Day 122

Today we were finishing up things for the big birthday party. One more cake to bake. We are having a chocolate cake, a lemon cake, and a honeybun cake. Now all we have to do is pray for no rain.

Day 121

The kids and I went to the new house this morning. I put a second coat of polyurethane on the walls, now we should be ready to put the sink and tub in. I also used the wire brush to scrape the back stairs. I am working on getting them ready to be painted. Now I just need to finish cleaning them and get them painted. After I was finished working we went swimming.

Then home to make supper and wait for Jonathan. Then we went back over to the house. We weren't able to get the sink attached to the wall, as we left the tools we needed in the trunk of Jonathan's car. :( But there is always plenty to do at the house. Jonathan took out some of the bad wood at the top of the front steps. And removed a lot of nails that got missed at some time. I went around and picked up tools that had been left laying around and picking up in general. We did get the tub and sink moved into the bathroom. So that next time we go over to work, we can get the sink hooked up and working. We are still waiting for the drain kit to arrive for the tub. Once that gets here, we will be able to hook up the tub. :D


The sink and tub waiting to be hooked up...

Day 120

Today instead of going over to the house to work, we stayed here and baked birthday cakes. We are having a birthday party for all of the kids this weekend. So we are trying to get everything ready. Two cakes down, one to go. :)

Day 119

We had some more new neighbors move into the tree in the front of our house.

The gas company was supposed to come over to the house and turn on the gas for us today. So the kids and I headed over to the new house this morning. I figured that while we waited I could put a coat of polyurethane on the wallpaper. It took me awhile to actually find the polyurethane. The house is so big that it is easy to misplace things in it. After I found it, I noticed that there were a few places that needed to be touched up with the brownish gold color. So I started out with that. Then I needed to wait for that to dry. The kids and I ate lunch and played a few board games. We were still waiting for the gas man to come. I got a coat of polyurethane on most of the walls in the bathroom.

We had a bit of bad luck. The gas man came over and turned on the gas, only to find out that a part of the stove that we were planning on using bad, and leaking. So now we have gas service, but no stove to use. :( I was looking forward to cooking at the new house tomorrow.

Day 118

This evening we headed over to the new house with a van full of things. First on the To Do list was to unload the van. Then on to the fun stuff... We got to paint the bottom part of the walls in the bathroom. :D This was so cool. I really like the way this room is turning out and can't wait to see what it looks like when we are finished.


If you have been watching as the bathroom changes you know that I tend to take a picture of this corner. I am standing in the doorway of the bathroom, looking at what will soon be our sink and mirror. What we need now is the chair rail between the blue and the wallpaper, a cover over the outlet, the sink in place and hooked up, and the mirror haning between the two lights.


Here is a closer view of the freshly painted wallpaper. It is a brownish goldy color. To me right now it looks a lot like chocolate or leather. All of the kids say it looks like gold. We will see if it changes a bit when it is dry. Either way I really, really like it.

Day 117

Today we mostly worked in Hickman. We have been so busy at the new house that we haven't been doing much in Hickman. Jonathan spent most of the morning working outside in the yard. It is looking much better out there. Mom, Dad and I were working on the inside. We were packing boxes, and loading things, as well as cleaning a bit. It was raining a bit, so we weren't able to take a trailer load to Beatrice. But we did fill the van. Mom and Dad took that load over, while I continued to pack. When they got back we filled the van one more time, so it will be ready to go next time we head over to the new house. We were getting tired by evening, but we ended the day by rehanging the cupboard in the bathroom.

Day 116

This morning we loaded up the trailer and took a load of stuff to the new house. Boy do I hate moving. Mom and Dad were already at the new house when we got there. The two jobs of the day were to get the gas line hooked up to the stove and putting the wallpaper up in the bathroom. Both of these jobs to a bit of time and and effort, but at the end of the day they were finished. It was 98 degrees today, so that also help to make working a bit uncomfortable. But it was a good day.


This is a picture of our light/vent that we put in the bathroom.


Here is another picture of the bathroom. I think you might be able to see the color better as the paint is now dry. We have also put up the wallpaper on the bottom half of the room.


This is a close-up of the wallpaper so that you can see the pattern. Now all we have to do is paint the wallpaper. :) We are getting close to finishing this room.