Woosh ~ the weekend ~ and now the holiday Monday!

Pictures from Saturday...

~preparing the Great Room/aka living and dining area...

{we are going to need a few more arm chairs}...

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We came back after liturgy and brunch with dear friends

to a beautiful sight!

My Dad had finished the painting on Saturday night!

I love this window and this so cheery yellow!!!

Trim and new crown moulding in kitchen is next...

A cherry long hallway!

Cleo's going to love running down this...  

It looks so much better.

We really want to keep the light and brightness of this place,

so we are doing more minimal window treatments...

some pretty lace valances and really good blinds to pull down

when we need it dark :)

My Mom and Dad were still out at their church and

exploring where they used to live

when we came to see what my Dad had accomplished!

It was a lovely Sunday...

I was really tired but some really good food at a local diner

and the post liturgical nap did help a lot.

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It's been so nice to have my parents here....

My Mom is Mothering our new place by cleaning it all...

My Dad is doing his beautiful painting and has installed 

new white wood closet doors, fixed things and in general

is making our place much better.

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Mr. Husband and I still have more to pack today 

but are hopeful to wrap it up soon!

It's so hard to leave our beautiful new home nightly to 

go back to our more chaotic in-packing-mess home

but two more sleeps and we will be in the new place,

God willing!

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Move DV Wednesday and we have requested the same

crew for the move...

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I am so thankful for everyone's prayers!

It's an exciting but tiring time... 

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.

Woosh! ~ Day 2 and 3

The library/chapel/guest room is painted now!

It looks so beautiful!

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My Dad painted the master bedroom as well...

we are so glad to have these colours...

the woodlawn blue is really beautiful!

My Dad paints the corners first and then rolls paint on after this.

It is really really lovely and peaceful!

Today my Dad also painted all the doors... you can see

that the doors were needing a fresh bright coat of white!

After tons of uncertainty about moving our 

library before the rest,

the move happened this morning at 7 AM and they were done,

moved to our new home and the bookshelves

set in the right place by 9 AM!

These four men worked so hard! 

Some of them had 4 boxes of books wrapped and 

strapped to their back, most likely 200 lbs!

Whew.

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My husband and my Dad worked on re-anchoring all the bookcases

today and we cleaned them after that.

They look great in there!

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We are doing lots of cleaning at the new place

and hope to do a home depot run sometime soon.

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Tomorrow God willing a packer is coming to

pack up our kitchen and dining room;

we have moved much ourselves also as we need stuff

to use at our new home.

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Everyone in our new neighbourhood is so friendly!

(Sadly we have not had this where we've been living)...

Our new neighbours seem really good

and we are really hopeful.

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I hope to pack the rest of our stuff other than the

kitchen/dining area so that on this coming DV 

long holiday weekend Mr. Husband and I can

spend some nice time with my parents and 

set up our new library and get rid of the boxes, etc.

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Our final move is in one week.

By then the rest of our new home should be painted and 

hopefully some other things done also.

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I am not able to keep up on blogs as much

right now, FYI, as things are so busy.

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Thanking God for each prayer that you,

my dear friends, have and are saying for us!

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May God have mercy on us all and save us!