April 20th...Anyone want a dog?

Let me start out by saying that after a lot of prayer and tons of self control, we have decided that Emmy can live stay.

At first it started out mild. A missing glove here, a toy there. Then it progressed to rocking chairs...

...and padded footstools...

...and then one day I didn't get the back door shut all of the way before I left for school. I don't have pictures (I was too upset), but Emmy opened the door and got in the house. She got one of Doyle's house shoes and hat, and my eyeglasses. She didn't hurt the shoe or hat really, but let me tell ya she must have been mad at me for something because she chewed up my glasses so bad that we couldn't even find all of the pieces.

A few days later, Doyle called me on my way home and told me that Emmy tore up the window screen on the front porch. Crap! Then...then next day he called me again and said that she had gotten the other six on the back deck. AUGH! What are we going to do with her? Send her to a therapist for separation anxiety?

I mean really...what did the screens ever do to her? They were really just baby screens after all. Not even a year old yet. They've only been up for a couple of months actually. They couldn't even defend themselves.
So, after much prayer and talk with Ty ("I don't want Emmy to go away forever..."), we decided to keep the loyal, loving, patient dog that lets Ty do flying jumps off of the couch onto her. We'd be pretty cruel not to. He loves that dog. And in a disgruntled sort of way, we do to.

April 7th...The Great Room

I took some pictures after dinner tonight of the dining area, kitchen, and living room. The sun was coming in through the windows pretty bright, so the pictures aren't that great. But they'll have to do for now.

I'm standing in the living room taking this shot of the kitchen.

I thought I'd throw in a closer one of my stove, hood, and cabinets. I haven't bought pulls or knobs for the cabinet doors yet. That'll be another project for another time.

This is the dining room just to the right of the kitchen. The sun really messed up this picture.


I'm standing in the kitchen for this pic of the living room. We went shopping over spring break and got this sectional, entertainment center, and ottoman. It made it look so much better because we have something to hide all of the wires, DVR, and Wii stuff. Plus, the sectional is very comfy and lots of people can sit on it. The ottoman has a hidden drawer that holds my blankets...sa-weet!

Here's another picture that shows the rest of the living room toward the front door (and a picture that I have yet to hang...Again, that's another project for another time.)

And the last pic of the night is taken from the the doorway by the TV looking into the living room, kitchen and dining room.

April 6th...I'm back!

We are moved in! We actually moved in March 6th, but I haven't been able to post in a month because we've been trying to get Internet to our house and it has been a mess. First we tried using one of those wireless cards where you can use the Internet anywhere you go. But apparently the material that was used to deck the roof is super-insulated and has a layer of metal in it that blocks Internet (and phone) reception. So, I sent that back and called the phone company to come and install it. We had to wait for them to dig a new line and bring it up to our house and then connect it. After that was hooked up we had to wait on someone to come and hook it up in our house. That only took a few tries because they kept showing up before the line was dug. Anyway...I finally have Internet and I'm going to start posting again. I don't really know what I'm going to start with, but I'm thinking about doing it room by room. But first I have to go back and figure out what I have and haven't posted about.