Old House....NEW HOME

No I don't have a clue about how to "blog," but I intend to give this my best shot. I wish I had pretty little headers and cute little birds chirping when you clicked on my blog, but I have NO CLUE as to how to do all that. I have been going through this alone for about 2 weeks now, and I thought, "I just know that there are other people who would love to laugh at this situation with me, or give me suggestions on how to deal with this journey, (without large doses of valium preferrably).

A few months ago, my husband, Mike, and I decided to move into his house and rent my house out. We both brought our own "houses" into this marriage when we tied the knot in November of 2007. His home has more square footage, and with 3 children living here, we needed it. My home was situated on only one piddly acre of land, while he has a nice 4 acres in a more rural area. The wonderful part is that we could get a puppy and give him/her a nice big fenced in yard and lots of room to enjoy life.

The only problem with this picture is----HIS HOUSE!!! He purchased this house while married to his ex wife. She is into horses, so apparently, as far as I can see, the horses got ALL of the attention. The HOUSE got absolutely none. Let me say that I realize all women are not DIY Divas like me. However, there are just some things that should never be left "as they are." For example the avocado green carpeting that I'm totally sure MUST have been in this house since it was built sometime in the 60's. The light fixture in that room looks like it was on the original set of Star Trek. Wow, how can you continue to allow something so hideous to reside in your home all of these years. My daughter Paige, as well as myself, have horrible allergies, and this home has had numerous tenants of the feline variety.

I am a stay at home mother and we have a 14 year old son, Austin, a 13 year old daughter Emily, (who lives with her mom but comes to visit frequently), a 7 year old daughter, Paige, and an 11 month old baby boy, Nathan (AKA Nate Nate, or sugarbug). Also, this week, we rescued a puppy from the shelter, (Baron, 5 months) he is a collie/shepherd mix. Let me just tell you, although my husband makes enough $ for me to stay home, we do not have enough money to just shower this home with all of the $ and renovations that it needs all at one time.

Back to the house...........ok when we made the decision to leave my cute little 1500 sq. ft home that was just so darling, we realized that this would be a big undertaking in the way of redecorating, remodeling, etc. However, never did I realize the hugeness (is that even a word?) of this project. After a couple of mini meltdowns this past week, I have decided that you guys are going on this journey with me. So can you please fasten your seatbelt and hang on because this chick is taking you for a ride you will never forget!