Cleaning, cleaning, and living

We have been working really, really hard. After Sunday, we returned to the house to continue cleaning it. We have been cleaning since we took possession of the house.

Once a room is cleaned with the walls wiped down, we try to kilz it. We have kilzed 1 room and most of the floors upstairs. The air ducts in the house have been cleaned as well.

The kitchen is unpacked and being used. The oven took us 3 days to clean the black out of it.

The bathrooms are cleaned. The master shower has a lot of mildew and mold between the tile and the silicone. The silicone will need to be removed and re-caulked before we can start to use it. Sweetheart has made improvements to the house to make it more efficient with motion sensor lights, buying a NEST thermostat, smoke detectors with carbon monoxide sensor included, and a myriad of other tasks.

Sweetheart's employer told him to take the time and to help his family get settled after he went to work the first day. Sweetheart was home the rest of the week helping with the cleaning, painting, and unpacking.

Tuesday evening we met with our Bishop. He interviewed and spoke with our family for about an 1 1/2 hours. Thursday we enrolled the boys in school. Their start date is today Monday. Hurricane will be attending a charter school called Challenge to Excellence. Underfoot will attend our local neighborhood school until an opening is available at the charter school. They are bummed they don't get to attend together. We are hopeful that Underfoot will be able to attend soon with his brother

Underfoot mowed the lawn the first time. He is going to build muscles, patience, and some new skills! We are proud of his hard work!

On Friday, the double oven was fixed. The repairman asked for his check (that was at the Title Company) which sent us on a goose chase to find the check. When Sweetheart called our agent, Jay, to find the check, Jay asked how things were going. Sweetheart told him we had not yet slept in the house. Jay offered to send a professional cleaning company or to have a room painted. I was hesitant. Jay said he would pay for the service. We chose to have the Master bedroom painted.

The painter who came also pulled out our carpets. He told us that the pad was still wet with urine when he pulled the carpet. We have to kilz the main floor still.

The colors on the left are the main colors. The others are accent.

Friday night was the first night we spent in house! We pulled our mattress inside the formal living room and the boys slept in sleeping bags! We have been staying at the Eckert's home. They have fed us, housed us, and provided entertainment for us. We are VERY GRATEFUL for their hospitality and support.

Saturday we loaded our closet with our clothes.

The closet is the bigger than our old laundry room. We now are officially living in our house.

On Sunday Sweetheart was asked to be the Assistant Scoutmaster at church to work with the 12-13 year old young men.

Sweetheart is taking Youth Protection Training with Hurricane on his lap.

Later that day we had the Eckert's over for supper and Dominion. Later we were invited for dessert at our Bishop's family's home. During the evening, where people served an LDS mission came up. Another man in the room served his mission in Panama like I did. He was there 4 years after I was.  That was really exciting to me.

Be Well.