Tis The Season...

It's been about 2 months since we got married and about a month since we moved in to our house. It's coming along, slowly but surely. We're trying our best to make it "our own", but it seems to be rather difficult when the funds are limited! Here's a picture of the house before we even moved into it...please, do not mind Cory...

I'll try to post pictures as we change things, but so far, we've pretty much just tackled trimming the hideous bushes in the front yard (as you can see) and painting the fireplace mantle. FYI-I HATE our fireplace-and by hate, I mean HATE :) Painting the mantle has done it some justice, however, I would love to demolish all of the stones and redo the whole thing...they tell me it would be quite a task...we'll see ;)
BEFORE

AFTER (Mantle)

Don't mind the boxes, either...after a month, we're still moving in! Next project(s): paint, buy a refrigerator (we're currently borrowing Cory's cousin Jared's spare-thanks!), and decorate. Big projects: install a fence, redo the sunroom, put in hardwood floors and tile the bathrooms, new kitchen cabinets. Whew. It's going to be a busy year! Thank to everyone who offered to keep us when we got back from the honeymoon...you are very special people and we love you dearly.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!