Our New Home...

...well, at least the first floor! The second floor is nowhere near ready for pictures! Please note, we're not done! Not a lot on the walls yet, but here's your general idea! Enjoy your tour of my first floor! LOL

From the sidewalk in front of my house.

Here's our place!
My front door.

The stairs, right inside the door.

View of the kitchen from the front door.

kitchen (obviously)

Looking back at the front door...and Jaden.

Looking into the downstairs bathroom. Isn't this corner cabinet awesome?!

Sorry...this is the cat's bathroom and dining room, too!

Bathroom sink.

So glad that I can use my butterflies again!

Looking into the living room from the bathroom.

Our living room...standing in front of the sofa.

The other side of the living room. This is where all of Jaden's toys for downstairs will go when we get the house finished! Right now we're storing wall decor back there until we get it hung!

That's it! As you can see, Jaden loves our new place!

Neverending Rug....

This rug is beginning to wear on me! LOL I spent 2 days shredding sheets and prepping them to start putting it together. That created a very moody Lynette! LOL I haven't worked on it a whole lot since, but I had done the first few rows of stitches. Below is part of what I have so far. It's 10 feet long and will be about 8 feet wide. Here's where we are!

I took a bunch of pictures of my downstairs, which is very close to being finished. Those pictures will be in my next post...

New Determination...

I am inspired....determined actually, to make a toothbrush rug. I need a rug for my living room, which is an odd shape (very long) and I am unwilling to pay an arm and a leg for a rug (can't afford the really pretty ones that I want, anyway!) So I have decided that I will make my own rug! I watched a number of "how to" videos tonight and think I have a good plan of attack. I went out to the store and bought a bunch of twin sized flat bed sheets that are the colors I want to use in my living room. I'm wondering if I will wipe them out on those...lol! Tomorrow I plan to start pulling the sheets into strips then I will start making my giant rug! Wish me luck! I will keep you posted on the progress. I'm sure we will have a tangled mess, but I already can't wait to see the finished product! I figure if this doesn't work, I'll have a good idea early enough and then I'll only be out the $20 I spent on the sheets, right?!

Fun on the lake

The food here is just unbelievable! We went to a crawfish boil yesterday with my sister and her family. It took place at Fountainbleau State Park, which is absolutely beautiful! We had great food and LOTS of fun. I think we may have to go on another weekend and spend a night in one of the cabins out there that is literally ON the lake!

Heading towards the lake

Staci and Jaden on the bridge heading to the pavilion

Beautiful view of the city across the lake

Jaden and Mommy

Cabins on the lake

fountain in front of the lake

Jaden playing at the fountain

the kids enjoyed playing on this fallen tree

tons of spanish moss in the trees!

Ryan, Jaden and Hailey

We're HERE!!!

We've made it to our new home and are getting settled in! I'll post some pictures when it's not a ton of boxes anymore! We got here late last Wednesday and have worked on the house a lot, but we took a little bit of time off on Thursday to enjoy the French Quarter with our friend who helped with the move. Yesterday we spent time with the Kosutics. Jeremy started his new job today and that's going well so far!

I'm enjoying the quiet, the trees, green grass! My cat enjoys watching the birds outside! Anyway, all is well and we're here! We're finally here!