WOW!!!! I haven’t been here in like forever!!! Sorry about that   I can’t believe it’s been a year since I moved out of NY. Since then I was able to finish working on the house with Shane… blood, sweat and tears later, we were able to move in in April and we’ve been living here ever since. It feels great to look around and think of all the hard work and money we put into it, it’s very rewarding! This month we are replacing our windows from WindoWizards. We had a salesperson come in and show us a window sample. And when he did a comparison/demonstration between our window and their window, we were SOLD! I think it’s gonna break Shane’s bank but it’s very worth it. We’re also going to replace the entry door with  Pella fiberglass entry door with 3/4 oval decorative glass, it’s gonna look BEAUTIFUL! Our job is not done though, we’re saving to have more work done on the house such as central air and a gas line. I also want to renovate the kitchen and get a gas stove. Below are some photos I’d like to share.

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The first photo is the entry door going to the livingroom. I thought that extra wall piece was a nice touch but it had to go because it made the livingroom small. Taking it down made it look bigger and airy.

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The recessed wall has gotta go! I think the previous owner used that to put shelves but we removed it. Even though it was about 6 inches off, it made a huge difference. Sometime in the near future, I’d like to cut half that wall down to create a window looking through the kitchen.

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The last pic shows the livingroom at a different angle towards the bedrooms (you can see the master bed on the second from the left shot). Notice that we also replaced the flooring with Horizontal Carbonized Bamboo flooring from Lumber Liquidators. It’s so much beautiful in person, these photos don’t do justice.

I’d show you more pix of how it looks now all furnished but I need to do a little bit of cleaning before I do… LOL… one thing I’m sorta bad at is decorating. I like that Moraccan look, but I also like Asian, or anything traditional. I like small little details on pieces and Shane doesn’t. So right now we have the basic furniture in the house. As far as decorative items, it’s non-existent.

 I also like to announce my neice, Maiya, ain’t she cute?!?! She shares the same birthday as my son, Ivan, who turned 11 on June 8.  I went to visit her in Bellingham, WA for a couple of days and I miss her terribly. 

I have to say, I still have a knack for being a mom. And the look on Shane’s face, I think he’s ready to be a dad and he’s going to be a great one as he is with my kids. And speaking of…

Now that Shane and I have a place to call our own, we are trying to conceive. You heard it right, we’re trying to have a baby! Actually, we’ve been “casually” trying for the past year since I got off the pill and I stopped smoking but not until June when I was REALLY serious about it. A friend of mine introduced me to a site where I can track my monthly menstrual cycle. I’m a VIP member at Fertility Friend, where I track my cycle everyday. If that wasn’t so gung-ho, I bought a basal thermometer that I use every morning, a shitload of ovulation test on eBay, Pre-seed “fertility friendly” personal lubricant (because KY Jelly and other lubes can harm sperm), prenatal vitamins, books on fertility and getting pregnant for $0.99 each @ alibris.com, all the way down to making myself a fertility bracelet. When I have a strong desire for something, I go all the way… LOL