Beach Trips and a City House for a Country Mouse

I realized that I have not been here for over a month. I have been on the road and have put about 2000 miles on my car in the last six weeks: a trip to Austin to see Leah and the boys, a trip to Naples, FL to meet with nine college friends, a trip to Rosemary Beach, FL with Katie, Adam and the girls, a trip to Houston for Emma Kate's ballet recital,  and several trips to Tupelo with Clark to prepare Sara's house for sale. In the meantime, we have purchased a house here in Memphis that we are really excited about.  We are tired of our "flat" and not having a home that belongs to us. The house we just bought is a 1938 home in an older part of Memphis.  It needs a bit of updating which we were not expecting, but we think it might be fun to redo the kitchen and the master bath before we move in.  Since we are renting, we can stay here over the summer until our lease runs out and hopefully we can get the renovation completed before we move out of here. (I wonder if that will actually happen)  
Anyway, it might be fun to take some "before" and "after"  pictures and maybe you could even weigh in on some ideas---I'm open to suggestions.  I will post pictures of the house after we close so that I won't jinx the process. The lady we bought it from has owned it since 1947 and is experiencing seller's remorse.  So we are holding our breath in case she finds a way to back out of the contract.  I understand it is hard to let go of the home you lived in for 64 years, but you could still be nice to the potential buyers.  Or not.  


Pictures of the fun I've been blessed to have lately:

                     Love my  grandbabies.              

My buddies from Ole Miss days