Paint fumes = progress

Golden on the ground, originally uploaded by A-Wix.

I want to take a moment to publicly declare that my in-laws are amazing. They have spent the last three days ambitiously ticking off item after item from the daunting to-do list for our house. Here's a summary (almost certainly leaving something out):

- Both bedrooms painted
- Living room painted
- Dining room painted
- Accent wall in the kitchen painted
- Kitchen cleaned to within an inch of its life (Our range looks brand new! And it's from the early 80s!)
- Bathroom tub scoured clean and shamed for being so dirty
- Many heavy things brought up from the basement

I would be remiss if I failed to mention that we have wonderful friends who also chipped in to turn our house inside out, clean the gross insides, then turn it right side out again. Mark, Devin, Jon, and Andrew, you are the wind beneath our wings. Thank you.