The story so far...

Welcome to house (spackle) and wedding (the soiree) updates! I started this blog because there have been so many changes that a simple phone call usually ends up ten times longer than I originally intended. Also, we (the fiancee and I) have been scolded for failing to inform people of important updates - such as putting an offer on the house, acceptance, and closing. Oops.

For those who know me, this is a giant leap from my norm but I figured that it was the least intrusive way to keep people updated. So a quick recap of the important house and wedding stuff:

October 2013 : Searched for houses. Found some really grody ones. Got engaged. Here's the engagement announcement for those who missed it.

November 2013: Thought that I had found the perfect venue. Twice. Turns out it's really important to see these spaces in person. Saw a house, put in an offer, it was counter-offered, and there was a lot of waiting. The Broncos/Pats game (and the cold) helped distract me a bit (courtesy of two super nice people) while I waited for the seller to accept my offer.

December 2013: Talked to some caterers. Online shopped more wedding venues. Closed on the house on New Year's Eve.

January 1, 2014: Showed the house to the fiancee for the first time. Yes, he never saw it before we officially owned it. This first day was supposed to be a reconnaissance mission to figure out what needed to be done first. The house is in fairly good shape for being built in 1952 but it has a bunch of little things and lots of updating that needed to be done - such as old wallpaper that needed to come down. I (and so did he) grew up in a DIY family so the good news is that most of the updating can be completed ourselves with a lot of  help from our dads.

So, we got into the house, called the locksmith, and I asked my father how difficult it would be to remove the apartment sized, wood-paneled dishwasher from the kitchen. And before I knew it, my father had pulled it out from under the counter, made 2 trips to Lowe's, and diverted the sink plumbing.

That's the bare bones of catching up. The subsequent posts will break down the work in more detail.