The House Trots

This post is about a week late, but we worked hard last weekend and we were able to get a few things done.

Like,  oh I don't know,  the FRONT WINDOWS!!!!!

YEAH! GET EXCITED !!!

Also, the subfloor in the laundry and kids' room.

But, back to the window, 'cause that's all you want to hear about. It was HEA------VY! I mean, we were going to take it straight out the front down a short ladder and to the grass, but I am so grateful that we didn't. Not kidding, someone would have gotten hurt... me. I could not even lift it!!! I swear! So Trevor lifted his side down, and then ran over and lifted mine down.  Then we drug it over to the dumpster and somehow got it in. I am not kidding about how heavy this window was. It was insane. And then we smashed the glass. That felt nice.

Two Months Later

Guys, the roof is FINALLY 100% DONE! After working on the soffits for the last month or so, we are completely and finally finished!

This month I experienced the joys that come from cutting metal. Metal shards exploding in your face never feel great. Metal dust in your eye causes pink eye... who knew? Hot metal, sharp metal, dumb metal... lol

This is a wonderful and exciting experience as well as exhausting, taxing, wearing, frustrating and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. I love this house!!! (Disclaimer: I am allowed to take back this last statement as soon as the next unexpected catastrophe hits.)

RESTLESS

It's 1:45 am. I can't sleep because I'm worried about Will. He's had a bad cold/flu/idontreallyknow for a few days now. He's hardly eating. He's throwing up, but not like a flu throw up, but more like a gagging throw up. Tonight the cough went into his  chest.

2:05 am. Will woke up coughing and gagging and crying in between. Took his temp, and it was 102. Administered tylenol and rubbed his back until he calmed down and fell mostly asleep.

I'm just a worried mom. I have to wake up early to take a friend into Twin, which is convenient because I'm definitely done fighting this sickness all by myself.

Did I mention the other kids are sick too? Yep. It's great.

Now, to remember the name of our doctor.  I wish I was kidding.

Luck and Derbies

Last night was the Cub Scouts Space Derby. It was the last pack meeting for logan before he has his birthday and is out of Webelos.

I'd like to say that we worked really hard on his spaceship... but.. well... we didn't. The night before, we remembered that we needed to build it. Trevor was sick and asleep in bed, so it was just Logan and me.

Having never seen a space derby before, I felt completely lost. We watched a few youtube videos on how to assemble the thing, and then we went to town building it.

Then we went to bed.

The next morning, I was editing pictures in my room, and Logan decided to show Samantha what we had built. Unfortunately, these spaceships have parts that can fall out very easily. Long story short, logan lost a very vital piece to his spaceship.

*sigh

We looked for the lost piece all day, but couldn't find it. Luckily I had some wood that was just the right size, so about 20 minutes before the derby, we cut it out and notched it and made it work. Also, we didn't have time to paint it, so Logan used a black sharpie to add a little zest to it.

At the derby Logan won his first match-up.

Then his second!

And in the end, the very last race was Logan against this boy whose rocket was really fast, but not as fast as Logan's.

He won!!!!

He finally won something!!!

I'm convinced these things are all just luck. I don't know what we did to make the rocket so fast.

But just in case you ever have a space derby and want to copy us, here's what we did: carve it a lot. Keep carving until it's really round. Make sure your wings are balanced and straight. Don't paint it. Resist the urge to wind it up and try it out. Every time you wind it, it stretches the rubber bands out and it won't go as far the next time.

Push & Shove

This was the weekend from H-E-double-hockey-sticks.

We worked our rear-ends off.

We got the ceiling joists in. We framed our bathroom and closet.

Good thing too.

I was feeling so down about the whole thing.

This whole never-ending project.

We are close now.

We need to 1. Frame the entry.

2. Lay sub-floor in the bedroom and laundry room.

3. Install the front windows and master bath window.

4. Install door frame into pantry.

Three of those projects are large, and one is small. I figure it is about 1 months worth of work.

Then the inspector can come!!!

Woohoo!!!

Also, notice that the ceiling is now gone along with half of the wall in our closet/bathroom. We took that down and bagged all the loose insulation to blow in later. That's not an easy or quick job. We really got a ton done this weekend. Thanks for your prayers!!