The Cave
8 years ago
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
House Work...
has taken over my life:) We closed on our house 3 weeks ago, and we still have a ton of work to do! We started the first weekend after closing emptying out our apartment. So on night 2 we were able to sleep in the house. Although because our king bed was still in storage Brian and I claimed the guest bedroom for a couple of weeks.
Brian and my 2 brother-in-laws started on the big storage unit that weekend as well. That unit had all of our furniture (that we didn't have at the apartment) and the remainder of our house stuff that the movers moved for us. It was VERY full. And as they started to move stuff out we realize that it was maybe too full. Because of no air flow and the wet summer we have had we had mold on everything that was touching the concrete floor! It was mainly chest of drawers, bookcases, filing cabinets, and our 2 cedar chests. Our biggest concern was our king bed and our sectional from our living room that were in the very back of that unit. So our garage became "decontamination zone" and we began the process of cleaning mold. My parents and uncle came the next week (Brian was out of town for work, lucky guy!) and we emptied that storage unit into our garage. Thanks goodness our bed and sectional were shrink wrapped well, and not a speck of mold!
While my parents were here my dad's youngest brother was sent to the hospital with an infection. After I talked with his doctor in the ICU on Friday morning the family decided that dad and my uncle Bill had better get back home to see Uncle Allan and talk to the staff themselves. Mom stayed here to help me while Brian was gone. Early Sunday morning mom and I woke to news from the hospital that Uncle Allan was in trouble. Dad and Uncle Bill were on the way to the hospital when my Uncle Allan passed. He was in poor health to begin with, but this was not expected at all. We traveled back to MI last week for the funeral. We have a close family, so this was a very hard time for us. It was a lovely service and being that Uncle Allan was in the fire department for 30 years, the fire department had a honor guard at the funeral for him. He would have been proud.
Brian and I were planning on staying for only 2 days so we could get back to work, and Payton stayed back with my mom and sister. Nicole was going to bring Payton back with her in a couple of days. Payton work up vomiting the next morning. So she stayed with my mom for a couple of days to get better. We still don't know what she picked up, no one else in the family got sick. My in-laws drove he back with them last weekend. They brought with them Payton's Auntie Christina's bedroom set. Payton LOVED staying at Grammy Betty's because she loved that room so much. So now Payton has a big girl room of her own. The first night she slept with her "new" furniture she asked me "Mumma, am I going to be a grown-up here? Because this is the best room that I have ever had!" Awwww.
The girls bedrooms and their TV room downstairs are the only rooms that are completely done! Betty and I got the rest of the furniture cleaned over the weekend, and Brian and his dad finished up emptying and cleaning out the apartment. Brian had a walk through with our apt. manager and we are finally out of there! It worked for us for 5 months, but we are SO happy to be done with it forever!
This week Brian started as Payton's soccer coach. Her first game is September 11. Payton is SO excited that her Daddy is her coach. Brian is hoping it is going to be as fun as it sounds, and not a ton of work on his part! He is one of 3 coaches, and all 3 coaches have daughters on the team. Another fun thing for Payton is that their team shirts are pink:)
Brian and my 2 brother-in-laws started on the big storage unit that weekend as well. That unit had all of our furniture (that we didn't have at the apartment) and the remainder of our house stuff that the movers moved for us. It was VERY full. And as they started to move stuff out we realize that it was maybe too full. Because of no air flow and the wet summer we have had we had mold on everything that was touching the concrete floor! It was mainly chest of drawers, bookcases, filing cabinets, and our 2 cedar chests. Our biggest concern was our king bed and our sectional from our living room that were in the very back of that unit. So our garage became "decontamination zone" and we began the process of cleaning mold. My parents and uncle came the next week (Brian was out of town for work, lucky guy!) and we emptied that storage unit into our garage. Thanks goodness our bed and sectional were shrink wrapped well, and not a speck of mold!
While my parents were here my dad's youngest brother was sent to the hospital with an infection. After I talked with his doctor in the ICU on Friday morning the family decided that dad and my uncle Bill had better get back home to see Uncle Allan and talk to the staff themselves. Mom stayed here to help me while Brian was gone. Early Sunday morning mom and I woke to news from the hospital that Uncle Allan was in trouble. Dad and Uncle Bill were on the way to the hospital when my Uncle Allan passed. He was in poor health to begin with, but this was not expected at all. We traveled back to MI last week for the funeral. We have a close family, so this was a very hard time for us. It was a lovely service and being that Uncle Allan was in the fire department for 30 years, the fire department had a honor guard at the funeral for him. He would have been proud.
Brian and I were planning on staying for only 2 days so we could get back to work, and Payton stayed back with my mom and sister. Nicole was going to bring Payton back with her in a couple of days. Payton work up vomiting the next morning. So she stayed with my mom for a couple of days to get better. We still don't know what she picked up, no one else in the family got sick. My in-laws drove he back with them last weekend. They brought with them Payton's Auntie Christina's bedroom set. Payton LOVED staying at Grammy Betty's because she loved that room so much. So now Payton has a big girl room of her own. The first night she slept with her "new" furniture she asked me "Mumma, am I going to be a grown-up here? Because this is the best room that I have ever had!" Awwww.
The girls bedrooms and their TV room downstairs are the only rooms that are completely done! Betty and I got the rest of the furniture cleaned over the weekend, and Brian and his dad finished up emptying and cleaning out the apartment. Brian had a walk through with our apt. manager and we are finally out of there! It worked for us for 5 months, but we are SO happy to be done with it forever!
This week Brian started as Payton's soccer coach. Her first game is September 11. Payton is SO excited that her Daddy is her coach. Brian is hoping it is going to be as fun as it sounds, and not a ton of work on his part! He is one of 3 coaches, and all 3 coaches have daughters on the team. Another fun thing for Payton is that their team shirts are pink:)
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