Almost there!

Well, I've been a little off the radar on here...because we've been soooo busy!! We ended up closing on our house on July 14th--5 days early, but worked out very well because of some crazy details that came up. There is so much stuff that goes into closing on a house...who knew! But I think the calls have finally stopped--no one calling saying, "um, we just emailed you some pages that you forgot to put your middle initial on when you signed. Please fax them to us and overnight the originals back." Which is odd because one of the papers we signed was giving them permission to do things like add an initial or whatever if we happened to miss something. Weird. What the point of that paper? Anyway, all that done--It's OURS!! I spent about a week cleaning--not your typical cleaning...I mean scrubbing baseboards, cabinets, drawers, doors, doorframes...FLOORS...every surface of this house has been scrubbed, cleaned and sanitized. I don't think the people who lived in it before EVER vacuumed(thank goodness for the amazing carpet guy that cleaned the carpet) or mopped or dusted...or cleaned period. All that's left to clean is the tubs and showers, but you'd be amazed at it now if you'd seen it before. Then a week and a half ago, we started painting! Now I've painted a room before...and a bathroom. But never a whole house!! It's quite a job! My mother-in-law is loves to paint(she should be on one of those home shows!) and she came over last monday to start painting with me...Boy did we get a lot done in just like a day and a half! I'm hoping to be completely done by the end of the week--I'm so ready to move in, but I want everything to be done first!! Anyway, I'll post some pictures later today of the progress!!

Paint!

Well, I don' have any pics to post right now...I'm exhausted and am headed to bed. My mother-in-law came into town today and we started to paint the house!! we actually got a lot done...we finished the kitchen(red) except for a spot above the cabinets that allen will have to finish because neither of us could reach it!(we have extra tall ceilings) we also finished rolling most of the entry way and dining room area...tomorrow we'll finish the details/corners on those places, the office, and master bathroom and bedroom...then all we'll have left is the studio, living room, and two other bedrooms. ok, now that i write that, it still sounds like a lot...but painting every wall in the house is a big job!!! I can't wait to post the "after" pictures...who knows, maybe it will only be a few more days! more pics to come later...gnight!

I'm still alive!

Hey folks,
Sorry I've been a little out of pocket lately--life's been crazy!! Aside from the new house(which we may close on tomorrow!) I've been swamped and then my computer decided to cease to accept power from the adapter...I thought I just needed a new adapter--but I was sadly wrong! :( So I have to buy a new computer tomorrow(eeek!). Exciting to get a new computer, but bummed that it wasn't budgeted! If any of you have any input, let me know....I'm torn between the macbook pro and the 20" iMac...
I should have an exciting post no later than Tuesday--lots to happen in the next 2 days!!

Love you all!

Granbury Cheerleaders

Happy 4th of July!--a little late! Hope all of you had a relaxing holiday. We were able to spend an extra long weekend out at Possum Kingdom with my best friend, her husband, and 2 munchkins. Pictures of the weekend to come soon...but first, I had to get done with my edits of the Granbury cheerleaders. We shot super early on Saturday morning before their parade...unfortunately it was the only time this summer that everyone would be in town, so I woke up at 5am and drove down to Granbury, then back to the lake! The girls were great--we only had about an hour to shoot and there were 18 of them!! Here's my faves of each of the girls--thanks so much for being good sports and shooting so early girls!!