Hello again!!! (some on and off-topic, mostly, off-topic)

Well dang if y'all don't chatter like a bunch of magpies!! LOL Sorry,
started getting the twang after 48 hours in VA, and now i'm just plain
giddy with being able to talk with all of you again.

Let me give you the run-down:

You all read about the day we were supposed to be packed up and gone and
the new owner and her parents went through the house - talked with our
lawyer and basically, told him that they had a chance to mention things
on Thursday before signing papers on Friday, and that it wasn't my
concern anymore. Check made it to bank, so we don't have 2 mortgages
outstanding any more.

Got to VA on the 16th, had trouble getting in touch with the realtor to
get the keys to the house, finally got her on the phone and we got
inside. Offloaded everything from the van and got things reasonably
situated (we all camped out in the master bedroom until our stuff got
here, which wasn't until Friday!!!!!).

Tried to track our things, were informed "sometime Friday
morning"...whatever. In the meantime, I located the Home Depot (Lowe's
is still being built) and we found the WalMart SuperCenter (needed some
clean clothes, had no way to wash what we had brought with us). Within
a matter of 24 hours, I had nearly all the paint for the interior of the
house, flooring for my sewing room/office, bits and pieces for other
work, and I got started. First on the list was stripping down the
floral wallpaper in the living room...woohoo!!! Grabbed stuff made by
M-1, scored the paper, sprayed it on, gave kids baths, and when i came
back down, it just peeled right off...no residue or anything!!

Okay, not sure what happened on each exact day, so I'm trying to get
things figured out....on one of the trips to Home Depot, I almost ran
over a little kitten that was staggering badly and having spasms.
Another lady stopped and she managed to get a box, I dumped the trash
container in the van, and scooped him up (Rebekah was with me and the
entire way to the vets, she was going, "aww, poor kitty, don't worry,
mommy's here."). Got the cat to the vet...simply walked in, said,
"help" and I was whisked to a room and immediately visited by 2 techs,
followed by the doc. I informed them that I couldn't take the kitten
because of my 3 adult males, but that I *did* want to be kept updated on
the condition. Apparently, the cat had received a serious blow to the
head (not sure if deliberate or accidental) and it appears to be blind,
but they are taking care of it for now. Back to HD, bought new fridge
and stove (think the ones here are from when the house was originally
done, in the late 70s!!).

Movers get here around 1030 on Friday instead of 9, like they were
supposed to, but that was okay as we were up around 6am, and I got back
to work putting the remainder of the flooring in (funny, just removed
the casing around the closet doors and had a perfect fit, no cutting
down of boards or anything!). Still have a little bit to do where the
room exits to the hallway, but can't do it now as there are boxes
everywhere!!! Unloaded truck ALL day Friday until around 8pm, guys
weren't informed that ours was an unpack, so they came back Saturday and
unloaded most of the stuff from boxes (except for the books that were in
our basement...they will be going up in Ken's office, once we get it
finished - insulation, walls, floor, etc...lol).

Ken and I spent Sunday trying to get at least one room cleared out and
usable...he did the family room with the tv and worked a bit in our
room, I did the kitchen, Thomas' room, Rebekah's room, and tried to
figure out what ot do about the sewing room.

Today was the first day of school...Thomas, Rebekah, and I woke up at
640am, Ken had alreayd been up for a while so that he could get a chower
and what-not (we have 2 full bathrooms, so he showered downstairs, which
was very nice as the upstairs bathroom is between the MBR and Rebekah's
room). Got everybody dressed and ready to rock. Had a cup of coffee,
made a cinnamon-raisin bagel for thomas (gave a little bit to Rebekah),
packed lunch for Thomas, went through everything to see if I had missed
anything. Waited for the bus.....waited....waited.....waited.....drove
to next bus stop to ask if they knew where we were supposed to be, in
the process, missed the bus sigh. Got Thomas to school in time,
found bus driver, confirmed that she was the one who would be picking
up/dropping off Thomas, and asked about bus stop. SHe said to just wait
at the end of the driveway :-)

Once Thomas was at school, it was time to try and locate a Cingular
store, in another city, but only about 15 miles away...did that, have
local cell number now, called insurance agent to set appointment, headed
back to house. Grabbed lunchable for rebekah, hunted up papers for
insurance guy, loaded back up in van, off to office, dropped off papers
(have to return in a couple of days so that he can get our new stuff set
up). Back home, rebekah had some cartoons while I started trying ot
sort through the boxes in my room....found a lot that didn't belong in
here (Christmas decorations, boxes of stuff that are supposed to go to
Ken's room when it is done, etc.), but *did* empty some of the fabric
boxes and get them into cabinets. I will have to empty and reshuffle
them once I see exactly what all I have, but at least there are less
boxes in the room grin.

