A big loss

Hello Friends

Hope this finds you well.  I am still working on getting things out of the house for a garage sale.  We are going to work on it more this weekend when everyone is home to celebrate my brother-in- law's birthday.  We had to take a week off of packing and moving to celebrate the life of my father.

He passed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, August 14.  It was in the morning which was fitting as he was a morning person.  We had been down to see him on Sunday because Hospice said he had another fever and it may be end of life.  We were all there.  On Monday he seemed to have a good day and was more responsive.  But he didn't wake up on Tuesday. 

It's been a lot of running with funeral plans and getting through all of that.  He would have been very happy with what we did for him.  Of course, he was not there, he was in all His glory.  Dad knew where he was going so we find comfort in that.

Now we are trying to find a new routine.  The house is keeping me busy.  The basement had 8 inches of water in it Tuesday morning.  Big rains and floods around me.  Luckily it was just the sump pump and the neighbor just had to hit the pipe for it to work again.  I ran fans all day and dried it all out.  Basement is fine now.

No pictures on this post.  Will have more updates on the house as I finish more rooms.  Hoping to sew a little more too.  I did get a top done but I will save that for another time.

Blessings
Amy

House update

Hello Friends

I have been working hard on the house.  Garage sale is set for Sept 6-8.  Boxing up items to sell and unpacking my stuff has been all consuming.  I have taken some time to sew which has helped my stress.  I am going to show you some before and after pictures of the rooms I have done.  I am just painting and adding my own touches for now.  The house needs flooring and windows, but they will come in time.  I am pretty proud of the work I have done.  I have only owned the home for a month.

First up, I rented the carpet cleaner and cleaned the living room carpet. That same day, I painted the room also.  It was a bright green, now it's a cream color called Tea & Honey.

 

  After

 

  They had blinds on the windows and I changed it to curtains.  I have to replace the windows so I didn't want to put too much into it.

 

Next up was the downstairs bathroom.  This room has been yellow for most of my life.  It was a bright yellow then a light yellow.  Now it's gray.

 

Yellow walls

 

Now gray

 

I am very happy with both rooms and it has motivated me to keep going!

The upstairs bathroom has carpeting so my next job is removing that.

This is the peel and stick vinyl flooring I bought for that room:

  

It's called Ash blended.  The walls will be a gray/blue color after I paint. 

 

I am plugging along and doing this a box at a time.  I am hoping to have enough rooms completed that I can actually have a house warming party.  Windows and siding will come in time. 

 

Hope you are all well.

 

Blessings

Amy