First weekend in Peoria and house projects

Last weekend we spent an extended weekend in Peoria.  We closed on our house on Thursday (Sept. 30) and then spent the rest of the time doing house projects!  I'm glad that we had the time to spend over there before we move all of our stuff because I'm sure these things were much easier than if there was stuff in the way.  Here's a recap of our projects:

Yay! The house is ours :)

First project: epoxy coat the garage floor...

After we closed on Thursday, Chris worked all afternoon on cleaning the garage floor and preparing it for the epoxy. It was quite the process especially when he busted two hoses and I had to run and get him a new one at the hardware store. It a good thing Home Depot is so close! (We actually found out later that he may have busted them because our water pressure is at 125 and the max is normally 100!)

So after getting up at 4:30am EST to drive to Peoria for closing, we worked together on putting down the epoxy until about 11:30pm CST. It was quite a long day, but we were so glad we got this done and out of the way. We had actually wanted to do this at our house in Lafayette, but it doesn't work quite well to do this after you have already moved in.

Next up on Friday: painting the family room

After both of us going into work for a while, we came home and started painting our family room that afternoon.  We chose the color that our friend Kenlyn used in her front hallway :) and it's also the color that LCC used too.  It's looking so much better than the white that it was painted before.  These are some pics after the first coat.  There's a pic with the finished paint a little furthur below.



(Maggie was trying to figure out what to do with herself the whole time.  She was a little out of sorts since she didn't know what was going on.  She spent a fair amount of time looking out the front door.)

On Saturday: hanging two ceiling fans and painting master bedroom

We wanted to replace the ceiling fan in the family room with a different one and we also wanted to change it since it didn't have a light.  Well, this was quite the adventure for Chris.  He had to first borrow an 8-foot ladder from a neighbor since we don't have one that was tall enough.  Chris was figuring it all out but then the stubborn wireless box for the remote control on the fan was not fitting well up next to the ceiling.  He said that he was hanging from the ceiling at one point!  (He was yelling for my help but I was upstairs painting in our bedroom with the radio on and the door shut!)  But all was well and he didn't injure himself, although he was so tired.  It was REALLY frustrating when it didn't work after he got it all together.  By that point, I had gone downstairs to help him while he fixed the wires.  And then it was working wonderfully!  Here's our new family room...

While he was putting the first fan in, I was painting upstairs in our bedroom.  We painted it the same color as we painted our bedroom here - worn gold is the color.  We liked how it looked with our bedding so much that we wanted to use it again!

We also wanted a ceiling fan in our bedroom since there was just a light fixture (that was outdated and not that pretty).  So after the painting was done and the first fan was in, we had to install the other fan in the dark.  But it went well and took about the half the time of putting the other one in!  The room looks really good but I didn't get a picture of it.  That will have to come later.

I can't even believe it, but we're being moved next week!  The movers are coming to pack boxes on Tuesday, pack the truck on Wednesday, and then deliver everything in Peoria on Thursday.  We can't even believe it's really time for our move, but I think we're both looking forward to this whole process being overwith - it can be taxing at times.  We just ask that you continue to pray for us as we have to say goodbye to Lafayette, go through the actual move process, and settle into our new home and jobs.