Curb Appeal, Sweet Curb Appeal

Second pic: our house, newly painted. And I could only be happier if we had a better "before" picture to show off. Kaj's first birthday group picture will have to do. At least you can see the yucky putty yellow the house used to be compared to the gray on gray-green action we've got going now. And the RED door. Love it. Everyone on our block was outside the last two days while it was being finished all complimenting us on how good it looks. It was very nice of them, but it really points up how really decrepit it must have looked. Jennifer Coolidge has a perfect phrase in the movie "Best in Show"--she says something like "Before I got here, this place was a real shitbox".