Long time ...

Long time no update! Peter posted some pictures of our new cupboards (and my oven! yippee!) last week, but other than that I've been pretty slack with keeping up to date. Unfortunately, over the next few weeks there won't be much work accomplished - Peter's pretty tied up with other commitments.

Last weekend I managed to lay over half the remaining tile. Once I get the rest of that laid (next Saturday, the 14th) we will have all our flooring finished! That will be a huge item off our to-do list. We also spent some time last week hanging most of the remaining drywall. We still had a couple of closets to do, of which we finished 1.5 - not sure why we didn't finish it all at once! Hopefully we'll have time to finish that in the next week as well. Peter began crack-filling the hallway by the back door last week. That's the last spot on the main floor that isn't painted. It will be great to get that finished!

Our short-term goal is to get the downstairs trim on (which means we'll be pretty much done downstairs) by mid-November - in time to decorate for Christmas! I'm so excited to get to really decorate for Christmas this year. Last year we had a tree and that was about it. Oh yeah, and the outside lights! This year my big decorating "purchase" is going to be some greenery garland to do the handrail on our stairs. Mom always does that with ribbon and lights and it looks soooooo pretty. Anyone have any ideas on where I can get somewhat real looking greenery without paying an arm and a leg??

That's about all that's going on around here. I've started making up my Christmas list (gifts to give, not get ;) ) and I only have 1.5 total gifts left to figure out. Not too shabby! Now to start actually buying some of them. I have two major shopping trips planned in the next month, so I should be able to put a big dent in my shopping by the end of October. Then November is decorating and Christmas cards, and December will be for relaxing and baking in my *new* oven! Have I mentioned how much I love my oven??

Oooo yes ... don't forget that Monday starts the official Christmas-music-listening season for anyone interested ;) I come by my Christmas excitement honestly ... right, Mom?

Until next time ...