Easter is Coming!

I picked up an egg coloring kit at the store the other day, and Gabe was so excited to use it that we did our eggs a little early! He begged most of the day, so for FHE we talked about Easter and colored eggs.

Now we have to decide which one of about 5 Easter Egg hunts we will be attending, and then we will be at Poulson's to decorate sugar cookies on Easter Sunday! Gabe keeps trying to tell me it's tomorrow. I love how excited he gets for holidays, too cute.

Here are a few pics of our lovely eggs, and the boys playing with them after...

Projects, cont.

Well, Sam's room is finally painted, it took two coats of primer and two coats of paint to cover that chocolate brown color, whew! But, now it is a blank slate and I felt the need to decorate it. I decided to try this mod podge letter project with Sam's name to hang on the wall. I think it turned out really cute for my first try!



Unfortunately once it was finished I realized I would have to find a way to put it up, and I don't want to put nail holes in the newly pristine walls. Also, I won't be able to stop at just his name, and I just don't want to put too much work into this room just to (hopefully) take it down in a month or two. So now this project might stay in a drawer for a while. Bummer.

But, lest I have too much spare time, I have embarked on another project, this one also related to selling the condo. This one will be more sentimental though.

This is the home where Ben and I were newlyweds, moving in less than a year after we were married, this is where I was pregnant with both of my babies, this is where we brought them home from the hospital, and this is where they took their first steps, ate their first meals, and so many other firsts and seconds and soon we will be talking about "lasts". So I would like to take some special pictures this spring/summer, collecting memories I guess, of our everyday life in this little place we have called home for so long. This is the first of hopefully many, Gabe playing in our bedroom, looking through some CD's. I just loved how the light from the window looked like it was shining in just for him.



P.S. I know Blogger does funny sharpening to the pictures, so if you click on it to see full size it looks a little better. Also, if you click on the "SAM" picture, it will be huge and you can see the detail a little better.

5 Things

5 Things I was doing 5 years ago:
1. Pregnant with my 1st baby
2. Working in the Business Management office at Modus
3. Reading lots of books about pregnancy and motherhood
4. Celebrating my 3rd wedding anniversary
5.Paying off the VW Golf (I think it was this year?)

5 Things on my to do list for today:
1. Clean the bathrooms
2. Walmart for more children’s Benadryl and tissues
3. Paint and paper letters for Sam’s room
4. Get an update on my crashed hard drive
5. Stop coughing

5 Things I would do with a million dollars:
1. Pay tithing
2. Buy a house
3. Pay off Ben’s student loan
4. Put a fantastic play system in the backyard
5. Save/Invest the rest and live off the interest

5 Places I have lived:
1. Elmira, NY
2. Vestal, NY
3. Provo, UT
4. Orem, UT
5. TBD

5 Jobs I have held:
1. Document Prep at PMI
2.Cashier, CS Supervisor, Admin Asst at OMAX
3. Receptionist at CornerstoneWest
4. Business Management at Modus
5. Mom/Photographer

5 Things I want to be doing in 5 Years:
1. Working towards BA in Photography
2. Working Photography Business ¾ time
3. Living in a house
4. Running 3 miles a day
5. Be a better wife, mom, photographer, cook, knitter, athlete, and friend

5 People I tag:
Tia Underwood
Mindy Smart
Jenni Lawrence
Kale Snyder
Cheyenne Poulson

Listed!

In case anyone is actually interested in the sale and preparation of our little condo, it's on the market! I know you have all been biding your time waiting for this opportunity, so now is the time to place your bid! I'm feeling a little nervous about having anyone actually come check on the place since Sam's room is far from ready, but in this market it seems like we might have some time.

Don't bother checking on the To Do List, I didn't get to cross anything off today. But I did take some pictures for the online listing and I tried to keep the chaos to a minimum just in case we got a call.

Now I am exhausted and I am determined to get eight hours of sleep tonight.

Here is a link to the listing if you want to see the progress on the condo...

http://www.utahrealestate.com/reports/photo/index.wfr?types=&find_listno=869297&ptype=p_res

The pictures are squished for some reason here, but I think you can see how the rooms look. Once we are done with Sam's room I will post a bunch of pics here.

Almost There

Well, we didn't quite make it today, we had too much other stuff going on and we didn't have time to finish. Which is fine, it was great to spend time with the family and see Tia go through the temple today! I can't believe she is getting married on Friday, it seems like yesterday she was getting engaged on the beach. So this week will be busy even without some extra things to do around the house, but the condo will be listed on the MLS probably tomorrow or Monday so I want to make sure it's ready if someone calls.

I've updated the list, and really we are almost there! We need to put a second coat of primer in Sam's room (darn chocolate brown) and then we will paint and be done in there. I don't know how much decorating I will do, we'll have to see.

We need to steam clean the carpets, but we are waiting until the very end to do that.

We need to organize our room and closet!!!

Other than that, there are just little things that we can do while it's on the market that I don't think anyone will really notice. Our realtor said if we get lots of calls but no offers we might have to repaint our master bedroom too. We will if we have to, I just don't want to see another paint brush for a good long time after this! I almost don't want it to sell too fast because then we will move and have to start all over again. blech. It will be good though, and I will take pictures this week once all the rooms are done and clean.

To Do List

Preparing to list the condo is quite the endeavor. As always we are being perfectionists, and we want to get as much $$$ as possible when we sell. So we are spiffing up the place, it will be the cleanest, freshest place on the block. Too bad we won't be living here to enjoy it. ;)

Kitchen: DONE
Scrub grout on Kitchen tile - DONE (my nails are shot)
Reorganize cabinets, box and store non-essentials - DONE (90% anyway)
Wipe down cabinets - DONE
Clean Oven - DONE (ewwww, I waited way to long to do this)
Clean Refrigerator - DONE
Scrub Walls - DONE
Clean Microwave - DONE
Scrub sink - DONE
Repaint baseboards - DONE


Living Room: DONE
Clean Blinds - DONE
Paint walls - DONE
Paint Baseboards DONE
Remove non-essentials - DONE
Replace ceiling light - DONE
Steam Clean carpets - DONE
Reorganize wall art/framed portraits after painting - DONE

Bathrooms: DONE
Replace bathroom floors - DONE (see post below)
Replace lighting fixtures - DONE
Paint Master Bath - DONE
Organize under-sink cabinets - DONE
Organize storage on shelves above washer/dryer - DONE
New towels for Master Bath - DONE
little line of caulk between wall and cabinet - DONE

1st Bedroom - DONE
Prime over chocolate brown color - one coat done
Paint walls and maybe baseboards - DONE
Remove non-essentials (black shelf with a zillion books) - DONE
Organize and remove non-essentials from closet - DONE


2nd Bedroom - DONE
Purchase and assemble twin bed frame - DONE
Wash walls and baseboards - DONE
Remove non-essentials from closet - DONE

Master Bedroom - DONE
Wash walls and baseboards - DONE
Touch up paint -DONE
Remove non-essentials - DONE
Remove Storage boxes - DONE
Organize walk-in closet - DONE

Outside
Clean windows
Paint outside door jamb
Paint stair railing??? Maybe split this with upstairs neighbors who are also selling

Do you think we can make it by Saturday?????