Our living room....

We originally were going to just paint over the woodpaneling, scrape the ceiling and replace floors. It turned into removing the wood paneling after it buckled, scraping and painting ceilings, changed the front door and locks, changed the floor, windows are ordered as is the closet door. We also have yet to put up the trim, baseboards and crown molding.





Then painted wood paneling:



Then removed:



Now:









We still need the trim, doors, baseboards, etc but its getting there.

Rookie Mistake

We gotta do it. We have to get back on track. I am about to become even cheaper. I’m currently re-reading Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover again as a refresher. I am also reading Suze Orman’s Young Fabulous and Broke and Americas Cheapest Family. I told Jeff the house is in good condition now. We can only buy things that we need…that means food(only if it is on sale and hopefully I can mix a coupon in there with it). We have plenty of laundry detergent, household cleaners, and toiletries. I will only buy these if I can get them for free! As for the house we still need trim, some doors, etc. We will only buy what we NEED for the house. We cant even really go to cheap trips like the zoo, beaches, visiting family etc since it is so expensive to drive anywhere anymore! Its going to be hard to get back used to this lifestyle but this is what got us this house. I LOVE Mcdonalds Sweet Tea and its only a dollar so I have caught myself this past month going a lot to grab a 1 dollar sweet tea only because it’s a dollar. I had to re-train myself to think buy a tea maker, and some tea and it will pay for itself within a month. Aubrey also has a TON of clothes. I’m going to Gymbo to exchange some stuff for things she can wear in the winter or fall at least. Then our clothing budget will be down to 200 for the rest of the year. That’s mainly for Christmas, Jeff, and everyone having new shoes. Its going to be hard but it will be well worth it. The debt we just racked up was all for the house which is totally okay in both Jeff and I’s minds but it still needs to be gone asap!

trev wants to go home...

its really sad. He keeps asking to go home. hes pouting about it too. Im so tired and i have a feeling its going to be a very long night!

we have carpet in our room now though....so we will be aubrey free in our room tonight. Hopefully this will make her not wake up a million times during the night.

Home Sweet home

well we spent our first night in the house last night! It was strange not waking up to ignorance...when i say that i mean people right outside your window at 5 a.m. honking 37 times. There is also the 2, 3 and 4 a.m. drop offs with roarin exhaust and loud bass packed music.

Anyways the house is still a mess...I will take my time getting it nice and homey.....Im thinking of going more green in our lives...I dont think we are extremly wasteful but we arent doing the world the best things we should.

Basically we are in...

OH NO

So I waited till the last minute so not like me normally but very much me lately. I called com cast and said I needed to change my service. Well BUM BUM BUM I wont have internet or tv from Monday-Saturday. A WHOLE week. WTF am I going to do. Tuesday I will have to go to my brothers house and use his internet bc I have to start school. But other then that Im going to go nuts. The tv thing doesn't bother me. I dont watch much tv. The kids have plenty of movies and I can watch the same DVD of Friends over and over again. But the internet we may have a major issue. O well maybe I wont be a total slacker and get the house nice and organized and clean!

I LURVE me some lights...

I dont know why I like these so much but they complete the looks. Its so cute. Its all coming together.

Kitchen lights:



Dining room light(its a little higher now):



O and then this clown painting walls:

We actually got along for 3 hours!

My mom came and sat with the kids so I could run to the house with Jeff and get some stuff done. We were able to prime our whole room and paint two of the 4 walls because Jeff put so much freakin primer on his walls. He also was able to paint the ceiling. He also painted the bathroom ceiling. I am pretty sure he was painting the kitchen ceiling also. He just called me pissing and moaning so either I will have my dining room light hung or it will be smashed into a million pieces. I told him he could get something he wanted if I got my lights hung so we shall see what happens. Yes I bribe my husband with sexual favors! But whatever it makes the man do as I need him to do. My brother and I are going there tomorrow to get the bedroom finished and Jeffs brother is putting in all the wood floors...YAY