I did my room backwards....flooring before painting, but I didn't know
what colors i wanted in here. Oh well, drop cloths are my friend....and
anyway, I needed new trim for the room, so it's no big deal (we still
have spacers around the edge of the new flooring, so it should shift,
and with as much stuff as is in here now....lol). Will probably find a
small area rug so that it will cover the floor between/under both
tables/desks, and need to get a rolling chair as well. I'm currently
using a bit of fabric that I can't remember it's original use under my
chair to protect the floor, but hey...it's better than nothing, right??

Um...um...Thomas made it home safely, but once home, got into a little
bit of trouble...he didn't eat his lunch...just the popcorn that I
packed as part of his lunch and the gatorade. Asked him why and he told
me he didn't know it was there...HUH????? He had to have seen the
sandwich because it was between the gatorade and the popcorn. ARGH!!!
Talked with his teacher and she said that there was so much chaos today
(first day of school) that a lot of children only ate their snack, but
then I reminded her about his meds, and that he NEEDS to eat. SHe said
that she or the aide would make sure that he ate at least half his lunch
from now on (FYI: he's on Concerta for ADHD, and one of the side effects
is decreased appetite....he's 5.5yrs old and weighs only 38 lbs.).

So....that's pretty much what's been going on. I made a list of things
to be done - everything that we know of right now - room by room, and
will be trying to get everything taken care of a little at a time. Ken
will be doing the priming of some of the walls, and i will be doing the
majority of the rest of the work. Since Ken has to set up his computer
tonight, I will be trying to get our bedroom straightened up...we are
trying to figure out how to set everything up...bed location, etc. It
may take a while to get everything figured out, and i may not be as
chatty as i normally am for a few days, but.....................


I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKK!!!

Larisa

P.S. please note new name grin Also, email address linked with name
is valid, just not main email address

aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! Hopefully things
will go smoother from now on.

