Hey everyone.

Here is a little more of what we have been up to (for the "inlaws" mostly).

n'joy

The "Shed"

Working on some landscaping
and a new parking spot in the backyard.
(in process, will have mulch up front,
and rock to park on eventually)



Cleaning out the Storefront for construction.

Okay, more ... sometime... maybe next weekend.
We are busy living life, and catching up with our "to do" list.

Thanks for checking in.

Quick house tour... for those who care.

Most of you know we found a great little number on foreclosure for cheap.
So we are joining the owners of America for tax write offs and for stimulus money!

Here is the tour (click for larger pics):

(behind our backyard tree line is the main road)

Let's go inside, from the rear entrance...(great room)

Guest room/Office
Kitchen

Master Bed/Bath/Beyond
(entrance through the kitchen).

(and we leave through the mudroom/garage door).
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Hope you enjoyed.
It is built in 1998. laid on it's foundation in 1999. One 60+ year old women owned it from 99-2006. Been in foreclosure hearings for 2 years... on the market for 80 days.

And maybe, just maybe, it will be ours by July 24th.
Fingers crossed.

PAROUBEKS KEEPING BUSY!

Hello faithful readers....

We have been busy cleaning, emailing, in meetings, job hunting, house hunting, and working on the landscaping of the Mission "House/Offices". Instead of talking too much, I will let the pictures clue you in. It has been busy, and will get busier and we keep cleaning, remodeling the offices, landscaping, and I look to visit the IOWA/NEBRASKA area during the 4th of July -- and then we will welcome robert back around July 15.... and hopefully close on a house in July.... and then I have a wedding up in the Cities on July 31st and I am trying to organize a 10 day trip to talk with mission teams and youth leaders in MN-WI-IA.

Sorry my bloggin' has been down,
I am planning on being more faithful in JULY
(we will be getting high speed then - so the slowest part of bloggin' will be my typing.

Thanks for your continued thoughts and prayers... more announcements, and pictures to come... so keep checking in...

(click on the images for larger versions as usual)

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the night we returned, 12:30am, Indianapolis

Picking up Claire in Atlanta, IL.
(another home of Paul Bunyan & his huge hot dog!)

And now, our little Victory Garden (planted 3 weeks late)

phase 1

phase 2

phase 3

phase 4


phase 5
(tomatoes hanging and on ground; Right to Left: zucchini, beets and cabbage; back on the right in Josh's cucumber patch)

phase 6
(now we wait for God to do his thing)


I also decided to stack are camping fire wood on a shelf.
(I am hoping to have a fire pit soon for the folks)

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Now the Storefront moving experience
(we are 3/4's of the way done cleaning as I post this)
This is my immediate homework today and tomorrow
(inside and landscaping)

the before shot, a little bit of an eyesore.


the game plan: two trees, ivy, signage, and roses for Usha!
(click to see larger version)

Phase 1:
Removing dirt and preparing for a plastic sheet, rock, new wood borders, and a arbor vide!
(we will be looking for a cheap concrete bench at garage sale this summers)

More to come on this project next post....
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We are also cleaning the inside of the storefront for a functioning office by Labor Day.
Moving everything to a storage site 1/2 mile away. pics of that eventually also.

Cleaning phase 1

Cleaning phase 2
(this is our other homework this weekend...
getting this all cleaned out for contract bids)

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here is the house we recently put a bid in on,
foreclosure, bank owned, undervalued...

Here is the link:

http://www.easystreetrealty-indy.com/miListingDetail.aspx?SID=943226746&LV=0&MINP=0&MAXP=999999999&MINBD=1&MINBA=1&MINGA=0&PT=RES&BS=False&MBM=False&MSF=0&MYB=0&MDM=0&NEW=False&HP=False&CT=Cicero&BO=False&OGC=False&RE=False&PH=True&ESR=False&SB=-1&POP=PRICE&MINPT=0&MAXPT=999999999&FNDX=0&VNDX=0&MLNUM=2915501

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Okay, well more will come later.
Now back to work.
We also have to get the GRAND MARQUE ready to sell to help get this "remodel" started by July!

I will try to post more in a week or so.
Thanks for your continued thoughts and prayers.