house-a-versary!

Two years ago today we got the keys to our house. It's a bit daunting to think of all the things we still have to do. But when we look back at the photos from Day 1, it's amazing to see how far we've come. The walls and the toilets are white (instead of blue, green and pink). The outside of the house is gray (instead of white). Yes, all the wallpaper is still there. But the carpet is gone.

Now we have incentive to get a few more things done . . .there are 15 weekends until our baby is due to arrive. And we love deadlines! Family coming over for dinner? Put up baseboards. Hosting a baby shower? Install new toilets.

We've identified a few projects we'd like to finish in the next few months:

• set up the nursery - remove some retrotastic wallpaper, paint, buy a crib
• update the main bathroom - remove more retrostastic wallpaper, paint, replace flooring and lighting
• patch and paint the walls around the (not so) new windows
• organize the basement (seriously, the lowest level of our house looks like the "before" in an episode of Hoarders)
• put up proper window coverings in the living room and dining room
• build a deck (just kidding! that's merely wishful thinking)

Let's hope we can do it!