AHHHH...The first mortgage payment came!!!!!!

The first payment came a few days ago, I think it's setting in we own a house, especially now! I knew what it was going to be but I still cringed when I opened the envelope and saw it! Guess it just became reality that Ross and I own something (I can't get my mind completely around that reality yet) and we aren't throwing money down the black hole of renting anymore.

Anyways, we have been working hard and.....*drum roll*.....the living room is done! It feels really nice to have our bedroom and the living room done. Ross and I finished it up this past Monday! We have moved furniture that night and just sat there a while making sure we really finished it. We can't believe it's been going so fast! But it's nice. :-D Here are some pictures of the process...

Taking off our cardboard molding.

Four rows in, this was by far the hardest part because of the fire place and two vents we had to deal with.

Moving along, fast at this point because there was one cut per row. GOD is good!

We put in a time capsule, well more like the news from that day. Maybe one day someone will find it.

Almost there!

This was about 11pm/midnight on Monday, we were so close we just finished it off.

Done! And GOD is awesome, we didn't have to rip any boards in a half for the kitchen or entry.

Finished!

We moved our stuff in, this isn't the places they are going but it was in and Ross could put the Jeep in the garage!

This weekend is more working on the house! My parents are coming in town this weekend to help up finish flooring the bedrooms, so by the end of this weekend you won't be able to see sub-floor at all!! *Does Kc dance* I'm uber excited and so is Ross. It'll be nice to walk around and not have to put your shoes on anywhere. The other good news is we over bought in bamboo so we maybe able to wood some areas we wanted to do wood but sacrificed for money 's sake, like the entry and hall outside our room! Which would be amazing!!! :-D

Ross and I haven't been doing much but working our jobs and working on the house. Although this past Thursday our small group had a Girls Night. So everyone came to our "house in progress" and we did a cookie exchange. They were all forewarned about how messy our house was and it's state. But they loved seeing it and being here anyway! It was fun just to hang out with all of them. All of our schedules are sooooo busy it's hard to get us all together. But, who can resist eating cookies and home made junk food?? That was a very nice break for me to not to have to come home from work to work on the house. Soon the major work on the house will be done and I think I'm going to miss it. GOD has really used this time of working to bring Ross and I together. He's used it as time to learn to work together better then we've done before (we did great before but improvement is alway a plus). And GOD's used it to slow us down from our crazy lives. Wood only goes down so fast and paint takes a while to dry!! I can look back on the month and see where GOD has truly blessed us; but at the same time taught us to trust Him more.

Here's what's left....
1. Wood the two extra bedrooms and hall
2. Use rest of wood to do entry and possibly other hall
3. Killz extra bedrooms and kitchen
4. Paint entra bedrooms, extra bath, hall, entry, and kitchen
5. Clean out garage so Ross can claim it as his.
6. Start putting holes in our lovely walls.... :-( to hang pictures.... :-) (It's good and evil thing!)
7. Look for tile because it's the next major project

One last picture for you, I forgot to put up pictures of the finished master bath so here they are...

Here's the double vanity and the master bedroom closet is on the right.

Here's the toilet and shower of our bathroom.