Funny Little Garage Sale Find

Last weekend our good friends Mike and Marci came down from Brainerd to help us finish up our painting.  Well, that didn't happen.  But Marci and I did make it to the community ed garage sale at the elementary school on Saturday.  I've been on a constant search for decor since our house is so sparsely decorated right now and I thought I might be able to pick up a few gems at the sale.

Clean, Clean, Clean

Thank goodness for good friends!  When we were first about to move in after we bought our house, it was an absolute disaster.  If it wasn't for our fantabulous friends, we'd still be cleaning up after the previous owners!  

Bestie, Melissa, helped out with the upstairs built-ins.  She also brought a whole mess of cleaning supplies.  

First Thing's First .... New Floors!

When we first looked at our house with the Realtor, we knew that if we got it, we would have to replace the floors ASAP.  Especially in the kitchen where parts of the parkay flooring were just simply missing!  How does part of a floor go missing?

Here's my friend, Jenelle, sweeping up the last of the old flooring.  Wish I had a picture of what the old stuff looked like.  Oh, well.

Here Goes Nothing!

Recently I've been doing a lot of searching online for ideas for the new house.  I've found some good ideas and some that I've just passed by.  During my searches it dawned on my that all of these lovely people are sharing their homes and their ideas with the world.  So why can't I?  I have friends and family that would love to be updated on what's happening in our lives and our house.  So, I've decided to give it a shot and blog about our adventures in home ownership.  Who knows, maybe I'll even post about friends and family.  So... Here goes nothing!