There are so many things we would like to do to our house. Last year when we moved in we slapped a fresh coat of paint on all the walls and changed most of the light fixtures.
Now, we're moving on to bigger things. I know it's too early to start nesting, but there are certain things we want done to the house before baby Honea makes his/her arrival. When I think of everything we want do to, how much time we have to do it in, and how much money it will cost I start to get a little stressed but it will all be worth it in the long run. Here's just a few of the things on our to do list.
Project #1. NEW CARPET. It took us quite a while to decide that carpet was what we wanted. My parents just finished installing their pergo flooring throughout the entire house and it's beautiful. I'm more inclined to do that to a house that will be our home for a long time and we're only looking to stay in this house another 5 years or so.
Anyway, when we looked at the carpet at Robin's, the local carpet place in town, they quoted us something like $4,700.00! And that was for their cheapest carpet that we liked! We decided to look at Lowe's and found a really nice carpet for almost half the cost of Robin's, and they have a flat rate of $150.00 for installation. So hopefully come September we will be ripping out the old carpet and installing the new stuff. I can't wait!
Project #2. SOD. I've complained about our yard before on this blog. It's looking better now that all the trees have been removed. You can actually see our house from the street now. But we still have to rip out the big stump and dig up all the roots. And with that comes a higher water bill and the need for a lawn mower. I've thought about putting it off for another winter, but our front yard is an eye sore and it's really embarrassing, especially since our neighbors keep their yard pristine!
Project #3. THE BABY'S ROOM. I know I still have a lot of time to get everything ready. I don't even want to paint until we find out what we're having, but I still want to work on it. I haven't really paid much attention to this pregnancy yet with all of the things that's been happening in our lives and I feel like this is one way I can really focus on this little person. For now, I'd just like to get the room cleaned out. It's been used as our computer/junk room and it's getting out of hand. I know I would feel loads better if I got the room at least emptied before we find out the sex in September. Maybe that's what I'll do this weekend!
Welcome To Our Blog
Hello Family and friends! I have decided that Jeff and I are so out of touch with a lot of people in our lives, and there's just no excuse for that. So, here's the solution! I'm not exactly new to the blogging world, I have a MySpace, but I've never had a spot that is just dedicated to my thoughts or the happenings in our little life. So please stop by every now and again so you can see how Jeff and I are doing. Jeff might even jump on here from time to time.