--
Mary
http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948

"CNY/VAstitcher" wrote in message
...
: Well dang if y'all don't chatter like a bunch of magpies!! LOL Sorry,
: started getting the twang after 48 hours in VA, and now i'm just plain
: giddy with being able to talk with all of you again.
:
: Let me give you the run-down:
:
: You all read about the day we were supposed to be packed up and gone and
: the new owner and her parents went through the house - talked with our
: lawyer and basically, told him that they had a chance to mention things
: on Thursday before signing papers on Friday, and that it wasn't my
: concern anymore. Check made it to bank, so we don't have 2 mortgages
: outstanding any more.
:
: Got to VA on the 16th, had trouble getting in touch with the realtor to
: get the keys to the house, finally got her on the phone and we got
: inside. Offloaded everything from the van and got things reasonably
: situated (we all camped out in the master bedroom until our stuff got
: here, which wasn't until Friday!!!!!).
:
: Tried to track our things, were informed "sometime Friday
: morning"...whatever. In the meantime, I located the Home Depot (Lowe's
: is still being built) and we found the WalMart SuperCenter (needed some
: clean clothes, had no way to wash what we had brought with us). Within
: a matter of 24 hours, I had nearly all the paint for the interior of the
: house, flooring for my sewing room/office, bits and pieces for other
: work, and I got started. First on the list was stripping down the
: floral wallpaper in the living room...woohoo!!! Grabbed stuff made by
: M-1, scored the paper, sprayed it on, gave kids baths, and when i came
: back down, it just peeled right off...no residue or anything!!
:
: Okay, not sure what happened on each exact day, so I'm trying to get
: things figured out....on one of the trips to Home Depot, I almost ran
: over a little kitten that was staggering badly and having spasms.
: Another lady stopped and she managed to get a box, I dumped the trash
: container in the van, and scooped him up (Rebekah was with me and the
: entire way to the vets, she was going, "aww, poor kitty, don't worry,
: mommy's here."). Got the cat to the vet...simply walked in, said,
: "help" and I was whisked to a room and immediately visited by 2 techs,
: followed by the doc. I informed them that I couldn't take the kitten
: because of my 3 adult males, but that I *did* want to be kept updated on
: the condition. Apparently, the cat had received a serious blow to the
: head (not sure if deliberate or accidental) and it appears to be blind,
: but they are taking care of it for now. Back to HD, bought new fridge
: and stove (think the ones here are from when the house was originally
: done, in the late 70s!!).
:
: Movers get here around 1030 on Friday instead of 9, like they were
: supposed to, but that was okay as we were up around 6am, and I got back
: to work putting the remainder of the flooring in (funny, just removed
: the casing around the closet doors and had a perfect fit, no cutting
: down of boards or anything!). Still have a little bit to do where the
: room exits to the hallway, but can't do it now as there are boxes
: everywhere!!! Unloaded truck ALL day Friday until around 8pm, guys
: weren't informed that ours was an unpack, so they came back Saturday and
: unloaded most of the stuff from boxes (except for the books that were in
: our basement...they will be going up in Ken's office, once we get it
: finished - insulation, walls, floor, etc...lol).
:
: Ken and I spent Sunday trying to get at least one room cleared out and
: usable...he did the family room with the tv and worked a bit in our
: room, I did the kitchen, Thomas' room, Rebekah's room, and tried to
: figure out what ot do about the sewing room.
:
: Today was the first day of school...Thomas, Rebekah, and I woke up at
: 640am, Ken had alreayd been up for a while so that he could get a chower
: and what-not (we have 2 full bathrooms, so he showered downstairs, which
: was very nice as the upstairs bathroom is between the MBR and Rebekah's
: room). Got everybody dressed and ready to rock. Had a cup of coffee,
: made a cinnamon-raisin bagel for thomas (gave a little bit to Rebekah),
: packed lunch for Thomas, went through everything to see if I had missed
: anything. Waited for the bus.....waited....waited.....waited.....drove
: to next bus stop to ask if they knew where we were supposed to be, in
: the process, missed the bus sigh. Got Thomas to school in time,
: found bus driver, confirmed that she was the one who would be picking
: up/dropping off Thomas, and asked about bus stop. SHe said to just wait
: at the end of the driveway :-)
:
: Once Thomas was at school, it was time to try and locate a Cingular
: store, in another city, but only about 15 miles away...did that, have
: local cell number now, called insurance agent to set appointment, headed
: back to house. Grabbed lunchable for rebekah, hunted up papers for
: insurance guy, loaded back up in van, off to office, dropped off papers
: (have to return in a couple of days so that he can get our new stuff set
: up). Back home, rebekah had some cartoons while I started trying ot
: sort through the boxes in my room....found a lot that didn't belong in
: here (Christmas decorations, boxes of stuff that are supposed to go to
: Ken's room when it is done, etc.), but *did* empty some of the fabric
: boxes and get them into cabinets. I will have to empty and reshuffle
: them once I see exactly what all I have, but at least there are less
: boxes in the room grin.
:
: I did my room backwards....flooring before painting, but I didn't know
: what colors i wanted in here. Oh well, drop cloths are my friend....and
: anyway, I needed new trim for the room, so it's no big deal (we still
: have spacers around the edge of the new flooring, so it should shift,
: and with as much stuff as is in here now....lol). Will probably find a
: small area rug so that it will cover the floor between/under both
: tables/desks, and need to get a rolling chair as well. I'm currently
: using a bit of fabric that I can't remember it's original use under my
: chair to protect the floor, but hey...it's better than nothing, right??
:
: Um...um...Thomas made it home safely, but once home, got into a little
: bit of trouble...he didn't eat his lunch...just the popcorn that I
: packed as part of his lunch and the gatorade. Asked him why and he told
: me he didn't know it was there...HUH????? He had to have seen the
: sandwich because it was between the gatorade and the popcorn. ARGH!!!
: Talked with his teacher and she said that there was so much chaos today
: (first day of school) that a lot of children only ate their snack, but
: then I reminded her about his meds, and that he NEEDS to eat. SHe said
: that she or the aide would make sure that he ate at least half his lunch
: from now on (FYI: he's on Concerta for ADHD, and one of the side effects
: is decreased appetite....he's 5.5yrs old and weighs only 38 lbs.).
:
: So....that's pretty much what's been going on. I made a list of things
: to be done - everything that we know of right now - room by room, and
: will be trying to get everything taken care of a little at a time. Ken
: will be doing the priming of some of the walls, and i will be doing the
: majority of the rest of the work. Since Ken has to set up his computer
: tonight, I will be trying to get our bedroom straightened up...we are
: trying to figure out how to set everything up...bed location, etc. It
: may take a while to get everything figured out, and i may not be as
: chatty as i normally am for a few days, but.....................
:
:
: I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKK!!!
:
: Larisa
:
: P.S. please note new name grin Also, email address linked with name
: is valid, just not main email address

WOW and congrats Larisa - sounds like you're getting there! Sending
you a hug and a nice, long , hot soak in a tub! LOL

We are going to be moving too - from one too old house to another
newer, bigger old house that has YUCKY wallpaper in kitchen that I
think they super glued to the wall. Can you give me the name/info of
this "Grabbed stuff made by M-1, scored the paper, sprayed it on, gave
kids baths, and when i came
back down, it just peeled right off...no residue or anything!!" I'd
really like to try something that someone else has already found to
work!

