Chugging Along

I feel bad that I haven't updated in the last few days, but I couldn't think of anything to write about that didn't relate to our house. Well, that hasn't changed so I have resigned to stay with that subject.
However, before I dive into that I am pleased to announce the arrival of my nephew Henry George Shubin. He was born Monday evening weighing a hefty 9.5lbs. Congratulations to George and Rachel.
Saturday is the big day we've been looking forward to. We will be occupying our house full time! Currently, we are still working on painting the trim. It's slow going ,but I'm happy with the results. We have been getting a lot of help and I don't even want to think about how far behind we would be without it. I feel slightly panicked that we will not have all the painting done before Saturday, but I think I'm just wound up. I'm taking Thursday off to work on the house. Hopefully, this will give me the extra time I need to finish things up. The office has by far been the hardest color to pick. I originally wanted it to be antique green, but when I put it on the wall it looked like a Granny Smith apple. Then we decided to paint it the same nice gold color as the media room downstairs. Masha and I painted the walls and while the color looks great for the media room it made the office look like the inside of a pumpkin! Argh! I don't know what color I want for that room, but I have a very light yellow as a default if I can't find anything.
Monday, during lunch I was calling carpet stores in the area to see about buying carpets for our two bedrooms upstairs. Brand new carpeting is very expensive (about $20.00 a yrd). I called asking about remnants and found it to average about $10.00 a yrd. I remembered a place in Salem that only sold remnants and called them. They were by far the cheapest (about $7 a yrd) and I was able to get enough to fit both rooms so they will match. Mandee's dad, Craig, will be installing this on Monday. Since we couldn't get him in before the weekend we are going to be sleeping on an air mattress our first two nights in the house. I don't want to put together a bed only to have to move it out right away.
David and I are going to buy some light fixtures today. This is something else we just cannot seem to agree on. When we talk about the kind that we want we are both in agreement, but when we actually go look at the fixtures we just can't seem to narrow it down. I find it so odd that we've agreed on pretty much everything, but there are just a few small things we just go round and round on.
Sorry for the boring update. Hopefully I can get some pictures up for the next post to spice things up a bit. I may not be able to update again until next week, so until then...