Changes, Part 1

Alfredo loves to make changes to our house. He is such a hard working guy, and he really enjoys home improvement projects. Or at the least, he enjoys the results of home improvement projects... I am sure there are moments in the process that he doesn't enjoy as much.

About two months ago, we bought a new door. (It was time. The old one was an ugly green and had a door knocker that said "The Fishers" on it. After almost 10 years in this house, it was time to not have someone else's name on our door. Also, there was space at the bottom of the door and so we had to keep a towel rolled up there to prevent all our hot/cool air from leaking outside. It was time to replace it.)

Michelle is Alfredo's sidekick and a kiddo with definite good taste and strong ideas about what she likes. So she picked out the door, and the color of paint. We were a little uncertain about the color of paint at first (it was supposed to be darker and more red), but we really like it now. Michelle also picked out the doorknob...she really wanted this kind, not the regular knob.

Alfredo picked out and installed a new doorbell. There was nothing wrong with our old doorbell, but this one is certainly prettier.

He also painted the numbers on our house. When we moved in, the house had two silver numbers and two black numbers. It has always bugged me, but I've never done anything about it. I don't know that I'd even mentioned to Alfredo that it bugged me, but I was thrilled when he painted the numbers.


But these changes were just the start of what he had planned.