Don't overdo yourself and give that boy lots and lots of lovin'! (I
understand the ADHD, have one that really has a rough time with changes
to his routine/schedule/surroundings)

Hugs!
Tina

Welcome Back! I hope you all enjoy your new home!

--
Carolyn in The Old Pueblo

If it ain't broke, you aren't trying. --Red Green
If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty

If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools --Red Green
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty

"CNY/VAstitcher" wrote in message
...
Well dang if y'all don't chatter like a bunch of magpies!! LOL Sorry,
started getting the twang after 48 hours in VA, and now i'm just plain
giddy with being able to talk with all of you again.

Let me give you the run-down:


gently snipped

Welcome Home Larisa! We've missed having y'all around as much as usual.
Gosh I'm glad it's you and not me that's moved! Hugs to all of y'all.

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)

"CNY/VAstitcher" wrote in message
...
Well dang if y'all don't chatter like a bunch of magpies!! LOL Sorry,
started getting the twang after 48 hours in VA, and now i'm just plain
giddy with being able to talk with all of you again.

Let me give you the run-down:

You all read about the day we were supposed to be packed up and gone and
the new owner and her parents went through the house - talked with our
lawyer and basically, told him that they had a chance to mention things
on Thursday before signing papers on Friday, and that it wasn't my
concern anymore. Check made it to bank, so we don't have 2 mortgages
outstanding any more.

Got to VA on the 16th, had trouble getting in touch with the realtor to
get the keys to the house, finally got her on the phone and we got
inside. Offloaded everything from the van and got things reasonably
situated (we all camped out in the master bedroom until our stuff got
here, which wasn't until Friday!!!!!).

Tried to track our things, were informed "sometime Friday
morning"...whatever. In the meantime, I located the Home Depot (Lowe's
is still being built) and we found the WalMart SuperCenter (needed some
clean clothes, had no way to wash what we had brought with us). Within
a matter of 24 hours, I had nearly all the paint for the interior of the
house, flooring for my sewing room/office, bits and pieces for other
work, and I got started. First on the list was stripping down the
floral wallpaper in the living room...woohoo!!! Grabbed stuff made by
M-1, scored the paper, sprayed it on, gave kids baths, and when i came
back down, it just peeled right off...no residue or anything!!

Okay, not sure what happened on each exact day, so I'm trying to get
things figured out....on one of the trips to Home Depot, I almost ran
over a little kitten that was staggering badly and having spasms.
Another lady stopped and she managed to get a box, I dumped the trash
container in the van, and scooped him up (Rebekah was with me and the
entire way to the vets, she was going, "aww, poor kitty, don't worry,
mommy's here."). Got the cat to the vet...simply walked in, said,
"help" and I was whisked to a room and immediately visited by 2 techs,
followed by the doc. I informed them that I couldn't take the kitten
because of my 3 adult males, but that I *did* want to be kept updated on
the condition. Apparently, the cat had received a serious blow to the
head (not sure if deliberate or accidental) and it appears to be blind,
but they are taking care of it for now. Back to HD, bought new fridge
and stove (think the ones here are from when the house was originally
done, in the late 70s!!).

Movers get here around 1030 on Friday instead of 9, like they were
supposed to, but that was okay as we were up around 6am, and I got back
to work putting the remainder of the flooring in (funny, just removed
the casing around the closet doors and had a perfect fit, no cutting
down of boards or anything!). Still have a little bit to do where the
room exits to the hallway, but can't do it now as there are boxes
everywhere!!! Unloaded truck ALL day Friday until around 8pm, guys
weren't informed that ours was an unpack, so they came back Saturday and
unloaded most of the stuff from boxes (except for the books that were in
our basement...they will be going up in Ken's office, once we get it
finished - insulation, walls, floor, etc...lol).

Ken and I spent Sunday trying to get at least one room cleared out and
usable...he did the family room with the tv and worked a bit in our
room, I did the kitchen, Thomas' room, Rebekah's room, and tried to
figure out what ot do about the sewing room.

