Home Sweet Home

After almost 8 months, we finally moved into the little house we bought that was "ready to live in, but we just want a few updates"... so many times I thought of that old movie "The Money Pitt" with the Cheers people (Of course I can't remember their names - Shelly Long and Sam, maybe??). I'm adding the before pictures along with the "current" (don't want to say after b/c it's definitely stil a work in progress) so you can appreciate it more!

Above is the entry way with the fantastic blown glass 1950's light Mario's mom bought us. I love the design it makes on the walls when it's on. Obviously the front door still needs to be painted...

Here's the dining area - we knocked out the window and expanded into sliding glass doors. Made such a HUGE improvement...

Obviously we've still got a few walls to paint and definitely a lot of decorating to do, but I can't tell you how great it is to finally be living there! I'm slowly making curtains, buying furniture, hanging things on the walls, but it's taking me time to find things I like that are affordable. I'm consistently amazed at how outrageously expensive things are. You never realize how much free trade impacts you until you're trying to outfit a house in a country with protective import taxes on everything. More pics to come.

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Last Saturday was the baptism of Mario's nephew Santiago so all the family came to Rosario for the weekend for the baptism and party. Tio Mario's house turned out to be pretty popular with the boys (and I'm sure the PlayStation had NOTHING to do with that!) and there was only mild confustion with the youngest ones discovering I also lived in tio Mario's house...(how strange!) As always, we had a great time together and it was over too soon.

Here's Mario playing with the kids in the inflatable castle we rented...