Update

So we have been in the house for a week now and boy does it feel great! We have gotten a lot done which has made our house smell nicer, but our bodies sore! We have painted both spare rooms, the hall and living room, and the dining room. We have some touch up paint to do in our master bathroom and the living room after a small repair and then some painting of our new baseboards and paneling, then we are all done with painting for awhile!
We have all the carpets ripped out and our new carpet will be installed on Wednesday this week. This is way faster then we thought it would be, so that made us very excited! Plus we are leaving for Hawaii on Thursday so it will be installed before we leave. I am looking forward to not having to wear my slippers because of the sub floor!
We had a landscaper come and pull weeds and mow, and lay some nice bark. It looks like a more presentable house in the neighborhood now.
I am falling in love with our home again and am looking forward to really moving in when we get back from our trip (no boxes and very few pieces of furniture have been brought in from the garage.).
We spoke with some of the neighbors who are glad that we are back and we heard comments like, "you've done more to the house then they did the whole time they lived here!" "They just kept the house closed up and you barely saw them." Sounds like and sure did look like they weren't the best neighbors. Lets hope Francisco and I can re claim good neighbor status with keeping our house looking nice!
That's all for now!
I will post some pictures when we get back!