Renovations online and off....

I have been sick for a week now-some nasty cold/flu thing. Not fun. Most of the week I could barely get out of bed, but now, I'm starting to feel better, thank God! Not 100%, but improving for sure.

So I spent some time doing some 'redecorating' and updating....of this blog and our house. (well, I did the blog, my hubby did the work around the house, I just 'supervised' LOL).

Let me know what you think of the changes to the blog. Added a lot of new and hopefully useful information/links etc. Some ways you can help in Haiti too. It will probably continue to evolve-when motivation strikes and time allows.

Around the house-painted the guest room and the guest bathroom and hung up the pics and ceiling fan. Finally. We've only lived here 9 months. lol. But my sister and her hubby are coming at the end of the month-our first out of town visitors in this house. So now, the room is ready. And it's pretty too.

Also hung another ceiling fan in the loft. And put down laminate flooring in the exercise room. Now, got some hardware to put on a few different cabinets to dress them up. Little things can make a big difference.

Cool thing is, the only money we spent was on the paint-2 gallons. Everything else we already had-either purchased when we first moved or brought with us from the other house....so it's kind of nice to be productive and nest, without a big budget outlay!! Feels good. Did I ever tell you that I am super-blessed? I am married to the best General Contractor in the west!! He does good work, and takes pride it in-so our house looks great-all of them have. Thanks hunny!

All that really leaves for us to do in this house is the boys' room. We'll probably tackle that sometime after the first of the year. :-) This is a large house, and once Lee (our foreign exchange student from S. Korea) moves on-we will still have an extra bedroom. We could give the boys each their own room, however, based on their life in the orphanage and all I've read from families that have brought their kids home, they are going to prefer being together/sharing a room. At least at first. So that's our plan. All plans are subject to change-so we'll see what develops.

Anyway, let me know what you think of the new look of the blog. I don't have any pics of the house updates at this time. So you'll have to come see them for yourself. Or you could just tell me what you think of the blog updates.....

Click that link at the end of this post (at the bottom) that says 'additional thoughts' and tell me what you think. Thanks.