Weekend 1: Cobwebs NOT included in the price of the house!

I got possession of the house this past Thursday.  Since then, IT HAS BEEN NUTS.  For all those moving into a new house, I ask you: ARE YOU CRAZY?!  Just move into a nice, clean hotel where the maid comes daily to clean and wash the sheets.  Seriously, consider it.

Below is a list of our projects so far that have been started by the team.  The team consists of the whole family.
Dad--project manager
Mom--cleaning extraordinaire & future reupholster/sewing expert
Ajay--(22 yr. old brother)--providing humor, odd jobs, and his ability to lift heavy objects
Patrick--(19 yr. old brother)-providing a sense of reality, odd jobs, and his 6 ft. height helps to touch all the places the rest of us can't.
Me--providing opinions, bossy-ness, and apparently I am now an ATM where money just keeps leaving my hands

Day 1 (Thursday night): 
Team members:  Dad & me
Tasks:
-Vacuumed and shampooed carpets (me)
-Vacuumed cobwebs out of windows, tops of ceiling, corners of walls, etc.  My new vacuum is phenomenal.  (me)
-Cabinet cleaning--with the vacuum of-course (me)
-Installation of  in-cabinet trash can (Dad)
-Took off cabinet doors and started sanding process (Dad)

HERE IS MY BEAUTIFUL KITCHEN!!  Fireworks to be set off later!  :)  

Cabinet doors OFF!  See ya later red, white, and blue! 













Day 2 (Friday):
Team members:  Dad, Mom, and me
Guest team member:  Taylor, co-worker with a truck from school
Tasks:
-Put together IKEA bed (Dad & Mom)
-Started to paint bedroom (Dad)
-Painted cabinet drawers (Dad)
-Delivered bed & set up (Taylor-----THANK YOU! and me....though I just provided the conversation!)
-Went to El Mariachis and had a Corona (me)

Bedroom being prepped for painting.  It was a lovely mauve

color.  Notice how the homeowners painted the trim.  :(  Now, 

we have to paint it white which is more work. 

Day 3 (Saturday)
Team members:  Dad, Mom, Me
-Cleaning kitchen cabinets (me)
-Taking this annoying contact paper off of the bottom of the cabinets (me)
-Sanding, painting, building in the kitchen (Dad)
-Bathroom & window cleaning (mom)
-Fridge cleaning (me & mom)
-Beginning of taking my things over (Dad & me)
-Trip to Home Depot to purchase wood for the kitchen, new lights because a single girl needs to make sure her lights are bright, and new locks/door handle-thingy-ma-bobs

Here is my dad caulking the gap between the white cabinet and the white ceiling.  It's that yellow stuff!  The gap was small, but happens as a house settles.  He used his finger to slather it on. 

Day 4 (Sunday)
Team members:  Dad, Mom, me, Ajay & Patrick
-Cleaning kitchen cabinets and putting a mesh liner down (no contact paper for me!)--(me)--THIS PROJECT IS DONE
-Major heavy lifting of furniture purchased at auctions out of parent's garage and into house (me, dad, Ajay, Patrick)
    *I did have a major STAR STRENGTH moment where I was able to lift a 20 pound box over my head   to put on a shelf.  Wahoo for working out at the Y! There were a couple of boxes of pictures, grade school/high school/college memorabilia that have been in boxes for years.  I still can't part with it though.  So I just left them in the boxes and moved them to my new house. 
-Oven cleaning (mom)
-Bathroom cleaning (mom)
-Shampooing of carpet (Ajay)
-Put dishes away in new cabinet, although the doors to the cabinet aren't there yet (me)
-Poop patrol of the old owner's dog (Ajay---seriously major points for this brother!)
-Installation of new furnace filters (Patrick---we are hoping he did it right.  He is the only one tall & skinny enough to fit in the small area to do this!)
-Sold microwave & bread box left behind by old owners on local buy-sell-trade FB site  (me)

Current state of the kitchen!  The grey is looking great!  

Bedroom wall painted and trim is being worked on!

Pat and Khloe are exhausted!  (Yes Khloe had to come check out the new house!)

Over the last 4 days there have been a lot of emotions going around in my head.   
Excitement.  Overwhelmed.  Nervousness.  Fear.  Anxiousness. 
There have been some tense moments between team members, especially me and my dad.  He and I are a lot alike.  Neither of us likes to have a voice raised AT us but that is how we both naturally respond when someone does something we don't like.  In trying to get the furnace filters in, I nearly burst into tears because I didn't understand what he was trying to tell me.  I almost melted into the thought of:  WHAT HAVE I SIGNED UP FOR?  I CAN'T DO THIS.  I CAN'T BE A HOMEOWNER.  Somehow I didn't melt down though.  Additionally, he annoyed me a bit when he was trying to bring all of kinds of things in to this house that I don't need.  One thing I love is EMPTY space and it stresses me out to have lots of junk.  He tried to bring in these TV tables that I didn't want/need and I almost flipped out.

A few surprises that we are not sure how we are going to deal with.
1)  There is a 2 ft section of baseboard missing from the living room in the middle of the room.  Lovely.
2)  The border above the tile in the kitchen is not coming off easily.  AND the walls underneath it are not textured the same as the rest of the wall.  We will see how we "fix" that. 

So under the patriotic flags is a lovely '80s swooshy-effect.  I bet you are wondering WHY on earth am I changing it?! 

We have had some beautiful days as far as weather so I have just been itching to run.  I love running without 97 layers of clothes on.  I squeezed in a run before the Home Depot excursion on Saturday.  My dad was tapping his feet to leave when I got back though.  It takes a while to do 7 miles Dad!  Then this morning, I got up early to run again.  I love running in the morning when most people are still sleeping.  It's like a secret being told between me, the road, and the day about to begin.  Ultimate peace.  I haven't done any Abs or Weight lifting since Thursday though so I better do a bit before I go to bed.  Especially since I made these Funfetti Cookies to give away.  Unfortunately, I ate a few too.  They were calling my name....
http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2012/10/funfetti-cake-batter-cookies-recipe.html