Last-Minute Visit

What the heck. We just got married at the end of August and it's already OCTOBER? Where did September go?

Well, nonetheless, it's been a busy month. We're heading off for a nice little vacation with some wonderful friends on Saturday, so here's our update for the upcoming week.

Last night we decided to take a jaunt out to the property to check things out for the first time since we signed on the 153 dotted lines. Wow. We have a LOT of work to do! This comes as no surprise to me, of course, but to see it in front of you is something else.

There is a lot of wasted space in this home, as you'll see in future posts. There really isn't any room in the house that is of an appropriate size in our minds.

We perused our options for demolition and agreed that it all has to go. All of it.

Even this Mom-sized shower and lovely wallpaper portrait deal:

We're hosting a demolition party in a few weeks. If you have a tool for smashing things (industry term, for those non-carpenters out there. Don't worry. A good month reading my blog and you'll be all on the up and up on industry lingo.), you are invited to come destroy walls, staircases, floors, old nasty bathtubs, just about whatever your hearts desire. Bring your smashing tool and get to work!

To round out our first visit, we were delighted to meet one of the neighbors. Mary, the charming neighborhood guard of sorts, sauntered on over to greet us. She and Greg met once before when he was out at the property just before the wedding. She couldn't wait to give us both great big hugs and tell us how thrilled the neighborhood is that we got the property. Apparently, we were all the rage in our little neighborhood.

So we'll put our adventure on hold for a short bit, but we'll be back soon enough.

Smashy things and all.