Things are coming along nicely at the house… This past week, we took out the wall between the kitchen and the dining room to open that area up. This week we are working on finishing that area to be ready for painting. It looks so much nicer with the more open feeling of having that wall gone! We’re both excited with the results.
In a couple of weeks our new windows will be installed which will be a huge improvement to the house. Within the next month or so, we hope to have the basement waterproofed with a new sump pump to prevent the water from coming in like it has been. This area has gotten so much rain and flooding lately that we have quite the puddle in the basement right now. Watching the news, however, we have cause to be thankful that our puddle is not the three feet of standing water that some people are experiencing.
Our lawn is greening up nicely these days. So are the rose bushes that I pruned. For the longest time, they looked to be dead but now all of them have leaves budding. I’m excited to see what color the flowers will be. I planted tomato plants in our back yard and found that the soil seems to be very rich. Lord willing, that will make for an abundant crop of tomatos later this year!
By the end of this week, I hope to have the living room painting finished and have the dining room painted. That, and all the drywall dust from the wall removal cleaned from throughout the house – that stuff spreads everywhere! It’s so much fun to think about how all these improvements will make this house a charming home! 