Today was the first day of school...Thomas, Rebekah, and I woke up at
640am, Ken had alreayd been up for a while so that he could get a chower
and what-not (we have 2 full bathrooms, so he showered downstairs, which
was very nice as the upstairs bathroom is between the MBR and Rebekah's
room). Got everybody dressed and ready to rock. Had a cup of coffee,
made a cinnamon-raisin bagel for thomas (gave a little bit to Rebekah),
packed lunch for Thomas, went through everything to see if I had missed
anything. Waited for the bus.....waited....waited.....waited.....drove
to next bus stop to ask if they knew where we were supposed to be, in
the process, missed the bus sigh. Got Thomas to school in time,
found bus driver, confirmed that she was the one who would be picking
up/dropping off Thomas, and asked about bus stop. SHe said to just wait
at the end of the driveway :-)

Once Thomas was at school, it was time to try and locate a Cingular
store, in another city, but only about 15 miles away...did that, have
local cell number now, called insurance agent to set appointment, headed
back to house. Grabbed lunchable for rebekah, hunted up papers for
insurance guy, loaded back up in van, off to office, dropped off papers
(have to return in a couple of days so that he can get our new stuff set
up). Back home, rebekah had some cartoons while I started trying ot
sort through the boxes in my room....found a lot that didn't belong in
here (Christmas decorations, boxes of stuff that are supposed to go to
Ken's room when it is done, etc.), but *did* empty some of the fabric
boxes and get them into cabinets. I will have to empty and reshuffle
them once I see exactly what all I have, but at least there are less
boxes in the room grin.

I did my room backwards....flooring before painting, but I didn't know
what colors i wanted in here. Oh well, drop cloths are my friend....and
anyway, I needed new trim for the room, so it's no big deal (we still
have spacers around the edge of the new flooring, so it should shift,
and with as much stuff as is in here now....lol). Will probably find a
small area rug so that it will cover the floor between/under both
tables/desks, and need to get a rolling chair as well. I'm currently
using a bit of fabric that I can't remember it's original use under my
chair to protect the floor, but hey...it's better than nothing, right??

Um...um...Thomas made it home safely, but once home, got into a little
bit of trouble...he didn't eat his lunch...just the popcorn that I
packed as part of his lunch and the gatorade. Asked him why and he told
me he didn't know it was there...HUH????? He had to have seen the
sandwich because it was between the gatorade and the popcorn. ARGH!!!
Talked with his teacher and she said that there was so much chaos today
(first day of school) that a lot of children only ate their snack, but
then I reminded her about his meds, and that he NEEDS to eat. SHe said
that she or the aide would make sure that he ate at least half his lunch
from now on (FYI: he's on Concerta for ADHD, and one of the side effects
is decreased appetite....he's 5.5yrs old and weighs only 38 lbs.).

So....that's pretty much what's been going on. I made a list of things
to be done - everything that we know of right now - room by room, and
will be trying to get everything taken care of a little at a time. Ken
will be doing the priming of some of the walls, and i will be doing the
majority of the rest of the work. Since Ken has to set up his computer
tonight, I will be trying to get our bedroom straightened up...we are
trying to figure out how to set everything up...bed location, etc. It
may take a while to get everything figured out, and i may not be as
chatty as i normally am for a few days, but.....................


I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKK!!!

Larisa

P.S. please note new name grin Also, email address linked with name
is valid, just not main email address

Welcome back, Larisa! I'm glad you're all in your house, your "stuff" is
there, and that the first day of school is over. g Good luck with the
settling in!
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

My
BBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBYYYYYYYYYYYY'S
BBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKK
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome to your NEW Home.

MomII


"CNY/VAstitcher" wrote in message
...
Well dang if y'all don't chatter like a bunch of magpies!! LOL Sorry,
started getting the twang after 48 hours in VA, and now i'm just plain
giddy with being able to talk with all of you again.

Let me give you the run-down:

You all read about the day we were supposed to be packed up and gone and
the new owner and her parents went through the house - talked with our
lawyer and basically, told him that they had a chance to mention things on
Thursday before signing papers on Friday, and that it wasn't my concern
anymore. Check made it to bank, so we don't have 2 mortgages outstanding
any more.

Got to VA on the 16th, had trouble getting in touch with the realtor to
get the keys to the house, finally got her on the phone and we got inside.
Offloaded everything from the van and got things reasonably situated (we
all camped out in the master bedroom until our stuff got here, which
wasn't until Friday!!!!!).

