Unpacking

Well, since I haven't been on here for a few days, I thought I'd pop in and say hi. Things haven't gone as planned, so I'm barely starting to unpack. I had to line the kitchen cupboards and drawers with contact paper and that proved to be quite a job. The cupboards are nice and big and there are lots of them, and some are cut at a weird angle, so I just finished that last night at 11:30. So today I'm going to focus on unpacking kitchen stuff so I can actually cook, which we haven't done the entire week we've been in here (fast food is getting a little old). Then I'm starting on the bathroom stuff. We have tons of storage in the main bathroom, so I have a place for everything in there that we had in both bathrooms at the other place. I've found a few things I don't like about this house, like the bathrooms. One is very confining and the other smells old and has a very short shower head. I'm heading to Eugene today to find a good one at Home Depot, since we've got some gift cards to spend. :) And I'm going to be investing in lots of candles and air freshener. :) I really love all the storage here though! It never seems to end! Now, if I could just snap my fingers and everything would be unpacked and put away, life would be grand. So since that won't be happening anytime soon, I guess I better go start unpacking some more. I'll try to send some pictures as soon as I have something to take a picture of besides lots of boxes. :) Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!!!

Halloween

Finally! More than 2 weeks after Halloween, I have a picture of the kids. My batteries died just as I was going to take the picture, so I had to borrow a friend's camera. They emailed the picture a couple days ago, but I didn't have my computer hooked up right away because of moving. So here it is, a little late. Gabe was ninja boy, and Kassie was a little fairy princess. They had a great time. We went out for a quick bite to eat with our friends first, then back to their house to make caramel apples and onward ho for trick-or-treating. It was a fun night and the kids can't wait until next year!

Moving in???

Well, we got the house, we started painting and 3 days later we're still painting. Things didn't go exactly like they were supposed to and I'll be re-painting in a week or so unfortunatly. But they're coming to lay carpet today in the kids bedrooms and stretch the living room carpet. Then we're going to start moving some stuff in. We were hoping to sleep there tonight, but I'm not sure that's going to happen now. We'll see. But in the meantime, here are a couple pictures from before and after, or in the process.


Kassie's room

Gabe's room

House

Well, the house is coming right along! I drove by today and they are FINALLY getting the garage roof done! I was so excited and relieved at the same time! This process has been drug out for so long, I'm glad it's finally getting done! And better yet, we're signing papers today! Yay! We will actually get the keys either Tuesday or Wednesday! Can you believe it? The Glenn's are going to be official homeowners of a real house, not just a manufactured home or a renter! I can't believe it! But, now the hard work will begin. We have a lot to do to get it livable, so if you don't hear from us, that's what we're doing - fixing up the house. We're going to be painting the whole inside next week, so that'll keep us busy. I'll have to give updates as we go and post pictures!

Speaking of pictures, I don't have Halloween pix yet of the kids in their costumes! My batteries died in my camera when we were over at our friends house, so we used their camera. And they haven't emailed the picture yet, so when I get it, I'll post it. But for now, here's Kassie getting her hair cut. This is the first time she sat by herself and didn't get upset about it. We haven't done many haircuts with her, just because she has been so shy for so long. But Karen is the one cutting her hair, and we know her, so I think that's why Kassie did better. So I had to run home and get the camera (with charged batteries) :) and take some pix. So here she is!

Now, I need to get back to packing! Yikes!