We are so close to moving into the house I can taste it. The contractor finished putting in the windows and slider and patching up the A/C hole this past weekend. It's SO nice to not have filthy, half-functioning, non-energy efficient windows. Now we have beautiful vinyl white windows. I'm sure this is only thrilling to Chris and me. :) The flooring is in too. Chris is now working on getting the baseboards put down throughout the house. Pretty much all that's left is some touch up painting and a major clean. (Obviously that's not all that's left for the house to be considered done by anyone's standards, but it will definitely be more than liveable. The rest of the projects can be done after the kids go to bed and on weekends.)
And...I "get" to call the home warranty company today. Something in the garage is smelling like gas. It's either the 25 year old water heater or the 35 year old furnace. It's a toss up. Maybe they'll come out, look at them, and replace them both. Ha, right. The gas company came out before we bought the house and recommended either replacing both or servicing them. You can guess which option the sellers chose. So, we start the calls to the home warranty company and up go the carbon monoxide detectors.
On to other topics. . .Chris gave me my Valentine's Day gift early. (Yah, yah, I know...commercialism at its finest. But because I recieve gifts, I don't complain. ;)) He gave me a bluetooth headset for talking on my cell phone in the car. And it's pink. I love it. Now I don't have to worry about getting pulled over for taking a call.
My 12 week screening ultrasound is tomorrow. I'm excited to see the baby again. I didn't do this screening with Caleb or Anna. I know it's not a necessity because whether or not he/she perfectly healthy won't matter to us. The screening will either offer peace of mind or will prepare us for ... whatever. Either way, I feel blessed to live in a time where this option is open to us through modern technology. Speaking of my pregnancy, it's still going pretty smoothly. I'm still not in maternity pants which seems really weird to me. But it's a good thing. I haven't the slightest idea where I could find the Rubbermaid container with my maternity clothes in it. I told Chris that it's only a matter of time before I pop out and can't fit into anything so we best get to moving into that house fast.
This is long enough I think. Next post will hopefully have pictures of the house in them. It looks really great, I'm so pleased. It used to be that when I would walk into the house the overwhelming feeling of everything that needed to be done would weigh on me and I'd feel like it would never happen. But now I walk in and can see how close we are. That's a much better feeling. Okay, blah blah blah...bye!
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Carrie, it's exciting to me to hear about your house! :) I know what you mean though. It's amazing how the things that thrilled us ten years ago are not the same things that do today. We are saving this year to finish our basement and I drool over showers, sinks and tile at Lowe's. Really? This is me? Too funny. Congrats on the baby too. I think the 12 week ultrasound is the cutest. They really look like a baby at that point. Good luck with everything!
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