Tried to track our things, were informed "sometime Friday
morning"...whatever. In the meantime, I located the Home Depot (Lowe's is
still being built) and we found the WalMart SuperCenter (needed some clean
clothes, had no way to wash what we had brought with us). Within a matter
of 24 hours, I had nearly all the paint for the interior of the house,
flooring for my sewing room/office, bits and pieces for other work, and I
got started. First on the list was stripping down the floral wallpaper in
the living room...woohoo!!! Grabbed stuff made by M-1, scored the paper,
sprayed it on, gave kids baths, and when i came back down, it just peeled
right off...no residue or anything!!

Okay, not sure what happened on each exact day, so I'm trying to get
things figured out....on one of the trips to Home Depot, I almost ran over
a little kitten that was staggering badly and having spasms. Another lady
stopped and she managed to get a box, I dumped the trash container in the
van, and scooped him up (Rebekah was with me and the entire way to the
vets, she was going, "aww, poor kitty, don't worry, mommy's here."). Got
the cat to the vet...simply walked in, said, "help" and I was whisked to a
room and immediately visited by 2 techs, followed by the doc. I informed
them that I couldn't take the kitten because of my 3 adult males, but that
I *did* want to be kept updated on the condition. Apparently, the cat had
received a serious blow to the head (not sure if deliberate or accidental)
and it appears to be blind, but they are taking care of it for now. Back
to HD, bought new fridge and stove (think the ones here are from when the
house was originally done, in the late 70s!!).

Movers get here around 1030 on Friday instead of 9, like they were
supposed to, but that was okay as we were up around 6am, and I got back to
work putting the remainder of the flooring in (funny, just removed the
casing around the closet doors and had a perfect fit, no cutting down of
boards or anything!). Still have a little bit to do where the room exits
to the hallway, but can't do it now as there are boxes everywhere!!!
Unloaded truck ALL day Friday until around 8pm, guys weren't informed that
ours was an unpack, so they came back Saturday and unloaded most of the
stuff from boxes (except for the books that were in our basement...they
will be going up in Ken's office, once we get it finished - insulation,
walls, floor, etc...lol).

Ken and I spent Sunday trying to get at least one room cleared out and
usable...he did the family room with the tv and worked a bit in our room,
I did the kitchen, Thomas' room, Rebekah's room, and tried to figure out
what ot do about the sewing room.

Today was the first day of school...Thomas, Rebekah, and I woke up at
640am, Ken had alreayd been up for a while so that he could get a chower
and what-not (we have 2 full bathrooms, so he showered downstairs, which
was very nice as the upstairs bathroom is between the MBR and Rebekah's
room). Got everybody dressed and ready to rock. Had a cup of coffee,
made a cinnamon-raisin bagel for thomas (gave a little bit to Rebekah),
packed lunch for Thomas, went through everything to see if I had missed
anything. Waited for the bus.....waited....waited.....waited.....drove to
next bus stop to ask if they knew where we were supposed to be, in the
process, missed the bus sigh. Got Thomas to school in time, found bus
driver, confirmed that she was the one who would be picking up/dropping
off Thomas, and asked about bus stop. SHe said to just wait at the end of
the driveway :-)

Once Thomas was at school, it was time to try and locate a Cingular store,
in another city, but only about 15 miles away...did that, have local cell
number now, called insurance agent to set appointment, headed back to
house. Grabbed lunchable for rebekah, hunted up papers for insurance guy,
loaded back up in van, off to office, dropped off papers (have to return
in a couple of days so that he can get our new stuff set up). Back home,
rebekah had some cartoons while I started trying ot sort through the boxes
in my room....found a lot that didn't belong in here (Christmas
decorations, boxes of stuff that are supposed to go to Ken's room when it
is done, etc.), but *did* empty some of the fabric boxes and get them into
cabinets. I will have to empty and reshuffle them once I see exactly what
all I have, but at least there are less boxes in the room grin.

I did my room backwards....flooring before painting, but I didn't know
what colors i wanted in here. Oh well, drop cloths are my friend....and
anyway, I needed new trim for the room, so it's no big deal (we still have
spacers around the edge of the new flooring, so it should shift, and with
as much stuff as is in here now....lol). Will probably find a small area
rug so that it will cover the floor between/under both tables/desks, and
need to get a rolling chair as well. I'm currently using a bit of fabric
that I can't remember it's original use under my chair to protect the
floor, but hey...it's better than nothing, right??

