more house stuff

stuff is happening so often and so fast, i feel like i can't blog it fast enough to stay on top.

friday, we got our keys and began cleaning right away. matt began a few little odd jobs to get us ready for painting and some other misc tasks that needed to be done. late in the evening, we made a home depot trip to beat all home depot trips - $377 on "small stuff" (and a crapload of paint).

saturday, a ton of our very-good-sport friends and family showed to help with various painting tasks. accomplished much, but not all, as i'd expected. yeah, i was ambitious. and nobody told me you had to prime with grey or pink before painting with red. i will never paint with red again. went home feeling exhausted and overwhelmed, and quite teary.

sunday, knowing how much needed to done, michael, lani, allie and sam took our house key and left church right after service to get started. what amazing friends we have. they started with pulling carpet, having removed carpet and pad from the living room by the time we got home - and they were well on their way to removing all the staples and tack strips. we also figured out why the previous owners had laid the carpet: a big patch of water or burn damage on the living room floor that had been sloppily covered with the same paint they'd used on the walls. matt needed some stress relief, so he pulled the rest of the carpet and pad from the hall and other rooms. mike & lani ended up staying late into the evening, as did matt's mom - bless their hearts. we finished painting the kitchen, and made progress on other various tasks. part of pulling up the carpet was the revealing of the suspicious corner of our bedroom, which had a bubble under the wood flooring, and a big square patch where there was no wood flooring - just an extra layer of plywood. lameness. note to selves: bring home carpenter buddy to have a look.

monday, clarice came over and focused on painting the edges in the kitchen. so glad i didn't have to do it. added knobs and outlet covers/switchplates in the kitchen. feeling like it's looking sharp.

tuesday, today, matt brought our friend don home after church for a look at the floors. suspecting rot, they begin pulling up the floor to reveal the subfloor having rotted through. don uses the words "the worst i've ever seen". he tests the edges of the house and finds rot in the other bedrooms as well, though to a much lesser degree. we're upset, but i'm taking it surprisingly well. matt's beside himself and in serious buyer's remorse. contacted our inspector, who is coming to have a look tomorrow, and feeling terrible about the situation, because he wasn't able to navigate our crawlspace due to snow run-off that had caused standing water in the crawlspace at the time of the inspection. i keep telling myself "it is what it is", and as i pray nearly the whole way home in the car, i find myself just wanting matt's heart to be soothed, because when he is confident, i can be confident too.