House Update

Its been 2 weeks since we closed on our new place. We have had some delays in the cleaning/fixing-up process due to illness, but we seem to be back on track now.

The walls are cleaned, the carpets are cleaned, the bathrooms are cleaned and the kitchen is clean. The ceilings in the play room, dining room, living room and kitchen have a nice fresh coat of white paint on them. The play room has a coat of wall paint too that still needs some touch up, but as soon as I get that done I promise to post pictures.

The whole house is going to be the same color for now. Eventually we will be adding accents, but for now one color fits all!

PJ will be getting the swirly ceiling room, Daisy will be getting the blue ceiling room, and Baylie will be getting the blue wall room. The blue ceiling and the swirly ceiling will be staying. PJ's room will be done in primary color butterflies (thanks to some pictures I found and some peel and stick removable vinyl stickers). Daisy's room is going to get some peel and stick clouds for the ceiling and probably bubbles of some sort for the walls. Baylie's room will be done in horses again to help minimize the change factor for her.

We are doing the dining room in a barn/farm theme. And, since it opens into the kitchen, the kitchen will be too.

The dining and kids' rooms will be getting the carpet ripped out and laminate flooring put in. (Seriously, who puts carpet in a DINING room?!?!?!?!)Eventually (hopefully next spring) we will be doing the rest of the carpeted rooms (master, play, and living rooms) in laminate as well. Its much cleaner and healthier for us allergy sufferers.

The final project (besides actually moving of course) will be putting up the fenced yard for the kids and getting over their playground stuff. We are still hoping to get moved in by the middle or end of next week. If anyone wants to know how they can help I am taking volunteers to watch kids- do you know how hard it is to paint with kids around and no way to block them out of the room?

Next post I promise pictures!!!

Hello Summer

Hello everyone!

Well we have been busy the past few weeks! On May 31st we closed on our first home!! And ever since then we have been crazy trying to get it whipped into shape so we can move in. (Many thanks to everyone that's come by to help out!) The process has been slowed due to illness.

On Thursday I dropped B and D off at school and took P over to the new place to start scrubbing walls (hello 3 pack a day smokers). I got about 30 minutes into it when the school called me to tell me that D puked and I needed to come get her. (Seriously, I have a deep down deathly fear of up-chuck) So I put on my big girl panties and brought D back home, I call Grandma Fran when I got home and asked if she could watch D and P while I went to get B from school. (She did, thanks Gma F) And when I picked B up they told me she didn't eat breakfast or lunch (totally unlike B) and that she acted tired. Great, another sick kid.

Daisy continued to get sick for the rest of the afternoon/night/next morning. B didn't eat on Thursday at all, but bounced back on Friday. P puked Thursday night, but seemed ok on Friday. I got sick on Friday too, but thankfully I can't really bring things up. So, Saturday we did some errands and went to the new place to clean because everyone was feeling better. We made some serious head way that day. Then yesterday, B had some tummy problems (going down not up thankfully) and P puked again last night. So, I kept B home from school and we stayed home at the current house to let everyone rest and heal. Hopefully tomorrow we can get paint and supplies, finish cleaning (kitchen and master bed), and maybe get a little paint started! I may go back over tonight to finish the cleaning and get the paint so I can just start the paint tomorrow without the extra steps.

I still hope to be in the new place by the 17th (or sooner if I can swing it). And we will be having a house warming on the 3rd of July!