Friday the 13th!

On the eve of Friday the 13th, one of my co-workers rang my extension, and this is how our conversation went:

CW: Alison! Tomorrow is Fridaaayyy the 13th!

Me: Yup, I know.

CW: Oh my gosh be careful tomorrow!

Me: OK, why are you telling me this.

CW: We all know you are the biggest klutz!

Me: What do you mean?

CW: Come on, you're always tripping on the carpet, up stairs, down the stairs and running into things.

Me: Oh yeah! Thank you for the warning!

It made me laugh that she thought of me when she realized it was going to be Friday the 13th!

Dearest house,

It's been officially two months since we adopted you! Everyone said that our lives wouldn't be the same after you became ours; and everyone was right! We can't walk in a room without planning out our next project. If it's not paint, then it's curtains, or molding or fixtures. The list could go on and on. With all of our great projects you are looking better and better and before you know it we will be introducing you to our family and friends. Hopefully we will be all moved in with a working shower and refrigerator by month three.

Sincerely,

Your loving owners

{From a house to a home}

Well after another busy weekend of home improvement projects, I still don't have pictures! Lame, I know! I definitely need to get a new camera battery or a new camera all together! I am hoping to borrow my mom's camera this weekend to take some shots!

It's so exciting that house is turning into a home! I've noticed that the small details make a huge difference! I have all kinds of crazy ideas in my head; some ideas we have used and some are still lingering. For example, I convinced Brendan to take the door off the entry way closet! He was a little confused, but after I described my brilliant 'mud room' idea, I had him on my side! So we no longer have a door on our closet! I love how it turned out. We patched the holes from the door hinges, added a few coats of glossy paint and viola, a cute little mud room!

I also have convinced Brendan of the idea to paint chalk board paint on the pantry door. I told him that we need something extra in there. He agreed! We haven't purchased the paint or figured out how to paint a straight rectangle, but we're getting there! I am hoping to tackle this project soon!

That's all for now!

It's almost Friday!

I am so thankful that it's almost Friday! This week has been a rough one! I am looking forward to finally starting to move into our new home this weekend! We are down to only a few more projects that need to be completed:

-New hot water tank

-New shower surround

-Installation of interior doors

-New fridge

-Installation of kitchen shelving (see below!)

-Touch-up paint work (OMG blue tape doesn't work!)

Photo from PotteryBarn.

I will hopefully have pictures to post by Monday! :)

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Live the life you have imagined.

-Henry David Thoreau

*After having a horrible Monday, I thought I would start Tuesday off with one of my favorite quotes!

My life is complete.

Here is a small excerpt from one of our recent conversations:

Me: My life is complete now that I have a back-up camera in the car.

Hubby: You are too funny!

Me: You think I'm joking, but I'm not!

Hubby: Ok, hun.

Me: Hey, they should think about putting a camera on the front bumper too. Then I don't have to worry about hitting things in the front or the back.

Hubby: I think they call that camera, eyes!

Me: Oh, ok. I guess you're right.

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Well it has been awhile since I've posted last. (Please excuse me while I dust the cobwebs from my keyboard). OK, I'm ready to roll. It's been busy again at the Gilroy Casa! Unfortunately, we still aren't totally moved in! We still need to finish installing our range & hood. We also need to put a shower in and a hot water tank in!!! Seriously if it's not one thing it's another!

There are also other big changes that are in the works and taking too much time and causing lots of stressful moments for me! (I'm horrible at stress management...just ask the hubby or my mom! :) I will post details as soon as everything is finalized!

We had a fabulous Halloween Hangin with my sis/B-I-L/Baby Talan! We got take-out and purchased a scary movie while tending to the door when little goblins rang for candy!

Also, I can't wait to go shopping after Thanksgiving! It's all I've been thinking about since we rolled over to November!

The cutest little spider!