Jessica and Ryan Provost: Week 1

This first week has been filled with exhausting days and long nights of unpacking and CLEANING! I have no clue how a person could live in the disgusting conditions we found our house in...

On a positive note it's finally cleaned out and starting to smell clean and fresh! We have begun the long (and painful) process of unpacking all of our boxes. I never realized how much stuff Ryan and I have accumulated over the years. I can only imagine how much worse it will be the longer we're married! So far we only have one room completely painted and the ceiling of the family room painted. We have come to the realization that we are NOT painters by any means. In fact, I REALLY do not like to paint due to the fact that no matter what it ends up ALL over me. Yes. I even had paint on my back when we were painting Ryan's "man room". I leaned up against the paint roller. Paint and I just don't mix!

I have had to work this whole week, but now I'm thankfully on Spring Break so I can get some work done! Ryan has worked so hard this week (he's been off) cleaning and unpacking. Not to mention we have had so many friends and family volunteer their time (and cooking) to help us out. We really couldn't have done it without everyone's help! THANK YOU!

Tomorrow we get our new couches, and then the rest of the furniture will come on Tuesday. It has been kind of odd living with very minimal seating and storage this past week! We finally got our gas and cable hooked up too! So life is becoming much easier...

We are all loving the new house and adjusting well! Parker seems to like it, but is much more on edge than usual. He went from NEVER barking to barking at everything. I like to think that he's trying to protect us from everything... including the neighborhood cats and kids. Hopefully he'll settle down once he gets used to the noises. We're definitely not in Newtown anymore back in the woods! He even barked at a couple of flags in someone's yard when I took him on a walk! I just don't get it...