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Life has calmed down a little bit now that I have turned in one of my papers, so I can manage to squeeze in a real update about the Future Humphrey Family of Two.

We are going to be living at Josh's current house and renting it from his folks. After looking at our options (and trust me, we looked at a lot of them) we decided that living in the house was probably the best thing for us right now. Med school is still uncertain for next year, so we want to be ready to move whenever we need to. One of the neat things about moving into the house is that we are painting it and cleaning it up a bit to look more like a house, not a college boy crash pad. I am up to my neck in paper, electric cords, and other various things boys accumulate, but Josh is being a total help with cleaning through things and getting on board with my attention to house details. The painting is done (for the most part) in what will be our room (eek! 53 days!) We painted it a light blue at the request of Josh and we're going to use my current comforter. The overall look will hopefully turn out how I want, but when you mix twall, houndstooth, damask, light blue walls, and brown furniture, you just got to cross your fingers and hope for the best!

I also started painting the living room and I'm really happy with the color that turned out. It's pretty neutral since Josh's dad requested we keep it simple, but it's nice to be able to cover up all those marks on the walls from the six different boys who have lived there at various times. My dad bought us a 6 foot ladder to use since the ceilings are so high and I started painting last weekend. Oh man, I didn't know a 12 foot wall took so long to paint!! It was quite a process and I was super tired when I finished, but it's quite pretty now.

Curtains are next for the house. I'm making them in the next few months, but hopefully can start keeping an eye out for some good prices. (Joann's in particular is my favorite.) I found some great ideas in Better Homes and Garden's Decorating Idea's Under $100, so hopefully I can utilize those and come up with some inexpensive, pretty things! Finally, I'm rearranging furniture in my mind about a bajillion times a day, so hopefully I settle on something soon!

Busy, busy as you can tell. Between all of that we have tests, showers, graduations, and a trip to NY with my family in the near future. Whew. I'm going to be starting a new blog once we get married, so if you have some cute ideas for names, please pass them along.