October 6, 2008

• I’m in a bit of a funk.  I’ve been gearing up for conference weekend for so long (in reality for a year) and now that the family has left I’m not quite sure what to do with myself.  Don’t get me wrong…I have a million things that need to get done…just don’t feel like doing any of it right now. 

  We did indeed move on the 20th like we planned although we have as yet to get an occupancy permit.  It has become the saga of the shower.  Our master shower has to be completed before the inspector will final this house.  However, we can’t get the pan to not leak.  What was supposed to be a few days job has turned into weeks with no end in sight.  In the mean time we moved in, unpacked, were trying to be good citizens by not officially moving in so we were spending the nights with Brian’s family.  After a week of invading their house I decided to brave the consequences (which we have no idea what they might be)  and start actually living in the house without approval.  It was just too hard to run this family and maintain a schedule with Serra’s school etc… while hopping from one place to the next.  Especially when the house it mostly complete.  Rosie was so confused about where home was and backslid with the potty training.  Weston wasn’t sleeping well and cried all day.  I couldn’t take it anymore.  So we are moved in and still completing projects day by day.  The bedrooms got closet shelves in last week, we got a front patio, the powder room is getting some wainscotting today.  We still have a lot of touchup painting to do since we fired the finish painters.  They were making a mess of everything and doing more harm than good.  We also have a washing machine, brand new, never done a load, that doesn’t work.  We are having to deal with the warranty folk in the company and it has not been a real positive experience since they want to keep trying to fix it.  Although, when they try to fix one thing, another thing goes wrong.  We wish they would just replace it and scrap the lemon we ended up with.  But we have to play the game.  In the meantime I have to take all the laundry elsewhere…just think to yourselves how much in your own households that adds up to every week and multiply that by 2 or 3 as my husbands clothing is larger and dirtier than the average bears…and not to mention all the rags and towels used for construction cleaning that have been used.  It’s been a good time. 

  On a happier note…we were able to get the house to a state of cleanliness and livability in order to have family come for conference.   Mom and Dad Arnell and Julie and her kids.  We also had the locals, Jeff and Maren, and Amy Jo, Tucker and Jill (or Baby Dill as Rosie calls her).  It was a fantastic weekend.  Mom took care of the cinnamon rolls (cause she is the best at it), Maren took care of a meal, Brian even mopped the floors, and everyone else pitched in somewhere and made it a lot of fun.  There were a few trips to the park and of course Conference itself.  I think it was only better for Great Grandma Arnell who actually got to be there as a VIP.  I was able to pick out several things that I need to work on personally and as a family. 

  Now back to reality and on toward Christmas. 

   

  Serra gets ahold of my camera now and then.  She took about 50 pictures this time around…mostly of herself and Rosie.

  

  She managed to get a few of Weston getting yet another haircut. 

  

  AAAARGH!  Makes the face itchy.

  

  Some house pix…The girls bathroom.

  

  The girls room…and messy already.

  

  Weston’s bathroom.

  

  Weston’s room looking toward the closet. 

  

  Weston’s room from another angle.

  

  Half of the master bathroom.  A work in progress but functional.  You can see the smaller of the master closets. 

  

  The next few are of the master bedroom.  The fireplace is not trimmed out yet. 

  

  Part of the kitchen…a nice closeup of the granite. 

  

  The family room looking into the kitchen.  Weston screaming at the bottom of the picture because I put him down for a second. 

  

  The family room. 

  

  The new patio…landscaping begins today….and a fountain is coming in Friday. 

  

  The entry way. 

  

  Formal livingroom/dining room…none of the fireplaces are trimmed out yet.

  

  Conference weekend.   The bigger of the master closets is a TV room for the kids.  The watched Disney movies while we watched the prophets.  We just hung Weston in the doorway and he was content to watch all that was going on around him.

  

  Strange kids…hovered around the veggie platter for about an hour eating mostly cauliflower and carrots.  OK so there was ranch dip involved.

  

  The kids spent a lot of time out on the back patio.  Weston watched from the window. 

  

  Rosie discovered that the faucet for her tub also makes a great elephant nose. 

  

  Weston looking sharp for church. 

  

   

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