Woosh ~ Day 4 ~ Coming Along!

Mr. Husband at work yesterday

and I was home with the packer

(the kitchen and dinning room are now packed

and I did 10 to 15+ boxes myself of other things),

I figured my Dad would be able to do both bathrooms

since we would not be there to get in his way as much! 

And I was right!

We went over to our new place before dinner

and my Mom went with me to see the great work Dad did...

Wedgwood gray by Benjamin Moore.

It looks really great and goes really well

with the woodlawn blue of the master bedroom and 

chapel/library/guest bedroom!

Then my Mom said,

Dad did something else too!

The office is beautifully painted!

Montgomery White by Benjamin Moore...

My Dad helped us pick the colours in the end...

we picked various paint chips and knew we

wanted a blue and a cream...

the three colour are all in the historic collection,

meaning that they are colours that have been used 

in centuries past... they are just perfect for us!

I had wanted a warm cream that has a hint of 

the shades of red/orange instead of a cream/yellow 

that would be more on the 'green' side.

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It's just what I had hoped it would be!

This colour will also be in our hallway and

Great Room area (kitchen, dining, living room)...

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Mr. Husband had wedgewood gray in his house 

that he sold the fall that we were dating and I had insisted

that we consider this colour for the bathrooms

since he mentioned it so many times.

Then my Dad said we should have the woodlawn blue

as it will go better than the blue I had picked 

and I am so glad we went with this! 

It looks great and the colours are really loved

by Mr. Husband too.

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I was telling the packer about how Mr. Husband and I met

and he said, it was meant to be and so today

I told Mr. Husband that see, it was meant to be,

as we even like the same paint colours... :)

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DV Mr. Husband's parents will come towards the end of June

and will finish the projects for the new home!

My parents will stay to do more yet as well

and it is just a really special time that way.

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It's a tiring time but also a time of new starts and 

of thankfulness and family.

~P,H,F,R~The Move Prep Edition

~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~

Joining Auntie Leila again today!

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Pretty:

These dried roses, this light, this window sill.

My knitting pile.

My sunshine square blanket.

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Funny:

Cleo the Cat packed herself in a box

 and also thought it was her new bath

and sunbathing spot.  :)

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Real:

We move in just under two weeks.

We close on the condo very soon now

and so far...

~our packer went out of commission with a dislocated shoulder

and I am now our #1 packer. I am guessing we will have at least

30 boxes of books.

~our mover was in an auto accident; he's ok but in pain.

~we thought we would have an early move of some stuff but now

that is not at all in place because we did not close when we thought we 

would and all plans were totally rejigged.

~another key player in this condo thing was out cold recently with a migraine.

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Seriously Mr. Husband and I are begging 

the Mother of God's protection

every night for EVERYONE involved in this 

condo-buying and moving-packing-condo preparing

endeavor.

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I invite all prayers to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

and all the Saints for this!

And esp. for my parents who hope to drive two days to get to us

so that they can prepare our condo and help me/us pack.

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And that's it for this week's 

pretty-happy-funny-real in my life that

I am so glad that God, the Saints, my family

and you all are part of! 

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