Chaos...chaos...chaos

Have you ever had the feeling you are standing still and you feel as if the world is flying by? That is how we have felt since December 7th.  We aren't sure where the time has gone, considering Christmas is only a few days away. In the next 10 days we have to pack up a four bedroom home, move it across town, clean the rental, continue with the renovations, work, oh yeah and enjoy this time with our family celebrating the birth of Jesus! It is going to be a crazy one!

Although I haven't been the best at taking pictures I will give you a little snap shot of what we have been doing at the house...please note when I say we it really means Dustin, his dad, and our moms!  We pulled all the woodwork off, pulled up the carpet and all those little staples every 1 foot, painted 3 bedrooms(ceilings, walls,closets), put new woodwork up, new doors are on, gutted the kitchen, added a 1/2 wall in the bathroom, replaced the tub, tiled the bathroom floor, entry way, and part of the kitchen, put up new lights in the hallway and bedroom, had the walls/ceilings taped and textured where the cupboards were removed in the kitchen. And today the carpet in the hallway and bedrooms go in. Wade (my brother), Dustin's friend Ed, and some other friends are coming to help with the moving this weekend.  Pheww...if only that was it.  There are so many other details Dustin has done, but I won't bore you with them all. Just know I don't know how I got so lucky to have a husband who is soo handy!

 Here is the kitchen which has now been sheetrocked, taped, textured and mudded already.

 Above is the lovely yellow bathtub we removed and below is the hole we now have which has actually been filled with a new tub and pipes.

 Below and above is a little sneak peek at the new doors we are putting up. All stained and finished by Dustin and his little helper elves...Jackie and I! Oh yeah Joel was our "clean boy" so he handed us rags and wiped the sweat from our brows!