Finally---the before and after pictures of our CA house

Bathroom vanity before and after-

Kitchen before and after-

My mom went to our house to take pictures for me. I forgot to take pictures with all the hustle and bustle of moving and packing.

Guess what? Our home is rented and we are so happy. The people seem great and passed the screening and background checks with flying colors. We are thankful for God's provision.

Looking at the before and after pictures, I am shocked that we were able to accomplish that much. Here is a quick glimpse of what we did in SIX weeks. We worked to the last day in the country-crazy---

Kitchen- scrubbing on hands and knees and on a ladder, taking down cabinet doors, restaining cabinet boxes and doors and changing all the hardware, cleaning and repainting inside of cabinet boxes and shelf papering on all cabinet shelves, painting, new stove, refinished sink, new faucet, new pipes below sink, new light fixtures, regrouting the tile, refinishing the sink, re-screening and painting the screen door, and a new laundry machine!

Bathroom- scrubbing on hands and knees and on a ladder, painting, repairing the toilet, replacing the countertop, sink, and faucet, new pipes below the sink, new light fixture, painting the vanity and the hardware, new towel racks, new doorknob, re-grouting tub and scrubbing repeatedly!, and a new bath shower curtain.

3 Bedrooms- scrubbing carpet on hands and knees, vacuuming repeatedly and then cleaning with rented Rug Dr twice, cleaning all walls and painting, replacing all the screens, replacing on the outlet and the outlet covers, and painting all the closets.

Living and Dining room- scrubbing (see a common theme here?), replacing outlets, outlet covers, painting, scrubbing grout and windows, replacing screens, painting doors, replacing locks, and new light fixtures.

Heating and Cooling- replacing thermostat, installing an evaporative cooler, fixing the wall heaters.

Outside- removing 5 foot high weeds (a half ton- that's a lot of mowing and raking!), having 5 large trees trimmed and 3 trees removed, reseeding front grass, putting in a small sprinkler system, putting in 3 flowerbeds and flowers to line the front fence, mulching the side driveway and front sidewalk area with bark, repairing and redoing the garage door, replacing light fixtures, painting the inside of the garage (graffiti), replacing one fence post, and adding some rock.

Whew... I'm tired just writing it down! I think we need a vacation! :)