After five months I am now officially happy with the outside of my house.  So now I will post a picture of it on the blog.  It was not cutting down the big ugly bushes in front that did it.  It was not the paint job alone that did it.  It was the paint job AND the shutters that did it.  I have always wanted a house with shutters and now I’ve got one!  Thanks to my wonderful husband for putting them up for me.  And for putting up with my silly dreams.