Help Has Arrived!

Even though I am feeling fairly settled here in our new house, there is still a long list of things that need to get done with relation to our move.

Noah still doesn't have curtain rods in his bedroom...they have been sitting on the floor in a corner since we moved in a month ago.

Bekah has an odd coloured stripe all the way around her room where the two colours of paint don't meet because we have wood trim that needs to be put up there.

One of the toilets doesn't flush properly...we think it needs a new fill valve. We did actually buy one, but it has been moved from room to room (still in the box) for about 3 weeks now.

We have two new timers to be installed for the outdoor lights at the front and back of the house. We moved in and couldn't turn out the outdoor lights because we had to find the manuals for the timers and figure out how to re-program them. These timers are installed right into the light switch panels...there is no longer a switch there. The lights were on for days. Kevin finally decided to just replace them.

We bought the kids a monster swing set jungle gym thing. They say "build and play in the same day" but that is a lot of bunk. We have been told by several people that it takes two people two days to put one of these bad boys together.

Our living room furniture needs to be cleaned desperately, due to the fact that I couldn't find anyone in the whole country of Switzerland who steam cleans furniture during the two years that I was there.

We have a composter that needs to be assembled. I have always been aware of the environment, but since watching An Inconvenient Truth, I have a whole new commitment to the cause. I am anxious to increase my contribution to saving the planet by beginning to compost.

One of the bathtubs needs to be resealed along the edge where the tub meets the tile floor. If this isn't done soon, I am convinced that a day will come when the wood beneath the bathtub becomes so rotted from the kids splashing that they are going to fall through to the main floor below.

And, lastly, at least on the immediate list of things to do, is to put the Dora wallpaper decals up on Bekah's bedroom walls. Right now they are held there with Scotch tape.

So, with all of these things to do, and not enough hours in the day, it was time to call in reinforcements. Kevin doesn't get home until between seven and seven thirty most nights, so doing these things isn't really an option during the week. By the time he eats dinner, spends time with the kids and helps with their bedtime routine, it is time for us to go to bed too. Weekends only have so many hours in them, and before we know it they are over! Kevin spends his time on the weekends doing many other things that we have already checked off the "honey do" list.

So, Kevin's dad arrived the other day to help out. It is his first chance to see the new house, and he came mainly to help with the swing set/jungle gym, as it appears it is a two person job to assemble it. While Kevin was at work yesterday he also managed to check a couple of other tasks off of the "to do" list by assembling the composter and installing the new timers.

With any luck, by the time he leaves on Tuesday we will be well on our way to a beginning a brand new "honey do" list!