Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are a few pics of us painting! Since we signed our contract last Friday, we have been busy bees trying to get the house ready to move in! First I decided to tear down the wallpaper, big mistake! If you ever have a chance to paint over exsisting wallpaper, definitely do it!! It's such a pain to pull it down. I started off with DIF, a gel specially created for removing wallpaper. You spray it on the wall and then it is supposed to make it easier to pull down. Well, I sprayed the entire wall (as you can tell by the spotted wall in the above picture) but by the time I started to tear it down, it was already dry!! So I resorted to the vinegar and water method and after hours and hours of scraping and pulling, we got it all down. BUT - then you have to go back again and scrub the walls to get all the excess glue off. THEN - I had to go back and spackle the areas that we tore into the sheetrock! Dude, it was a long and grueling process! Today though, we finally completed everything we wanted to get done for now. Eventually we will do the bathrooms and guest bedrooms, but we are so proud of what we have done so far! And might I say, it looks pretty darn good! (I didn't have my camera on me today, so I will update again soon with the pics of the finished product.) Tomorrow we start the big move! We have brought a few boxes over already, but our plan is to get the rest of it done tomorrow! The first thing I plan to put up is our Christmas Tree. I am so excited about decorating our own house. Hopefully, we'll get around to putting up some lights outside as well! And don't worry, I will definitely take some pictures of that to share with each of you!

Well, I hope everyone had a very Happy Thanksgiving with a lot of turkey, dressing and of course PIE! I wish we could have come back to Texas to visit, that's one of the hardest things about living so far away! We miss you all so much and can't wait to see you at Christmas time!