Weekend Two: Summary

What a busy weekend at Winifred! We have officially had the house for ten days. In ten days, with the help of our fabulous family and friends, we have:

• brightened up the entire downstairs
  
• gone to Menards at least 15 times
• bought 8-gallons and 2-quarts of paint and 1-gallon of primer
  
• killed four mice
• painted all the trim in the living room white
• painted the living room and added an accent wall
• took down and cleaned the blinds in the living room
• removed the old, dirty blinds in the kitchen
  
• painted the stair rail white and began the trim in the entry way
  
• primed and painted the wainscoting in the dining room white
• painted the dining room green and the accent wall yellow, and then repainted it a paler yellow which was much more suitable
• spray painted the cold air return vent cover
• painted the heat vents white
  
• painted the entire kitchen including the trim
• cleaned and degreased the three ceiling fans
  
• scrubbed and degreased all of the cabinets (inside and out), including most of the tops (we still have half the tops to go)
  
• cleaned the stove, including the inside, broiler and under the burners
• scrubbed the tile in the kitchen- every inch!
• vacuumed and dusted the entire downstairs
• replaced all the smoke detectors
• spackled all nail holes
  
• scrubbed down the entire downstairs bathroom
• fixed the downstairs toilet
• had a couch delivered and brought over our dining room table, picnic table and grill
  
• filled every hole or crack to the house to keep away our rodent friends
• sprayed the entire house for insects and other pests
• raked the entire lawn
  
• disposed of 12 50-gallon bags of leaves
• removed all the bed frames from the lawn
• collected all the solar lights to replace broken ones and reposition them
  
• began renovating the broken toilet and plumbing in the upstairs
• fixed all water pressure problems
• dusted and removed cobwebs upstairs
  
• primed all the baseboards in the upstairs landing to be painted
• laid down grass seed
• planted seeds for the vegetable garden
• learned a lot about plumbing
• fell fast asleep each time we have hit the pillow
  
• made our house start to feel like "ours!"
  

I am sure there is more, but I am to tired to wrack my brain! This picture basically sums up our exhaustion!

Me and Nick both want to thank everyone who has helped, especially our family who have been giving up their weekends to help us get our house up and running! We can't even begin to thank our families enough! Weekend three, here we come!

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