The List

We have a lot of things we need to do for this house and this is our checklist:

1. Unpack-check!
2. Paint every single wall in the rainbow house-check!
3. Carpet-check!
4. Install 5 ceiling fans-check!
5. New appliances-check!
6. Organize so we don't have a mess-half check!
7. Paint trim
8. Tile
9. Hardwood floors
10. New countertops
11. New cabinets
12. New furniture in every room (big plans for this one!)
13. Rip out all the left over shrubbery in backyard and buy new
14. Art for walls
15. Potted plants and other filler for the house
16. New bedding on everyone's beds to match the new paint
17. Win the lottery sometime in the very near future

That's about it! Shouldn't be too hard. I'm feeling very optimistic that we can get this house ready in about let's say, oh, in the next 10 years or so!

Maybe I should add "try to convince Erik we need professionals to kill the bugs" in that list somewhere.

Kids These Days....

I want you to look at this picture of words that have "aw" in them. Preston brought this home from school and I believe they were supposed to come up with these words on their own but I'm not sure. But look at the words and see if any of them seem a little....odd.


*I'll give you a hint: The last word seems to be some sort of undergarment for women.*

I'm just going to blame the school system.

The Rainbow House

We currently purchased our first home. Yay! But we have been working like dogs to get this house in livable condition. I took this video the day after we closed. Some may like the colors used and there's nothing wrong with that. I will still love you for your faults! :) These colors were picked out by someone who took care to put them up and probably really enjoyed them. We do not enjoy them. It's a matter of personal taste....and bleeding eyeballs. I seriously can't stand to look at these colors. There are different colors everywhere which is where the kids started calling the house "the rainbow house". Bryce cried when we started painting "the rainbow". I actually like rainbows, just not on my walls.

So here's the video. It's kind of grainy due to my little point and shoot camera I took it on but I think you'll get the general idea. Oh, and one more thing. I was kind of rushing this video because I was really freaked out that there would be bugs and spiders and scorpions at every turn. Sorry about that.

Untitled from Rachel Witbeck on Vimeo.