Wednesday evening we did our first entertaining in our new home. Many have been in the house before we moved in. Not to forget Lloyd and Neal who have been back and forth doing various repairs in the house. This would be the first chance for anyone to see the house transformed into a home.
On Sunday I made a point of inviting Pat and Merv over to visit with us before they head for holidays. Wednesday was the night chosen. I spent the day cleaning floors, dusting and picking up items that were in the wrong place. Of course as usual I did more than I should and by early evening had a migraine. Richard suggested cancelling but I said no. I took medication and hoped that it would keep the migraine under control. I'm so very glad that I chose to suffer through the pain as getting Merv and Pat's reaction on our home was great.
If you remember from our post in November when we were house hunting here in Prince Albert, Pat and Merv came with us to view this house, being about the third or fourth time we had been to see it. They were not happy with our choice, they pointed out how filthy it was and small and old, but we could see beyong that and our minds were made up.
So here we are the first week of February two months later. They were shocked on the transformation. Pat said they could now see what we were seeing through all the filth. Her first impression was how inviting the house was as they walked in. The next impression was how spacious it appear even with all our stuff, and as Pat said, we have a lot of stuff.
They took the tour and at each new view they were shocked. The colour I had chosen for the stairwell worked they were impressed at what a great choice it turned out to be. All the pictures up the stairs worked as a gallery of family shots. The orange room, now blue, was so much bigger looking and clean. Even the paneling on the other two rooms worked by giving a rustic look and feel to them. They thought we had painted more areas and rooms than we actually had which goes to show what a great job the ladies had done cleaning the house.
It is great to have new friends and to have them now see the vision we had when we first viewed this old and dirty house. Making friends can be hard but I feel that Pat and Merv will be regular visitors to our home and we to theirs. We are now planning our Open House for the church members and those who worked on the house before we moved so they can see the transformation of a dirty house to being a clean home.
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