We have the keys!

Thurs. p.m. we were given the keys to our new home. :)
Mrs. Harley left the house spic-n-span clean. Our realtor was very impressed w/ how clean it was. She says that's not usually the case. The kids are beside themselves w/ excitement. Troy & I mapped out on paper and on the property where the dog run will be. We've got a pretty good idea where we're going to put the horse fence (to keep the horses behind the house). The entire property is a sticker bed/plantation! Troy mowed the dog run area yesterday including scalpping it to try to remove as many stickers as possible. Poor guy. He's fighting a head cold, too, & had to breathe in a ton of dirt mowing. He sounds aweful today. Tay's fighting a head cold of her own, too. Bree is getting over hers. She missed school Thurs. & Fri. last week because of the snot. She was pretty fussy & disagreeable (for her norm) so I know she didn't feel too great! Garrett's doing fine. Waiting to get his cold probably. Why should he be left out?!?!?!?! I took MANY pictures of the inside of the house yesterday. I hope they turn out. There is so much I want to say about many of the pics. Don't know if I'll be able to. Time is a factor more than anything! Our Cambridge Ct. house is in total disaray at this time. Boxes EVERYWHERE! :) Process....got to love it! I asked Troy to unload the rest of the boxes in the garage instead of in their appropriate rooms. I figure we can bring in the boxes as we need what's in them. My thinking is...if we haven't needed it in the next 6 months, we don't need to keep it. We can give it away or sell it in a garage sale. The less crap we move in the house, the better. Hey, if we keep our house empty of everything but furniture, maybe we can keep it somewhat tidy!!!!!!!! I'm trying!! Really. I went to Lowes hardware last night for about 3 hours. Looking at kitchen cabinets, countertops, texture, paint, etc. We plan to gut the entire kitchen and rearrange it (move a wall back into the hallway & do away w/ the hallway) and add an island in the middle of the kitchen. This needs done before we move in because of the mess. We have to get the dog run done so we can move Brody to the new house. We need to so we can get the Cambridge Ct. backyard presentable for showing the house. We've got our handyman (Steve) lined up to start on some minor things left at Cambridge Ct. to fix so we can get it on the market. I'm jumping all over the place talking about all of this. So much, so little time, & I want to try to download these pictures & put them on this blog. If you read this but dont see the pictures, check back later & maybe I'll have them on the blog.

Well..........an hour later & I still haven't figured out how to get the pictures on this blog. I thought I was doing it like all the other picture downloads, but it's not working. Sorry. Unless a miracle happens AND I have time to experiment w/ it again, you may end up having to come here in person to see the "before" pictures and the changes we make/made.