Not as much as last week that`s for sure.
Lots of cooking it feels like, and tweaking of the more difficult bits of the house.
Training kiddo`s up in the way they should go, continually, repetitively, despairingly at times.
Talking more with the girls about what they like about the new house, what they miss. How the Lord is in control.
Working on paperwork for the Provincial nomination. Fighting for joy and peace in this.
Getting the home school schedule a little more planned, trying not to panic about how to fit the whole of life into the hours I am up.
Having tea parties with hot chocolate and brownies and two princesses
Making meatballs, throwing them in the slow cooker and heading to the park for long gangly girls to practice their monkey bar swinging and very nearly getting it!
Loving watching the little boys interact with each other and the girls. Much giggling often means mischief between Hope and Hosea!
Planning to get some canning in this year, I will regret it if I don`t so tonight is apple sauce. I have called in the reinforcements.......a sign of the season of life I am in. No huge time limited projects without help. I am trying to learn to live within the parameters set for me so far as time and energy go.
Doing some school type things with Hopie, she loves to be a part of it, and she is so fun one on one.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Saturday
Wow we moved a week ago today.
And I think we may have cracked it!
Achieved today:
A second sleep after a broken night thanks to my wonderful husband. I dreamt about driving a fire engine!
Dining room table built with the help of Heidi.
Sun room cleared and tables set up for plants to start off in. So far Tom has brought in the radishes and lettuce from outside and planted peas. He set out to get more seeds today but there was none to be found in Calgary this late on in the year. I guess the fact that we should have snow sometime next month has something to do with it.
Changed the screen door glass to the the screens to try and get some air flowing through without the bugs!
Banister rail attached and stair gate put up. Previously we had to put Hosea in one area or another, but now we should be able to function on the main floor without getting stuck on the wrong side of a stair gate. While we did this the boys slept and the girls played in the back yard. Little did we know they were caking themselves in mud. Apparently they were trying to cool down! Oh well, baths are useful and it bath night after all.
Good friends came over and helped us get the motivation to get the final boxes in the right spots. In theory Tom and I now have somewhere to put our clothes, but how long it takes for me to get them there remains to be seen.
I guess all that remains is to get some pictures taken, and then choose some colours and materials to start the renovations.
And I think we may have cracked it!
Achieved today:
A second sleep after a broken night thanks to my wonderful husband. I dreamt about driving a fire engine!
Dining room table built with the help of Heidi.
Sun room cleared and tables set up for plants to start off in. So far Tom has brought in the radishes and lettuce from outside and planted peas. He set out to get more seeds today but there was none to be found in Calgary this late on in the year. I guess the fact that we should have snow sometime next month has something to do with it.
Changed the screen door glass to the the screens to try and get some air flowing through without the bugs!
Banister rail attached and stair gate put up. Previously we had to put Hosea in one area or another, but now we should be able to function on the main floor without getting stuck on the wrong side of a stair gate. While we did this the boys slept and the girls played in the back yard. Little did we know they were caking themselves in mud. Apparently they were trying to cool down! Oh well, baths are useful and it bath night after all.
Good friends came over and helped us get the motivation to get the final boxes in the right spots. In theory Tom and I now have somewhere to put our clothes, but how long it takes for me to get them there remains to be seen.
I guess all that remains is to get some pictures taken, and then choose some colours and materials to start the renovations.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Friday
Moved all the things from the front entry way and put the majority away!
Rearranged the boys room and unpacked their clothes into the white drawers
Moved lots and lots of boxes into the master bedroom from the sun room so you can now walk into the sun room and see some of the floor!
Made a chocolate rhubarb cake with the girls, seriously good recipe. Like a cakey brownie with sour bits in it, yum Added the last of the sour cherries too.
Finally put the bed frame together so tonight will be the first night in a bed and not the sofa bed. Yippee.
Cleared a path to the bed from the door.
Started to make list of priorities for tomorrow. Mine, organising and unpacking. Tom's getting seeds and starting to turn the sun room into the food production area. Plan to leave at least room for one chair for me.
It rained nearly all day today, so after supper we all went out for a walk, the girls on their bikes and the boys in the stroller. Heidi is getting so good at pedaling, she was sad to have to come home. It is nice to live on a street so quiet that we can watch her biking up and down the street by herself to get out the last of her wiggles before bed.
Rearranged the boys room and unpacked their clothes into the white drawers
Moved lots and lots of boxes into the master bedroom from the sun room so you can now walk into the sun room and see some of the floor!
Made a chocolate rhubarb cake with the girls, seriously good recipe. Like a cakey brownie with sour bits in it, yum Added the last of the sour cherries too.
Finally put the bed frame together so tonight will be the first night in a bed and not the sofa bed. Yippee.
Cleared a path to the bed from the door.
Started to make list of priorities for tomorrow. Mine, organising and unpacking. Tom's getting seeds and starting to turn the sun room into the food production area. Plan to leave at least room for one chair for me.
It rained nearly all day today, so after supper we all went out for a walk, the girls on their bikes and the boys in the stroller. Heidi is getting so good at pedaling, she was sad to have to come home. It is nice to live on a street so quiet that we can watch her biking up and down the street by herself to get out the last of her wiggles before bed.
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