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"What's Happening?" you ask?

Knee deep in construction again--
  • getting the living room, dining room, hallway, and kitchen painted
  • removing the old wall unit for the heater
  • having new baseboards put in

It is a huge job. It will be four days tomorrow (there's only two of them), and I PRAY that they get done tomorrow. Originally they said it would only take two days, but the spackling took forever (especially in the kitchen), and the weather did not cooperate, lol!

The last thing on the list that we have to hire someone for is to do the wiring for lighting in the kitchen, dining room, and electricity to the garage.

THEN I'M DONE FOR A VERY LONG TIME!!

Don't get me wrong. I'm extremely grateful that we have the opportunity to make our house a home and help it live up to its potential. I thought it would be years before we would be able to make any improvements. But I am tired of the clutter everywhere, tired of all the dust, and biting at the bit to put stuff on the walls and decorate for Christmas ... again! :)

Speaking of which, maybe I'll post a few pictures of when we set up the Christmas tree. Maybe tomorrow. And by special request, I'll post some of Ashley's pics of Italy, but she has to tell me what they are, lol!

All gifts are bought except my husband's. I can never come up with something good.

Ta Ta for now!

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