The Work Commences

What a weekend!

Friday afternoon we FINALLY got the keys, and we spent some quality time at the house. Initial emotion was pure thrill and excitement - this was our house. Visions of many happy years to come flashed through our minds. Second emotion came after realistically looking around - boy this is gonna take some work! Just as we started to wonder what we'd gotten ourselves into, we got a call from our neighbor Bob. (We're sure he will come up periodically in this blog. He lives around the corner, and is the neighborhood go-to guy. He was the one who had the keys to the house and first showed it to us). He wanted to bring our first house warming gift. Inspired by the movie Its a Wonderful Life he brought us some salt, a loaf of bread, and a bottle of sparkling cider. He also gave us a BEAUTIFUL glass chandelier for our dining room. It is going to look great.

That set our weekend off on the right foot. We are so blessed to have fantastic friends and family who heard and heeded the call for help. Whether you can from a different state, a different county, a different city, or a different block, we can't express enough how we value the help. We got paint scraped, walls puttied, faucet leaks fixed, a new toilet seat on, banisters cleaned, drawers and doors removed for cleaning, and kitchen cupboards scrubbed. To the naked eye it may not have looked much different at the end of the day, but when we stepped back we saw it.

This week could be a challenge. We are excited that we are probably another good work day or so away from being able to get to the stuff that will make a noticeable difference quickly. The problem is - that work day won't come until Saturday. We're quickly learning that patience is going to be a virtue we're going to learn through this process.