So Much To Say.

Where do I start? I'm asking that question both for my blog and my life in general. We stayed our first night in our house last Sunday! Woo hoo. It was not a lot of fun trying to find clothes and bedding, but we reached a huge mile stone by staying here and being able to walk on those blasted floors.
I cooked our first meal of pasta on Sunday. It really was pretty comical. Step 1: move box full of knick knacks from stove top. Step 2: find pasta (what box was it in?) Step 3: move box from floor so not trip over it AGAIN! Well, I'm sure you can see how the whole meal process went. We did make it through Sunday and started off the week with our Church's week long summer Vacation Bible School. I love doing VBS, but getting us all out of the house in matching clothes every day before 8:15 was nothing less than a miracle. We did it though and the kids and I had a blast.
We started to feel like we were making some progress for the first time today. We mowed and weed wacked our 1.4 acres with a push mower and a weed wacker. I helped out for about an hour and it took Dan a total of 4 hours to finish the whole lawn. If anyone sees a deal for a riding lawnmower please let us know. I feel it would be a worth while investment. We have started working on our pool for the second time. After three calls to our local pool and spa specialty store we think we might have a chance at swimming before labor day but we're not holding our breath.
Our day has not been without it's challenges though. While filling the pool Dan noticed that our water pump was turning on and off, so he pushed a button to put it on automatic. He says he has done this before. Well, this time when he did it is shut off our water. We currently have no water (aside from the algae infested pool water we are attempting to clean.) I am just looking at this situation as a great opportunity to practice being a patient and loving wife and not asking why he had to go and push that button WHEN IT REALLY WASN'T NECESSARY! Hmmm ...what else did we do today. We put together a dresser from Ikea. It wasn't exactly fun, but it did all come together and now Dan's clothes are not in various boxes and laundry hampers. All in all (except for the whole water incident) it has been a productive day. We are looking forward to having a break tomorrow and coming back at the house full force next week. I hope to get some more pictures posted, but it might be a few days. We have dial up internet service after having high speed Internet for five year. I didn't think something like this would upset me, but I am a little embarrassed to admit that it has. I guess it is just another opportunity to learn patience. Hope everyone is having as much fun as we are!