So here it is! The pictures of al la house. Of course I have MUCH MUCH more work that needs to be done. But really that's part of the glory of this whole thing isn't it? The befores and afters. First are the not so bad--just a LOT of cleaning and paint to go into. I've also posted some of the changes I've made so far. Here's the living/dining room area. I love love LOVE the fireplace. It's so rustic. But it makes me cheery. I think of Snow White.

Now this is the front room. I still have carpet from the 70s. And I'll continue until I can afford not to. (Trust me it's the next big expenditure after paint) But I love the 3 big windows. It provides so much light and makes the room much bigger.
This is the downstairs finished room. Most of the basement if unfinished or partially finished. This will be turned into my entertainment room. I really like the brick wall on the side. I'm excited to do some work with this.I really don't have to say much with this bedroom other than the floors, believe it or not, are orange. Yep, blue, pink, and orange all collide in this room. It will be so much fun to change. Because, seriously, no matter what I do, it has got to look better than this.

The kitchen colors aren't pretty. The wallpaper is hideous and the holes in the walls make me wonder. But really this is going to be a rather functional room. And I'm going to like it. Especially when I can make it look good.
With this next photo what I want attention drawn to is the broken cupboard at the bottom corner and the middle drawer that is completely missing.

And now a la replacemento. Hopefully I'll get the cupboards painted soon. And replacing the dishwasher.
My Bathrooms were the funnest (READ: worst!) part of everything. My toilets enjoyed it though. They were able to become friends. There they are in my dining room...wrong, on so many levels.
This is my kitchen door entryway. I have no idea how it was done. But I do know that for safety reasons it had to be fixed.
So we did some demo work.
And wa lah! I was too strapped for time and money to do the entire floor. This isn't as pretty but much more economical for my pocketbook.
Now onto the bathrooms. I don't have an original before picture just a during and an after. Just basically imagine the toilet and vanity in tact with linoleum very similar to the kitchen.
And check out this gouged out sink! Do you think they took a jack hammer to it?
Officially floorless.
The bare area was lifting so we replaced the subflooring. I love my father. But we are not the most...skilled at carpentry work.
Even without being skilled in this area of work, I do have to say I'm impressed with our work.
Then onto the finished project. New tile--FREAKING DIFFICULT-- and new vanity with sink. I think they're loverly.
Then there's the master bathroom...not that there's really anything masterful about it. There was never (at least not as long as I saw it, I'm sure there once was...long long ago) real flooring. Just the gross, rotting out, sub-flooring.
YUCK!
Starting to replace the sub-flooring with our Oh-so-amazing skillness
And then the finished project. Woo hoo. I don't have a picture showing the vanity. But whenever I get to actually finishing this, I will. Believe me, I will. As it were, I love the tiling and the colors in this room. It's going to make it much much nicer.

Beware: This post contains sloads of nauseating twitterpation.

So life has not gotten any less crazy. And still in a crazy good way. Twitterpated me. We've been doing things everyday since our first date. It's been fun and whirlwind like. This last weekend he asked me to come home with him and go on a triple date with 2 of his sisters. I'll be honest, I was terrified. I know he'd met my family but still...sisters are terrifying. The weekend was so much fun though. Before I even got into the house his 5 year old sister was running out and giving me hugs. Then we went to dinner and went bowling with 2 of his sisters and their dates. Bowling is normally among my list of evil sports, but we played a game with them this time and it was hilarious. We had a bag of skittles and you'd choose one and depending on the color you'd do a stunt. Like lay on the floor and roll the ball or spin around 5 times and roll it. Stuff like that. It was so funny. At some points, all 6 of us were on the floor laughing. The next day we spent time with his family and went on a 4 wheeler ride. We went and saw my grandpa. And he asked if we could exclusively see each other. We came home that Saturday and then he came over yesterday and we spent time with my family.
In many ways I cannot believe this. It's completely and totally not what I was expecting for my life. However, I am so ridiculously happy. I don't think I've been able to stop smiling since our first date. I'm starting to feel like tour-guide Barbie.

