Just Another Day in Purgatory!!

Well tonight we are exhausted again, Scott more than anyone. He's been at the house ALL day laying the floor by himself in the dining room. He did a spectacular job!!


Billy came over earlier in the afternoon to finish the skim coat on the beam and wall frame. I didn't take the camera but it doesn't look much different than the pictures below, just more white than gray and white. In two days we can paint it. He has done such a great job and we are soo pleased. He's such a sweet guy and we are really enjoying getting to know him.

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Matt came over to help finish the flooring in the hallway and hall closet and coat closet in the living room. :) The hallway didn't take as long as I thought, but I was next door with the neighbor looking around her house and talking so it may have been longer.

We have very nice neighbors. :) We've met quite a few already and one even brought us brownies. We each got one before ants came in and started carrying them away. BAH!!! Next on the list is to spray spray spray... ants are a huge problem anywhere in Hampton Roads because we sit on the water.

And glory-be the electricity is back in place!!! All the lights work the way they are supposed to. We have an electrician in our church, Mark, and he came and rerouted everything for us. He and Scott work closely on stage for filming and getting all the wires junk run for when the praise team sings. Mark said it was a really complicated set up even for him and he's been doing this stuff for 20 years.

Tomorrow we put the quarter-round all the way around the baseboards, closets, etc... basically anywhere that wall meets floor. This way we don't see the edges of the flooring. There is a 1/4 inch space between the end of the flooring and the wall to allow for expansion as the weather changes...otherwise it would swell in the heat and crack the walls. I sure don't want that happening. The thresholds will also be nailed into place.

So really that's about it on the house front.

We have another sick wee one in daycare. He went to ER today with 106.0 temperature. Very scary. The gave him antibiotic via IV and some saline and he's feeling much better. Little brother was well and spent the day with us. With only two of our other kiddos here today we took a trip to Chuck E Cheese to burn off some rainy day energy. Had a great time. :)

Paige was really feeling sick at school... no fever thank goodness but an extremely upset stomach. She stuck it out at school, but I wasn't sure what was wrong with her. I figured she was trying to come down with the virus that's been going around, but we realized shortly after she got home the problem is.... you'll probably laugh.... she's teething. haha. Her wisdom tooth is popping through in the bottom right of her gums. She feels better now after some prescription NSAIDS and should be able to manage the rest of the week. She'll unfortunately have to wait until school is out for the summer to have them removed. Their high school has extremely rigid attendance rules. That and exams are coming up the next two weeks before school is out for the year. Our little Paigey-baby is going to be a senior. I still can't believe it sometimes.

We'll post some pics tomorrow after we get some of the wreckage cleaned up from today's work.

2 days and a wake up until moving day!!!

love to all and God bless.