Coming together

Nothing like hosting a surprise party with about 30 guests to motivate you to get the house put together. We finished painting the parlor (pictures to come) and a bedroom upstairs (new mattress in our bedroom ... furniture had to go somewhere) and now we have pictures hung around the downstairs and it really looks like our home now. The paint on the walls had made a big difference, but now that our pictures of our friends are up it really is home. The surprise party was a success and everyone was so complimentary of our house and that made all the hard work and late nights worth it. Now I think Jeni and I are going to take a haitus before hitting the upstairs.