Finally an update on the house!

   Sorry for taking so long to update you on the house and all the projects we have been doing! We have been very busy the last couple months trying to get settled in and make the house more of our own! We also had some issues with the past owner stopping by unannounced and helping herself to some landscaping items (nothing crucial, but still....who takes landscaping rock after you've sold the house???). I may have gone a little passive aggressive on her the last time she unexpectedly showed up....therefore getting the hint (finally) that she was no longer welcome. We have only seen her one other time, and that was because she wanted to let us know she was treating the Ash tree in the front yard for Emerald Borers. She didn't try and come up to the house, though, and was very short in her conversation. I really hope that was the last we hear of her.

   Okay enough of that...on to the exciting things! This month we have had more visitors! We had a house warming party with all our Iowa friends the weekend of June 7-9th which prompted us to paint the living room and kitchen areas, prime the upstairs hallway and staircase wall, do some landscaping work, clean up the basement and set up the other "guest room", put up more of our IKEA shelves, and mount TVs in the living room and master bedroom. Then we had Ian's parents here June 22-26th which prompted us to secure one upper cabinet and the entire built-in unit in the living room, assemble the built-in bar in that cabinet, and do more landscaping and mulching work around bushes and trees in the yard!

   Today my sister, Stasia, and her husband left after being here for a couple days to visit and see the place. We had a great time with them before they head out to Herlong, CA for Bryce's new job as a federal prison guard. They recently bought a puppy so Boji had a puppy friend here to play with for a little bit!

   We are staying busy the next couple weeks with more painting projects and finishing up the shelving units in the living room. Ian starts back to work tomorrow and works for 2 weeks straight because he switched with another doc who is leaving on vacation next week! Then Zac and Nichole's family will be in the Midwest starting July 5th and coming up to MN to stay with us starting July 15th! So things are continuing to be chaotic as the summer rolls on quickly!

   I will try and update this blog and my other "crafty" blog more often this summer as projects continue to be completed, but I don't make too many promises on exactly how often! Hope you enjoyed seeing our updates! Keep checking back as we progress through home ownership!

P.S. Pictures will be posted soon! I haven't had time to take updated ones, yet!