Front of the new house

Here are the much overdue pictures of the front of the house.

Of all the pictures, who could forget to take these? LOL

Everyone must adore the flower bed outside the front window. I can't wait to fill it up with tulips.

Brian's plan for the third photo is to relocate that first bush and put a porch swing out there....cute!

More on the inside of the new house

Well, we finished painting a majority of the inside of the house. We made it through all of the "main" living areas of the house and the hallway. All we have left now is the baseboards (yuck!) and the bedroom. I decided that the baseboards are the worst. Not only do they have to be double taped because of the carpet in the house (its only draw back) but there are so many....lol.








This color is regatta bay that we put in the front room/dining room. We finished off the hallway with Bavarian Cream, but I don't have pictures of that yet. Soon Soon to come.

More on the new house.....the inside.

More pictures of the house....

Here is the before of the kitchen/living room. They are essentially the same room architecture wise, so we gave them
the same color and theme. It is
called Spiceberry. It ended up being a tad redder than I wanted out of the dark brown, but I ended up loving it!!!! It even looks good with the white, but it will actually be trimmed in Bavarian Cream. I'd really love your honest comments.

OUR NEW HOUSE

The corner view of the backyard















The other corner view of the backyard
















Facing the back of the house.
This is the view of the kitchen window.












Other view of back of house. Sliding glass doors go to Master bedroom.












Hi. So we picked a new house to rent. There are some great things about it...most of all being that the owner is looking for long term renters (no moving every year - yeah!). AND she is allowing us to treat the house as our own, but still paying on the cost of improvements. We are really excited about it. I just pray that the location works for us in the long term. We had originally wanted to move "down the hill" or closer to the main cities, but we ended up not doing so.





The neighborhood is small and really quiet. We have a fairly large or decent sized front yard and backyard - it is all fenced in which is not only pretty but great for my Della! I am putting up pictures so you can see. There is lots of yard work to do and we are painting the inside (woo hoo). For those of you that know me know that I do not like white walls, so I am mega excited.

Update on Life - Staying in California

I figured if I was going to start this, I might as well give you an update on where my/our life is. We have almost hit the one year date in California. Our families aren't too happy that we have decided to stay, but for us....we knew pretty much the minute we moved here that we were going to stay. All in all, we love it here. For those of you that are on MySpace, you have seen the great adventures we have had and will hopefully continue since we have been here.

Yes, life has been a bit rough lately. Most of you know I had a terrible accident Sept. 29th, 2007 that I am still recovering from. Friday before last, Brian lost his job. Construction is really slow right now, but I believe we would encounter that everywhere, not just here. So obviously, finances have gotten tough, but I know God has a plan. I just wish I knew what it was. HaHa.

Our lease is up in this house and we found a great little house that I think we will both enjoy more. They were looking for long term renters, which means we can treat the house like our own . I am busy picking out paint right now. I will hopefully have pictures soon!

I think that is all for now.
Oh, for this and for future posts....comments and questions are always welcome!!!!