Um...um...Thomas made it home safely, but once home, got into a little bit
of trouble...he didn't eat his lunch...just the popcorn that I packed as
part of his lunch and the gatorade. Asked him why and he told me he
didn't know it was there...HUH????? He had to have seen the sandwich
because it was between the gatorade and the popcorn. ARGH!!! Talked with
his teacher and she said that there was so much chaos today (first day of
school) that a lot of children only ate their snack, but then I reminded
her about his meds, and that he NEEDS to eat. SHe said that she or the
aide would make sure that he ate at least half his lunch from now on (FYI:
he's on Concerta for ADHD, and one of the side effects is decreased
appetite....he's 5.5yrs old and weighs only 38 lbs.).

So....that's pretty much what's been going on. I made a list of things to
be done - everything that we know of right now - room by room, and will be
trying to get everything taken care of a little at a time. Ken will be
doing the priming of some of the walls, and i will be doing the majority
of the rest of the work. Since Ken has to set up his computer tonight, I
will be trying to get our bedroom straightened up...we are trying to
figure out how to set everything up...bed location, etc. It may take a
while to get everything figured out, and i may not be as chatty as i
normally am for a few days, but.....................


I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKK!!!

Larisa

P.S. please note new name grin Also, email address linked with name is
valid, just not main email address

Hi Larissa, I was just thinking that we have not heard from you lately.
Glad to hear you got there in one piece. We are 10 days away grom the move.
Tonight I finished packing my sewing room. My DH and I accomplished alot
this evening. Very encouraging to know we are almost done packing. On the
other side I have to unpack it all! Our move is only 14 miles away, but we
will be in a rental for about 1 month until the house is finished. Good
news, the new house is just around the corner from our temp house. I am
hoping to be able to paint before we move in. Keep us posted. Sounds like
you guys are getting into the daily grind just fine.

Hugs, Linda

Woooooo Hoooooo!!!! you made it back! After quite an adventure too.

Gosh I have missed you!

--
Jessamy
In The Netherlands
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http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jess_ayad/my_photos

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Well dang if y'all don't chatter like a bunch of magpies!! LOL Sorry,
started getting the twang after 48 hours in VA, and now i'm just plain
giddy with being able to talk with all of you again.

Let me give you the run-down:

You all read about the day we were supposed to be packed up and gone and
the new owner and her parents went through the house - talked with our
lawyer and basically, told him that they had a chance to mention things
on Thursday before signing papers on Friday, and that it wasn't my
concern anymore. Check made it to bank, so we don't have 2 mortgages
outstanding any more.

Got to VA on the 16th, had trouble getting in touch with the realtor to
get the keys to the house, finally got her on the phone and we got
inside. Offloaded everything from the van and got things reasonably
situated (we all camped out in the master bedroom until our stuff got
here, which wasn't until Friday!!!!!).

Tried to track our things, were informed "sometime Friday
morning"...whatever. In the meantime, I located the Home Depot (Lowe's
is still being built) and we found the WalMart SuperCenter (needed some
clean clothes, had no way to wash what we had brought with us). Within
a matter of 24 hours, I had nearly all the paint for the interior of the
house, flooring for my sewing room/office, bits and pieces for other
work, and I got started. First on the list was stripping down the
floral wallpaper in the living room...woohoo!!! Grabbed stuff made by
M-1, scored the paper, sprayed it on, gave kids baths, and when i came
back down, it just peeled right off...no residue or anything!!

Okay, not sure what happened on each exact day, so I'm trying to get
things figured out....on one of the trips to Home Depot, I almost ran
over a little kitten that was staggering badly and having spasms.
Another lady stopped and she managed to get a box, I dumped the trash
container in the van, and scooped him up (Rebekah was with me and the
entire way to the vets, she was going, "aww, poor kitty, don't worry,
mommy's here."). Got the cat to the vet...simply walked in, said,
"help" and I was whisked to a room and immediately visited by 2 techs,
followed by the doc. I informed them that I couldn't take the kitten
because of my 3 adult males, but that I *did* want to be kept updated on
the condition. Apparently, the cat had received a serious blow to the
head (not sure if deliberate or accidental) and it appears to be blind,
but they are taking care of it for now. Back to HD, bought new fridge
and stove (think the ones here are from when the house was originally
done, in the late 70s!!).

Movers get here around 1030 on Friday instead of 9, like they were
supposed to, but that was okay as we were up around 6am, and I got back
to work putting the remainder of the flooring in (funny, just removed
the casing around the closet doors and had a perfect fit, no cutting
down of boards or anything!). Still have a little bit to do where the
room exits to the hallway, but can't do it now as there are boxes
everywhere!!! Unloaded truck ALL day Friday until around 8pm, guys
weren't informed that ours was an unpack, so they came back Saturday and
unloaded most of the stuff from boxes (except for the books that were in
our basement...they will be going up in Ken's office, once we get it
finished - insulation, walls, floor, etc...lol).

