Certified to Occupy

This past Tuesday, exactly 234 days after breaking ground last spring, we officially received our "Certificate of Occupancy" or CO for the house. This means we can legally and legitimately move in. Woot, woot! BUT...wait for the but...having a CO doesn't mean it necessarily makes sense to move in. Why? Well, because we're not quite done yet. One big thing still stands in our way. Painting. Ick. There are lots of little loose ends to tie up, many that will probably still be loose for some time after we move in, but we both decided that painting is one thing that needs to be done before we officially move into the new house. It just doesn't make sense to move all our stuff in only to have to cover it up and work around it to get the house painted. Luckily, we've enlisted the help of a few good friends who paint houses professionally to get the job done as quick as possible. Hopefully, we'll be officially occupying our house just after the New Year. Yippie!

Here are a few pics showing the painting prep. Sorry for the bad pictures, they were taken on my phone. Maybe we should just stick with the red, white and blue color scheme throughout the house!