A New Year

Hope everyone is staying warm during this frigid start to the new year. After a wonderful and relaxing holiday season we are trying to get back in the swing of things. Stuart started teaching today. He has three classes this semester including a Senior Level Capstone class. He is still applying for jobs and we hope to start hearing some feedback from all the applications soon. We are attempting a healthy start to the new year. Thanks to Stuart's uncle David we learned that the gym at the end of our street is assoicated with they gym that accepts our membership from Lafayete. We have been 3 time this week, our membership lasts until May--We will be glad when the temperatures pop back up so we can walk. My yoga studio is offering some new classes including Bikram style hot yoga. The temperature in the room hasn't been that warm yet but i'm enjoying the workout. We are still enjoying a break from house remodeling but plan to start back soon. Next up will be painting the laundry room and putting in more convenient storage.

Our Tree

We finally got our tree up a couple of days ago. Rachel came over and helped Stuart and I put it up. You can also see the living room walls, floors, curtains, and rug in the picture. We will normally have a counter height table with a couple of bar stools in this corner of the living room. Sara is glad to be off for Christmas Eve. Thats all for now, more pictures to come. We are off to drive around to see Christmas lights around the city.

Still working!

Stuart and I have been working diligently on the house the last couple of days. We have the 3rd coat of polyurethane on the dining room (behind because boards had to be replaced when stains didn't sand well the first go round), finished sanding the stairs, and have completed the trim prep in the bedroom and hallway. With any luck Ellen will be able to paint the trim this weekend and we will get furniture moved in early next week!! We are so excited and Sara is getting anxious to decorate for Christmas.

Kitchen pre-remodel. We aren't starting work in here until January

Downstairs Bedroom

Living Room

Pictures from the years before the remodel