House-warming = Break...

or, at least, that is what I told everyone I worked to their wit's ends before Sunday's house-warming party. There were just a very few things I absolutely had to get done beforehand and, while I'm not normally a demanding kind of person (in fact, I usually shy away from asking for anything from anyone), I was definitely an out of character drill sergeant on the days leading up to Sunday.

Did we get it all done? Yes, we did!

Just hours before the party began, I had Tommy moving  light fixtures around and Ben installing the new hardware on my sink. Timmy was painting trim work and I was still cleaning. BUT by the time 2:00 rolled around, we were in great shape. In fact, I wasn't stressed at all!

Jana and Jay were hosting the party, and they did an amazing job with the food and layout. I got some wonderful gifts and got to spend some time with my friends and family, which was the most important thing. It was literally perfect. No exaggeration: perfect.

Since a picture's worth a thousand words, I'll let them speak for the party and also finally show my house to the world-at-large. Thanks to everyone who came out and made it such a memorable day.

On second thought--I'm going to put pics of the house in a separate post, otherwise this post will have a million photos in it. :)