Honey Do's

It's been another crazy week. Since we don't live in the city limits, it takes more than just one quick call to get our utilities turned on. I've had to call:

water & sewer co.

garbage co. (this was the most annoying. There are quite a few private garbage co.'s in this town. I had to make 3 different calls before I found the one who provided us with our black garbage cans)

electric co.

gas co.

each seperately in order to make sure we get continued service. I know it's not that big of a deal, but when you are still relatively new to this town and the phone book you are using is absolutely no help at all and people act like I should just know this stuff--I started to get a wee ticked off.

Besides utilities, here are the other things on our honey do list this week:

*Pull out carpet--Check!

Who knew it was so dirty under your carpet?!

*Pry up staples left behind from carpet that are embedded into the floors--Check! That task was terrible. I hope none of you ever have to sit hunched over with a pair of plyers yanking 100s of industrial strength staples from the floor & scraping up bits of carpet glue. But it's done!

*Get rest of the house panted--should be done by tonight! Blake has a contractor friend who is going to lend us his professional paint equipment (i.e. a sprayer) & that is what Blake is doing as we speak. Cross your fingers we can get it all done in one day!

*Order Carpet--the goal is to have it ordered by next week. We've already been waiting a week for the person to come measure our house so we know how much to order. If he doesn't come soon I might lose it. I am a very punctual person, so if someone says they will be there on a certain day that's what I expect.

*Install new doors on the all the closets and bed/bath rooms. We've got them ordered, just waiting for them to arrive.

*Move in!!

I would consider what we are doing to be a pretty minor renovation. We're not moving walls or changing the kitchen cabinets. But it is still a lot more time/work/energy that I thought it would be. I can definitely appreciate those of you who have survived a bigger reno that this!

And on a Brooke note, my friend Marilyn made her this super cute crayon roll and Brooke loves it!

Brooke is really starting to enjoy coloring and doing little crafts. This crayon roll is perfect for the diaper bag and coloring at church or while we are working on the house. And speaking of crafts, here are a few other things Brooke has brought home with her from the sitter's house:

I love Brooke's little scribbles on the paper cup and bunny. I am trying to resist the urge to be a pack rat and hold onto every little thing, so taking pictures of it will have to do.

And finally, it's been a while since I've shared a Brooke video. I was attempting to get her to show off some of her new words and animal sounds.She is usually pretty good with sounds, but of course the camera was on so it was a no go. Also the guy next door was mowing his lawn and Brooke was convinced it was Blake over there and kept saying "da-da?" Oh life with an almost 2 year old is never boring, that's for sure!