With all the crazy weather going on around the country we feel blessed even though when I got up this morning we had 7" of snow at the back door, 10" by the dog house and 6" in the driveway.  I'd take pictures BUT MY CAMERA IS BROKEN.

I'm not doing very well with keeping up to date!
  The week before Thanksgiving I was determined that we were going to get the living room painted.  Our day at the temple on Thursday was pretty slow and Jim wasn't so tired when we got home that he actually felt like doing something.  I suggested we move furniture and start taping so we could start painting on Friday.  Once we started we just kept at it and got the long wall on the hall side painted the first coat. 
  Friday was kind of a busy day so we didn't get to it early enough but we did get the second coat painted and got things moved around to get ready to paint the rest of it.  Saturday our sister-in-law, Lynn, came over and helped and by the time we got all done we were sooooo tired!  I threw some steaks on the grill and fixed dinner while Jim & Lynn were finishing up the last.
   I AM SO AMAZED AT THE DIFFERENCE.  It is so much lighter and we really like it.  Even when I get up in the night and go to the kitchen it's lighter!  And it feels so much better.  While we were eating dinner Lynn kept saying how much she likes the new and how it just "feels good".  It's really beginning to feel like "our" home now.  It's felt like home but now it's more like us.  That make sense?
  There was some touch up that needed to be done and some yellow of the kitchen that needed to be painted and I got that done on Monday, the 23rd, before Thanksgiving.  There are still a few little things I might decide to do and the little hall by the bedrooms & main bath needs to be done but that won't take to long, I hope.  Going around all the door frames will be what takes the time.
  This is a picture of our new house.  I took it when no vehicles were home, obviously! Well, I was in the Kia.  The window to the left of the front door is the front bedroom and the windows to the right is where the living room is.

   I was going to take pictures going into the house but my camera broke.  IT SUCKS.
So you go in the front door and to the right is the living room; straight back is the dining area with the kitchen to the right.  Behind the garage is a bonus room (our office) the master bedroom & bath.
  There are 2 bedrooms left of the living room, then the main bathroom and another bedroom.
  We had Christmas in July - This is our new couch and love seat.  All four seats recline!
                                    

This is the couch and you can see the door

of the front bedroom behind it.  You can

kind of seethe color which is suppose to

be an orange but Icall it tomato soup!!! 

The other wall you can'tsee is purple,

and the window sill is purple. 

Then there's the love seat.  You can see the

bar of the kitchen and the dining area to the

left.  I have a hutch and a cabnet against the

wall.  You can kind of see the sliding glass

door, going outside. The sink is on the other

side of the bar.

These pictures are after we painted.

Here's some before we painted.  Oh, the other

Christmas in July was the new TV, etc.

 

 

 

The before of the kitchen wall where the hutch is.  You can see the bathroom door behind it.

Didn't get an after because the camera broke but this is the color the living room, kitchen, hall to the left and the hall to the office was.  NOT a color I enjoyed!



 

 

Here's after of the other side of the living room. Oh, and the fireplace. You can see the door to our bedroom.  It's kind of a little hall there that goes to the bonus room and the laundry is right behind where the fireplace is.  That is probably the only thing I wish was different in this house - the laundry room, that is.  It's big enough for the washer & dryer and room to walk into the garage.  A lot smaller than what I've had/

 

 

Here's the other side of the living room & the front windows.

 

 

And here's my kitchen with my new stove and dishwasher. The door to the left is a pantry. Tried to clean the edge of it but need a better cleaner I guess because it was kind of grimmy and sticky and doesn't clean easy.  Then doesn't stay clean.

 

 

IF we can get the camera working I'll have to post pictures of the colorful bedrooms!

 

 

 

 





  Well I'm going to see how it goes in having a blog .  I haven't convinced myself to create a facebook account, partially because I don't have time to sit at the computer that much.  Maybe someday.  I use to think when I got older and we didn't have any kids at home things would be different and I'd have more time to do some of the things I've always thought I'd like to do.  Like take an art class as an example.  HA!  It seems like I'm busier now that ever.  We'll see how the blog goes for a while.
  Jodi kind of got me started but then I didn't have time to do anything so since I'm home from church today because I have no voice I thought I'd post SOMETHING!  The voice?  I've been having a sore throat in the night and in the morning for a few days but it goes away.  Friday I felt like I had a head cold coming on so I took a bunch of stuff and wasn't so bad till last night.  My throat was pretty sore - every time I swallowed it felt like I was swallowing needles or knives.  This morning Jodi called and when I answered, waalah, no voice! 
  Most of you know the story about being offered to have our place on Pit Lane bought and how within 8 weeks we sold, bought and moved.  I wanted to find some pictures of the old place and all I found were pictures in the snow or when we laid sod in the front and side of the house.  When I find someone who will teach me how to insert pictures I'll do some picture posting of our old and new homes.
  A month after we moved Jodi moved in with a friend of hers and then the first of October we moved Grandma & Grandpa Clausen to Park Place Assisted Living which is about 5 minutes from where we now live.  Don't know if that's good or bad.  Grandma thinks we should be over there all the time helping with something!  Grandpa is pretty happy and satisfied but Grandma is who she is and will probably complain about how she's greeted in heaven when she dies.
  Hopefully, in time I will learn how to do a bunch of stuff on my blog, like personalizing it and posting pictures, etc. Guess this is a beginning.