Ken and I spent Sunday trying to get at least one room cleared out and
usable...he did the family room with the tv and worked a bit in our
room, I did the kitchen, Thomas' room, Rebekah's room, and tried to
figure out what ot do about the sewing room.

Today was the first day of school...Thomas, Rebekah, and I woke up at
640am, Ken had alreayd been up for a while so that he could get a chower
and what-not (we have 2 full bathrooms, so he showered downstairs, which
was very nice as the upstairs bathroom is between the MBR and Rebekah's
room). Got everybody dressed and ready to rock. Had a cup of coffee,
made a cinnamon-raisin bagel for thomas (gave a little bit to Rebekah),
packed lunch for Thomas, went through everything to see if I had missed
anything. Waited for the bus.....waited....waited.....waited.....drove
to next bus stop to ask if they knew where we were supposed to be, in
the process, missed the bus sigh. Got Thomas to school in time,
found bus driver, confirmed that she was the one who would be picking
up/dropping off Thomas, and asked about bus stop. SHe said to just wait
at the end of the driveway :-)

Once Thomas was at school, it was time to try and locate a Cingular
store, in another city, but only about 15 miles away...did that, have
local cell number now, called insurance agent to set appointment, headed
back to house. Grabbed lunchable for rebekah, hunted up papers for
insurance guy, loaded back up in van, off to office, dropped off papers
(have to return in a couple of days so that he can get our new stuff set
up). Back home, rebekah had some cartoons while I started trying ot
sort through the boxes in my room....found a lot that didn't belong in
here (Christmas decorations, boxes of stuff that are supposed to go to
Ken's room when it is done, etc.), but *did* empty some of the fabric
boxes and get them into cabinets. I will have to empty and reshuffle
them once I see exactly what all I have, but at least there are less
boxes in the room grin.

I did my room backwards....flooring before painting, but I didn't know
what colors i wanted in here. Oh well, drop cloths are my friend....and
anyway, I needed new trim for the room, so it's no big deal (we still
have spacers around the edge of the new flooring, so it should shift,
and with as much stuff as is in here now....lol). Will probably find a
small area rug so that it will cover the floor between/under both
tables/desks, and need to get a rolling chair as well. I'm currently
using a bit of fabric that I can't remember it's original use under my
chair to protect the floor, but hey...it's better than nothing, right??

Um...um...Thomas made it home safely, but once home, got into a little
bit of trouble...he didn't eat his lunch...just the popcorn that I
packed as part of his lunch and the gatorade. Asked him why and he told
me he didn't know it was there...HUH????? He had to have seen the
sandwich because it was between the gatorade and the popcorn. ARGH!!!
Talked with his teacher and she said that there was so much chaos today
(first day of school) that a lot of children only ate their snack, but
then I reminded her about his meds, and that he NEEDS to eat. SHe said
that she or the aide would make sure that he ate at least half his lunch
from now on (FYI: he's on Concerta for ADHD, and one of the side effects
is decreased appetite....he's 5.5yrs old and weighs only 38 lbs.).

So....that's pretty much what's been going on. I made a list of things
to be done - everything that we know of right now - room by room, and
will be trying to get everything taken care of a little at a time. Ken
will be doing the priming of some of the walls, and i will be doing the
majority of the rest of the work. Since Ken has to set up his computer
tonight, I will be trying to get our bedroom straightened up...we are
trying to figure out how to set everything up...bed location, etc. It
may take a while to get everything figured out, and i may not be as
chatty as i normally am for a few days, but.....................


I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKK!!!

Larisa

P.S. please note new name grin Also, email address linked with name
is valid, just not main email address

CNY/VAstitcher wrote:

Well dang if y'all don't chatter like a bunch of magpies!! LOL Sorry,
started getting the twang after 48 hours in VA, and now i'm just plain
giddy with being able to talk with all of you again.

Let me give you the run-down:

I'm going back to bed! You are just too damned energetic, woman! ;D

Glad to see you back.

If Thomas's apatite is compromised by the meds, why not pack a carton of
milkshake for his lunch? Hight-octane fuel in a small box, and liquid
rather than solid. We can get little cartons of UHT flavoured milk
here. There's also an arrangement where the kids can get a carton of
fresh milk per day (used to be 'free' - as in paid for by taxes, but now
we have to pay for it by the term).

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