House Update

Well, here is a quick update on our house. IT'S STILL NOT DONE!! It wasn't really supposed to take this long. It will be 2 weeks tomorrow. It was all only supposed to take about 7-10 days. Well, here we are at day 14 and still nothing good. They were able to put the flooring down in the bathroom. They were supposed to put the tile up on the walls on Monday and they didn't get it done. I still don't think it got done yesterday. Hopefully today!! We can only hope! The carpet that they ordered for the bedroom isn't supposed to be here until Monday! They must have ordered it from China! We are hoping that maybe this weekend we will be able to be back at home. I'm kind of afraid to go home because it is a mess. There are still towels everywhere because I haven't been home long enough to get them all washed. I will have to put the bathroom and bedroom back together, because of right now, my bathroom is in my living room. SCARY! Let's all hope for the best! Wish us luck :)

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I found this picture on my moms shutterfly account. It was from went Justin and I went and saw everybody in July. Most of the kids and I had a sleepover on the tramp. It was fun and everybody slept quite well.

...And the floods came up...

This past week has not been a very fun one. Thursday morning, we woke up to about 3 inches of water on the floor in the bathroom and the room next to the bathroom. Justin was trying to blame it on me, when all of a sudden, we heard water squirting. We looked under the sink, and one of the hoses was so old that it broke and so when the pump would kick on, water would squirt everywhere. Justin called our landlord and he sent a carpet cleaning company up to us to assess the damage. Well, come to find out, the wall behind the sink was full of water; it seeped into the floor, and was dripping into the basement. It filled up some of the duct work and was heading towards the furnace. We spent all morning trying to get the water soaked up and figure out what to do next. The cleaner determined that to get everything completely dried out, we had to pull up the flooring. We were very lucky, because right in the doorway of the bathroom, there was a seam in the linoleum. Otherwise, we would have had to pull the flooring in the kitchen. It was a long and grueling process, but we got it done. Now we are just waiting for the contractor to determine what all needs to be done. None of our stuff got ruined, just all of our towels. Luckily our house is on a bit of a slant, and so the water went away from everything in the closet. On the other hand, it was our only bathroom and so we have been staying at our friends house in Kamiah. We are so thankful for them and for the great friends that they are! Thanks Brandaan & Melissa!!

Well, we made it home. We left Downey last Tuesday and drove all day long. We finally got home at about 4:30, emptied the truck, and collapsed on the couch. Driving really makes you tired. I ended up not having to work the rest of the week, and so I was in charge of taking Christmas down. Our tree was on the verge of death, and I wanted to get it out before I had needles all over. I didn't even cry as I took the tree down! I was ready to have my house back to normal. We also came home with an organ and so I had to find somewhere to put that. I was able to get the house clean and enjoy the holiday. Thursday night we braved the weather and went to Kamiah. We played games at our friends house until about 2:30 and then we decided to drive home. We got home at about 3:30 and fell right asleep. I didn't wake up until noon! The joys of not having kids. I also must have been worn out because all I did Friday was sleep. Saturday I was finally back to my old self.

It has been raining and raining. The roads are a mess, my car is filthy, our pond is filling up, and the horses are all wet! It looks like there is another pond in front of our real pond because the ground is frozen and so the water is not soaking in. It's just sitting on top of the ice.

Everybody has been talking about their Resolutions and I don't have too many. My parents got us a Wii Fit Plus for Christmas and I have been using that everyday. Amber and I have been calling each other every day to make sure that we are getting our exercise in. It's been quite fun.

This morning was a beautiful morning and I just had to take some pictures.

The horses always stand on this side of the shed. It's nice because then we can see them out our windows!

I love when there is frost all over. It makes the plants look so pretty.

I think it is so pretty when the frost sticks like this.