Crazy life update

My last post was June of 2016. I posted about us painting the living room in our house in Georgia. I loved that house. July 12, 2016 my husband was told that beginning the following Monday he would no longer have a position in Georgia, one day after having gutters installed. The company had to scramble to find him something to do and they sent him on travel until a job came available where we wanted to go. We decided to return to Indiana although central Indiana instead of Northeast. That was the beginning of one of the craziest times of our lives. My in laws passed one day apart in October after finding out in July that one had late stage dementia and the other had inoperable brain cancer. We found this out days after finding out we had to leave Georgia. So we spent July, August, September and October dealing with finding a new job and house, selling the house in Georgia plus parent illnesses and end of life issues. That meant trips to Texas and Indiana. Hubby was working in the Northeast until the end of September and I was living in Georgia until the end of October. We did a lot of traveling.

This blog was actually started as a way for Ed's parents to keep up with what was going on in our lives.  They passed October 1 and 2, about 12 hours apart.

We went to Indiana twice looking at houses. The first one we put an offer on we backed out of due to some issues found in the inspection and the owners wanting to do repairs on their own. The house we ended up with we closed on in mid October. Our house in Georgia had 2 offers come in on one day. We accepted one and they backed out a few days before closing in November because they thought the appraisal was too high. It appraised for slightly more than they were paying. Our realtor tells us she thinks they were hoping it would appraise lower so they could come back and lower their offer. Jerks. So the house went back on the market and we had 2 more offers that same day. We accepted the one that was the best offer and it closed about a month later.

I loved the house in Georgia. To me it was perfect for our lifestyle. Unfortunately we couldn't find anything like it here in Indiana. Fall is not a good time to try to buy a house to begin with and housing prices are higher here. The house we chose is fine but not great, it's also smaller. We do miss all the space we had in the last house. And it needed/needs some serious updating. So far we have ripped out all of the flooring on the second floor. There was full carpet except the hall bath which had tile. We replaced everything with Pergo laminate flooring which we love. Who puts carpet in the (master)  bathroom? That was crazy to us. And gross. We painted the bathroom vanities a dark gray and added wall tile in both upstairs bathrooms plus replaced all of the old builder grade toilets. Hubby took out the shelving in the master and guest room closets and replaced with adjustable shelving. The entire second floor also got a fresh coat of paint. We discovered after moving in that some of the rooms only had primer on the walls. I thought it was white paint when we looked at the house but we were only in here briefly. So the second floor was done less than a year after moving in.

We have begun working on the main floor. Hubby painted the room we use as a classroom before we moved in because the color was horrible. He just recently painted the entry and the formal dining room as well. Last weekend he tore apart the pantry, painted the walls and trim and installed adjustable shelving similar to what he installed in the closets upstairs. Next up is the half bath and laundry room. After the first of the year we are ripping out some built in shelving in the living room we think looks cheap and is way too deep and replacing it with cabinets and open shelving that is almost half the depth. It will help free up some space in the living room. Next summer we are doing a total remodel of the kitchen. I hate the cabinets and the island orientation. And we will be replacing all of the flooring with the same Pergo we installed upstairs. The stairs will also get a makeover when we rip out the carpet. I will post pics when we get to that point. We have already replaced all of the appliances and we love them. I plan to do a post about each room eventually.

Thanks for stopping by!

Chris