This is getting real.... stressful

So we locked in our mortgage rate at the same time keeping fingers crossed that rates do go up and not down, to reassure we made the right decision. We dropped off the fixtures at the house last weekend, and saw the new stone floors (pics posted soon) in the bathrooms. The trims are almost all done and we have garage doors! The front stairs also have the railing installed. We picked out paint colors thanks to bossycolorblog! It was so helpful. Once we get colors painted, I'll post pictures of those as well.

Job wise I have had 2 demo lessons at a middle school, a phone interview at a university, another upcoming demo lesson and an interview, I'm hoping to have a bidding war and I get tons and tons of money! (a girl's gotta dream!) Hopefully by the end of the month I will have the job thing settled. That would definitely alleviate one of the unknowns. If not, I have to save my pennies so I can commute and pay tolls to work. I am not looking forward to 1.5 hours each way (minimum). grrr. The job market is rough lately for educators (and everyone else)! I went to the Fairfield Educators Fair (job fair in CT) and there were over 1000 people looking for maybe 50 jobs. It was eye-opening and intimidating! You really felt like a needle in a haystack wanting to cry out- "Look at me!!"

pics of the garage doors, stairs and flooded stream (due to the passover plagues this year)

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Fixtures. Sounds fun. but not when you have to buy 30.

The fixtures are all going to be Seagull Lighting with the exceptions of the closets and the master bedroom. Dining Room Foyer/hallway Kitchen island mini-pendants Kitchen table chandelier

Front Door Colors

We have to pick a color for the front door. After some googling about feng shui, I found a great list of door colors on House Beautiful . I really liked Evening Sky (BM 833). I researched further and found the meaning of a blue door . Although our door doesn't face south, north or east, I really like the thought of a blue door, especially with our stream and the blue dining room. I think the door will tie it all in together.

We finally finished shopping for fixtures!

We ordered most of our fixtures from Lightingdirect.com, but for the exterior ones, we just went down to the local Home Depot. We decided to get a lamppost outside and the post comes with an outlet (for Christmas Lights or tools) and a sensor that turns the lights on from dusk to dawn. Hampton Bay Aged Iron Post Lantern Y37031-151 The lights that will frame the front door will be the same style. I think they're so cute! We also got outdoor motion lights for the front and regular spots for the back. No pics of those, because they're your typical spot lights, nothing special. Hampton Bay Aged Iron Wall Lantern Y37029-151 We also received our shipment with the ceiling fan and the closet lights. The closet lights we got for $8 each! They have 2 bulbs so they'll give plenty of light. In order to get them so cheap, we had to be flexible on the color. They're "Copper Revival" which is actually a little more copper penny colored than in the picture, b

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