Adventures in Painting

It's official. We're all moved into our new home. Well... I take that back. We're not all moved in. Everything is here, but it's not unpacked. Two days before the move my sister, mother in law, and myself painted the cabinets in the kitchen... in case you forgot here's the before shot

Horrible, right?? The yellow isn't so bad, but with the green it's awful!

The color we chose (read: were given) is kind of an off white / eggshell color. It took two coats to cover everything up, but even just a little made it look so much better!

With just one coat it brightened everything up!

and TADA! All done! Pardon the messy counters... I kind of threw everything up there. I love the way the color turned out. Also, side note and mini happy dance: I have a dishwasher! I didn't have one at our old house! I'm just a lot excited!
Next I think we'll tackle the bathroom!

Adventures in Moving

Doesn't always seem like when you get bad news about anything it usually falls in sets of three?

Bad news #1: My car died. It's gone. The cost to fix it is about as much as a new car, so we're just looking for a new car now.

Bad news #2: I lost my job. Yes, I'm still whinging about it. (Last time I promise!)

Bad news #3: We're being forced into a move. The neighborhood (read: Trailer park) we live in is being closed down. Long story short: everyone is being forced to move. It was a bit of a shock because they didn't give us very long at all.

This Meme sums up how I feel right now. My house is a wreck.  I have a lot to pack, and very little time to do so. 

The good news? We found a new place! We signed the new lease and we have keys! The only problem with the new place is it needs some painting. 

I love most of the house; it's just the kitchen, living room, and mailbox that needs work. (Adventures in Decorating to be continued on another post) . 

Here's the The front walk... I added the solar lights :) 

Behind where I was standing, there is a little garden area at the corner of the street. Complete with cute little bird house. 

The mailbox will be an easy fix. It just needs a new flag. The current flag is Georgia Tech. We are not a GT family. This will be replaced with a UGA flag if anything. 

Here's the outside of the house. It's so freaking adorable! Please excuse my husband sticking out his gut.

Here's the kitchen. I'm sure you see what I mean in that it needs work. The green will not be staying! 

So now that I've spent too much time procrastinating. (Amanda has an amazing post about such a thing here.) I need to get back to packing. Anyone willing to come to Georgia to help will be provided beer and pizza.