- We found, and made an offer on, a house at the beginning of May
- The offer was accepted, but we had to scramble to meet some requirements for our mortgage loan, due to using the VA option (such as getting carpet installed in the property, and scraping and painting peeling window and roof trim)
- This rather unbalanced my work schedule, mental health, housework, and of course, LW's finally-tuned schedule
- We closed on the house the second weekend in June, and proceeded to move.
- Moving with a two year old, even two towns over, is a major hassle.
- Did I mention that LW turned two in the midst of this chaos? We're bad parents. We didn't do much to celebrate. I gave her chocolate icecream with a candle on top and called it good. But we're planning a dual house-warming/two year birthday party for next month.
- After being in the house about a week, we discovered a section of mold in the basement.
- Panic ensued, but it looks like it'll be ok with some fairly limited cleanup.
- My mind is also full of all sorts of quotes and such for other projects that need to happen.
- Also, I managed to plant our rather minimal garden. I will take pictures of many things soon!
- Not much knitting lately. I finished a baby shower present for a friend of mine, but then the house saga began. However I now have a dedicated office/craft room, so that will help.
- Of course, there's little time to knit, what with hanging blinds and needing to paint, and still unpacking, and such.
- I look forward to a time six months from now when I'm no longer freaking out about the possibility of mold in our walls, or an unknown pest invasion, or that my daughter is slowly being poisoned by lead paint. Seriously - I think it would have been easier to live at a time when we weren't so well educated... a little lack of knowledge can actually be good for you...
Hope you all are well! Pray for us, in this transition, please!
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Actually LW did have a sort of birthday party at Grammy and Grampa's house as well with a candle in her strawberry shortcake, and presents. No big bash, no pool party, no clowns, no tea sandwiches, treasure hunts, craft projects, or pony rides, but it was nearly as big a deal as you guys had when you were that age. The big bash birthday parties don't need to come until later (if at all -- my parents never really did big bash things, although we did a few times have birthday parties with friends involved, that was actually pretty rare and I don't think your father ever had a party that included more than one "little friend").
Glad that the mold is turning out to not be as serious as you'd thought it might be. Given that, as a child, you suffered from a mold allergy that was triggered even by Christmas trees, I can understand your concern about mold.
Relative to the lead: I might remind you that you spent loads of your young life in a house that was built in the same era (your grandparents') and that both your father and I grew up in houses with lead paint. I'm not minimizing the potential dangers, just pointing out that there is time to deal with them, and that you actually have sealed things down with the painting and scraping on the front door and the windows.
It's going to be a nice home for you. Just take it a little bit at a time. Making a house into a home takes more than just a couple of weeks.
Loved your nursing pad washing machine story comment on my blog. So great.
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