Hi all, today marks one year exactly from the day I picked Luke up from his bgrandparents' in New Jersey....can you believe we are still waiting to finalize his adoption?!?! I have an appt with our attorney tomorrow morning to hopefully sign the petition to adopt, and then Paul can sign it on Thursday when he makes deliveries in the attorney's town (30 miles away). I'll be honest, I'm feeling a bit like the actor Bill Murray in the movie "Groundhog Day", reliving the same day over and over and over, with absolutely nothing changing, no matter how hard he tries to fix whatever's wrong so he can move on. I had an appt with the attorney 4 weeks ago, and he assured me the petition to adopt would be ready to sign a week later, but so far, nothing has been completed. Kriminy, how tough can it be? I know for a fact that he has Jaden's petition to adopt on Word Doc, so would it really be too much to ask for him to take 30 minutes of his precious time to make the applicable changes to Luke's, and then print it out? What the heck can be taking him soooo long?
To pass the time while waiting for the adoption papers to be finished, I've been keeping busy shopping for materials for our bathroom remodel. Anyone who has ever done any remodeling can attest to the fact that it usually takes twice as long and twice as much money as you budgeted. Paul and I started demo Friday evening, and we thought we were finished last night, but ds Jared (the one who works for a contractor) gave us the bad news this evening that we will need to take out the subflooring too (it's starting to rot around the toilet), so it's back to demo. Jared also said we might need to replace all the bathroom plumbing, clear up to the roof vent. *sigh* I was hoping to get started on the construction phase this week, but I guess the 9 of us will have to continue sharing one bathroom for the forseeable future.
We borrowed a homeschooling friend's antique grain truck over the weekend to haul away all of our debris, and Paul ran it out to the city dump during his lunch hour today. The total weight of our debris was 1980 lbs. WoW! No **wonder* my back, arms, and hands are aching today! Paul and I both stepped on nails yesterday, so Paul had to get a Tetanus shot today. Ouch! (I had a Tetanus booster a couple of years ago, so I didn't need one.) Both of us have several other cuts & scrapes, and I think I might have broken the middle knuckle on my right thumb as we were breaking apart our cast-iron tub yesterday. My hands are sooo swollen and achy today, I can't wear any of my rings, and you can totally forget handwriting.
To pass the time while waiting for the adoption papers to be finished, I've been keeping busy shopping for materials for our bathroom remodel. Anyone who has ever done any remodeling can attest to the fact that it usually takes twice as long and twice as much money as you budgeted. Paul and I started demo Friday evening, and we thought we were finished last night, but ds Jared (the one who works for a contractor) gave us the bad news this evening that we will need to take out the subflooring too (it's starting to rot around the toilet), so it's back to demo. Jared also said we might need to replace all the bathroom plumbing, clear up to the roof vent. *sigh* I was hoping to get started on the construction phase this week, but I guess the 9 of us will have to continue sharing one bathroom for the forseeable future.
We borrowed a homeschooling friend's antique grain truck over the weekend to haul away all of our debris, and Paul ran it out to the city dump during his lunch hour today. The total weight of our debris was 1980 lbs. WoW! No **wonder* my back, arms, and hands are aching today! Paul and I both stepped on nails yesterday, so Paul had to get a Tetanus shot today. Ouch! (I had a Tetanus booster a couple of years ago, so I didn't need one.) Both of us have several other cuts & scrapes, and I think I might have broken the middle knuckle on my right thumb as we were breaking apart our cast-iron tub yesterday. My hands are sooo swollen and achy today, I can't wear any of my rings, and you can totally forget handwriting.
Anyway, I'll be sure to snap a picture or two of the bathroom when we're all finished....it's gonna look sooo nice! Ceramic tile flooring, new tub & shower surround, pedestal sink & matching toilet with fluted bases, matching faucets & accessories in brushed nickel & porcelain with "old-time" hot/cold faucet handles, white bead-board paneling up to my eye level (about 4.5 ft), and towels & rugs in pale sage & lavender. I can't wait to see how it will turn out!
