Monday, August 31, 2009

Some of the AFTERS!

Hey Guys! I am finally posting some "after" pictures! I just realized tomorrow was going to be September and I have not blogged in too too long! If you didn't see the "befores" they are just a couple of posts down.

Living room - no more bars! Still have to paint the red.

Living Room

Living room and dining room

Dining Room


Master bath



Master bedroom - still have to paint the red and orange beast of a window seat



Family Room




Peter's Room - The pink is gone!
I still have lots to do before we have the (HUGE) Pawelek family Christmas here this year! I am so excited to actually get to host a holiday at our house! It is definitely keeping me motivated to finish all of my projects by December..not that I will ever get finished but maybe with the big ones at least.

A friend who has a grass farm called this weekend and had an extra pallet of carpet grass that he gave us for FREE! We can probably finish off the back yard with 1 or 2 more pallets. It looks so good with grass back there! We have hauled off about 2 or 3 truck loads of junk, tires, brush, old wood, leaves, and lattice. It is coming together finally but we still have at least a whole truck load left to haul! It has been fun working on it in the evenings this month. Can't wait for some cool air!

There was a blood drive in Junction today for my dad. I can't donate but Pete did and so many others! Thanks for all the awesome donors! There was a good turn out. He is getting large transfusions each week and so far the chemo has not helped increase the blood count. His doctor has moved the next marrow test up to this week so he can determine if this has progressed into full blown leukemia. My dad seems discouraged and doesn't know how much more chemo he can take. Please keep praying for him.

Sorry for the sparse updates lately! Have a good week! -abby