 'regular' white and Daisy White. Who cares?

[caption id="attachment_128" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Behr Daisy White"][/caption]

Lastly we chose a darker blue for the doors and a few of the accents on the house.

[caption id="attachment_129" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Behr Teal Wave"][/caption]

We'll see how we like the paint samples on the real thing!

[caption id="attachment_130" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Behr paint samples"][/caption]