Where have you been?

Ok, so you haven't heard from me since early September. Well, as you may have guessed from Sara's posts, we are in our new house! We have had no shortage of things to do since day one. So what have we been doing?

The first day we spent getting a valve in the basement to stop leaking. Luckily, it was leaking into a sink. We spent the first few nights sleeping on air mattresses in the dining room and living room with pretty much nothing else in the house. We made attempts to clean, clean, clean. We're going to need a lot more elbow grease. After a few days we had our first POD delivered and were able to sleep on real mattresses in the dining room and living room and had a couch to sit on. We also managed to get the kids rooms painted. So far, those are the only rooms painted.

We then had the wood floors refinished on the second floor. While this was being done, we opted to move out and stay at my parents house for several days. The dust and smell was a bit much. Coincidentally, the person I hired to refinish my floors was the same person that had just refinished the hardwood floors at my fraternity house. I had no idea I was hiring the same guy. The owner's son, who was one of the guys actually doing the work, noticed my Clarkson Alumni plate on my car and mentioned he was friends with some fraternity brothers and he finished the floors of the house for free.

Last week we had all the windows on the second floor replaced. All but one anyway - apparently the window guy can't measure. The last window should be replaced within the next couple of weeks. We currently have the last of three PODs in our driveway and it's mostly empty. This Monday we'll be having the 40+ year old furnace replaced.

Outside we finally got the pool closed, did some tree trimming, and did some raking. I have to say one of the best aspects of this place was the playground. The kids can spend all day on that thing.

There is a lot of chaos in here right now but, everyday it's feeling a bit more like home.