Day Fifteen: Completion and Before and After

Well, day fifteen isn't really day fifteen as we started all of this on December 5, 2013 and it is now January 12, 2014, but I guess it is just the number of days that I bothered writing anything on the blog and/or you bothered reading it. Thanks for going on this journey with us and the tons of encouragement you gave us. It meant a lot to us to be able to share this with you and to receive so much positive feedback from all of you. So...here are the proverbial before and after pictures:

 Before:
After:

It is all pretty dramatic and we are thrilled that it turned out the way it did. We are still in the midst of finding a place for everything (you should have seen how much stuff I put "just out of sight"), but we are much closer than we were even this morning. Thanks, God, for seeing this through for us. Help us to always know you are out for our good even when we cannot see your hand or sense your good pleasure.

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  1. PatriciaJanuary 12, 2014 at 10:00 PM

    Absolutely beautiful!!! I am so happy for you guys!

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    1. Mark DudleyJanuary 12, 2014 at 10:26 PM

      Thanks, Patricia. Nan baked two different kinds of cookies tonight and, well, I will be 900 pounds soon. :)

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  2. RominaJanuary 15, 2014 at 10:37 AM

    Looks fantastic! What a difference!

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    1. Mark DudleyJanuary 15, 2014 at 1:01 PM

      Thanks, Romina. We are enjoying it very much. Especially the counter tops.

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  3. UnknownJanuary 17, 2014 at 8:23 AM

    Awesome job Mark, looks fantastic! When are you coming over to work your magic on ours?!

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  4. Mark DudleyJanuary 17, 2014 at 8:25 AM

    David - all I did was watch the contractors do their work. Well, maybe I did something a little more than that, but not much more. Thanks for stopping by!

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