As Demanded

So some of you have asked for pictures of the house. I only really have scary before pictures since everything is still a work in progress. I'll try to post the less scary ones here and then update with completed rooms, if that ever happens.
Here is one part of the front of the house. We got a new roof, and we've been watering the grass, which actually makes a big difference (go figure). Here is the other part of the front, where the bedrooms are. I love the foliage, and eventually I'm sure it will look nice, and not like a jungle. Right now there is a big hole in the front where we are putting in egress windows for the basement, which makes it doubly attractive! This is the great room, and by "great" I mean "where the UPS guy can't see our mess from the front door." It's actually a very cosey room with our furniture in it, and we enjoy hanging out in it quite a bit. The two upstairs smaller bedrooms both looked like someone murdered a box of crayons and the blood splatter got all over the walls. I guess they let their kids "splatter paint" the walls and ceilings. Awesome! One of the reasons we loved the house was the lot. It is a big lot, but not too overwhelming. It's almost twice the size of our last one, but more landscaping and hardscaping had been done. This is a picture of part of the backyard. Another reason we loved the backyard was this covered porch/pergola. There are pretty vines, a flower box, and shelves to put up flower pots. I can't wait for next spring! We've had a few problems we didn't see coming, like broken sprinklers, mold in the basement, rotten windows etc, that have caused the causmetic fixes like paint and decorating to be pushed back on the priority list. It's going to be a lot of hard work, but eventually we'll get there.