Building the wall

Out front, we built a short retaining wall while my dad was in town August 21st. Of course, there are a few bricks that need to be cut, so until then new the lawn will have to wait!

A Painted Garage

I had such fun playing mad scientist, stirring together all my leftover paint into a mystery color. Over the past 8 years, I've painted and repainted nearly every room in this house. I had 8 partial gallons and several quarts of leftover paint, so I stirred it all together and VOILA! Lovely shade of grey - perfect for the garage! I call my creation "Sludge". It is lovely, and best of all FREE!!!

Aliya enjoyed helping us paint, and worked hard alongside Steve & I. We finished the side walls for now, then we can move things around and finish the remaining walls and ceiling. Can you tell TAMI IS GETTING TIRED OF PAINTING!?!?!

Great Room Photos

Bless my husband, he hung the blinds and window treatments on Saturday while I was at the Mall! Gotta love that arrangement...

The Bathroom is done!

Here's photos of the finished bathroom upstairs. We have a solar tube over the sink area that reflects light until 10pm. Amazingly, we don't need to use any lights in the addition until after dark. Every room has plenty of natural light!
Did I mention I installed the shower door myself?! ;-)

They say the last 10% takes 90% of the time!

So here we are, not much has changed in the past few weeks. Still waiting for shutters, finishing trim and touch-up painting inside and out, and laundry cabinets. Somehow we've just gotten caught up in life with 4 kids again. Who has time to work on projects?!

Actually, I hurt my back mildly 2 weeks ago. We've really slowed down since then.

Carter & Aliya started school this week (year-round school), so now we are getting back into the routine of early bedtimes, etc. I suppose we'll dive back in this weekend and get something done on the house!

We're planning to host an open house in late September, for all our curious friends and neighbors to tour the house. We'll post the details here, or let me know if you would like an email invitation.