Twitterpation

Life is so crazy. But in a good way. In a most certainly wonderfully good way. Actually at this precise moment I am twitterpated beyond belief. It is slightly ridiculous but so wonderful. I met the boy at my institute class, he's from the same area as my Dad and went to school with my cousin and we talked about that. No biggie. I thought nothing of it. He added me as a friend on Facebook. Life went on. I missed a few weeks of institute and he facebooked me saying that he wanted to do something with me but didn't see me at institute and didn't have any other way to contact me. I gave him my number. The next week at institute he asked me out. We were supposed to go play tennis but the weather had other ideas. So instead we stayed at my house and made a cake, played games with my family and watched a movie. I found myself realizing, as the night went on, that I really liked this guy. He came over the next day...and the next. And consequently, it's happened even more as time goes on. I REALLY like this guy. And he seems to feel the same way about me. It's insane. But like I said earlier, in a crazy good way.

Quiz Results

I didn't know where to save these quiz results then decided *shrug* why not share about myself. So here's my color wheel. The test is not avery well thought out and obviously has many limitations but I still like what it says about me.

BLUE

BLUES are motivated by intimacy. They seek opportunities to genuinely connect with other and need to be understood and appreciated. Everything they do is quality-based. They are loyal friends, employers and employees. Whatever or whomever they commit to is their sole (and soul) focus. They love to serve and give freely of themselves in order to nurture others' lives. BLUES have distinct preferences and are the most controlling personality. Their code of ethics is remarkably strong and they expect others to live honest, committed lives as well. They enjoy sharing meaningful moments in conversation as well as rememebring special life events (i.e. birthdays and anniversaries). BLUES are dependable, thoughtful, analytical and can be self-righteous, worry-prone and moody. They are like "sainted pit-bulls" who never let go of something or someone once they are committed. When you deal with a BLUE, be sincere and make a genuine effort to understand and appreciate them

Updates

Updates to my life. It hasn't been terribly interesting. However, I will not be moving into my house until Dec 1. Which is an inconvenience and not so great but still, I think I'll be able to handle it and it will be great to finally do it when we get there. In the mean time I should probably work on school--at least, that seems like the ideal idea.
Life is good if not the most interesting. My best friend/roommate got married. (I'll post pictures once my home computer gets fixed.) And I officially completed all of the repairs for my house. I moved in with my family until I can get into my house.
Things have been crazy the last little while and it's nice to let things go for a bit.

Upon Being Sociable

So I have found the secret to being a social person: Stop worrying. And just live and learn. I am somewhat of a socially awkward person. I don't always know what to say and often my mouth gets away from my head. And many many other reasons but basically I was always so worried. I was so different because of this reason. Or that reason. I didn't really fit in. No body would be able to accept me. Blah blah blah blah blah. Insecurity. Stupidity. Got it. Did it. Still. ^ ^

News

Wow. Its funny how quickly things change. Just Monday I was saying that there wasn't a whole lot going on in my life. Well I'm not really sure I was wrong however in the past few days that has most certainly changed. I'll begin with the news and then I'll tell the reasoning and the experience behind it.
I'm buying a HOUSE!! ...There, I said it. *phew* It seems so crazy and insane and yet completely right. And I have no idea why. All I really know is that I can't deny it.
But I will admit that I am extremely psyched for it although I am nervous as all get out. The house is a 3 bedroom 2 bath affair (I would more qualify it as 1 1/2 bath) But really it's even bigger than that. It's great. Upstairs there are the 3 bed 2 bath. And a soon-to-be marvelous living room, kitchen and dining place area. The living room has 3 great windows so a lot of light comes in. And the dining area has a set up for a stove or fireplace--It just doesn't have them yet. Then there is the downstairs. There is a finished living room area and 2 partially finished rooms--as in they are finished except for painting and carpet and one of them has to fix up the sheet rock in one corner. Then the unfinished basement has hook ups for a dryer and washer and a place and fixtures for a small bathroom if I so desired. I'll just have to see. Its on just under a half acre and needs plenty of tender loving care but that's part of the fun for me is envisioning what I'm going to do with it and how I am going to make in into a home. I'm muchly excited.
So it seems like a lot of home for just me and my dog. And it wasn't really what I originally intended.
I had a story to it but it feels strange writing very personal experiences and feelings--especially since they can be misconstrued in ways that I don't intend for them to be and it feels very personal. So I will say that I am very grateful for a loving God who will answer prayers and hope that the reader will understand this to mean that this is the house that I'm going for. And that's that really.
So soon--possibly next month, I will be a homeowner. Right now I am a homebuyer. *insert mild form of freaking out a little* I don't really feel old enough. And there are so many other worries and questions and wonderings I've had. However. I am going forward with faith. It's gotten me through so far.