Update

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to give a general update.

1.  The garden has turned out to be wonderful.  We produced a number of pumpkins, cantaloupes,  bell peppers, spicy peppers, broccoli, and tomatoes.  The strawberries only had a very short production and the watermelons were being attacked so much it was never able to fully produce.(By squash bugs.)  We are still getting some late fall produce but pretty much we are done for this year. 
~~As a side note our garden was so great now we have a mole problem.  Great big piles of dirt (signs of their passage) now litters the nice front yard.  We'll have to start making plans to rid the critters.
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2.  The bathroom in the master is fully gutted and after an eventful week of flying bats coming thru the nonfunctioning air vent, we are proud to say it is also pest free.  The mold resistant drywall is partially up and we have began looking at some of the finishing touches that we would like to install.
~~As a side note a new IKEA has just opened less than 20 miles from us.  We like some of their selections and may find ourselves purchasing some of their styling choices.
3.  It has been a bit hectic lately as both Phillip and I have decided to continue our education with Master's degrees in our chosen fields.  Though we are both going to school part-time its been hard to find the time necessary to do more of the D.I.Y. things that we both desire to do.

What is next?
I have decided to take the first week in December off work and do some of the design projects in the house that has been on my to-do list for a little too long.  Mainly I'm going to finally paint and decorate both on my son's bedrooms and the main hallway.  Neither room had been painted in years and it shows.  It will be fun to change the feel of the rooms and allow them to pick out their favorite colors and characters to really make the room special for them.

I have also asked my husband for the very nice Christmas present of a working and functional master-bathroom.  When will he have time to do this?  I have no idea, but it's my only Christmas wish so I'm hoping to go into 2015 with a master bathroom.

Keep checking back with us as we will update periodically about our adventures.

DayDreaming

Just day dreaming about what if we added a 2nd floor to our house. It could look like this

The upstairs could be laid out like this which would give us 3 bedrooms upstairs

The downstairs could be changed to the following which would really help the kitchen

We could also build a garage like this and place it on the side somewhere

Or we can just keep the $150,000 in our pocket and retire earlier .... 

Guest House Dilemma

So this year we replaced the roof to the guest house to stop any damage that may be occuring but we still haven't decided what to do with it ...

clean out the trash and replace the flooring with some nice hardwood

maybe something like this

we could bust this out .... not sure what it was maybe an old gas fire or heater?

We could mount a T.V. here

We could replace this with a new A/C unit

And how about an electric fireplace for heat?

A little stove here

and a small fridge here ... or maybe we could swap them and place the stove here

we could end up with something like this except no upper cabinets

not certain what to do with the back door ...

not shown but we could add a shower just to the left of this sink and redo the floor in the bathroom.