Time is...no longer...of the essence

Wow. It has been a while since I've posted. For that, I'm sorry. I'm not doing to well on my promise to post at least once a week. I don know that for the next little bit, I will be posting on a daily basis. On to what we've accomplished these past couple of weeks. As you can see from the picture to the left, Savannah likes her new room. The primary wall color is... I'll get back to you on what colors we used. But needless to say, that Savannah's room loos good. And she loves it! She likes to walk around and point out the flowers and the butterflies. We picked up a butterfly night light and this Umbra Papillon Butterfly Wall Art Set at Target. And...Savannah loves them. The butterfly night light gives the whole room a nice purplish glow and has a 15 minute timer.

Another thing that was accomplished was the removal of the wood trim around the cabinets in the kitchen along with their hardware. Then they were sanded down. Or, I guess it would be more accurate to say that the grease was sanded off... Cait says that it was pretty nasty. While continuing in the kitchen, my dad and I removed the old non-working microwave. It was a little tricky, but after much grunting, huffing, and finagling we were able to take the microwave and its holder out. Of course nothing can be quite that easy. After we got the microwave out, we found that there was a fairly large hole in the wall. Good thing we're no planning to attach anything to that wall... I was able to repair it with a neat little patch from Lowes and some mud. Not like dirt and sand mud...

Other repairs that were completed are the attachment of down spout extensions for our gutters. These allow water to flow AWAY from the cement pad that our house sits on and into the grass. No more lakes next to the house! Yay! Thank you dad for that. My dad also got up on the roof and plugged a hole that was created by one of the roofing nails no longer being where it should be. He also sealed the edges around the chimney. Hopefully this will help keep water out until we can get everything replaced. *Fingers crossed.* Once my parents left for the north, Cait and I worked on getting the house cleaned up for our trip. We're going to Idaho to visit my Grandparents so that they can see their Great Granddaughter. And Kyle. Savannah will finally be able to meet her other Uncle. Well, that's it for now. I'll be posting on our travel blog for the next little bit. You can follow it here: The Occasional World Travel.