Tuesday, September 06, 2011

WI- Week 1

It is hard to believe that we have already been in Wisconsin for a whole week! I still wake up in bed and have ABSOLUTELY no idea where I am! Our room is really dark and there are no street lights here so I have been leaving a bathroom light on lately. Maybe I need a night light too just like the kids!

The kids seem to be adjusting fine. They get up before us every day and get Shane out of bed and then they all go and play in the upstairs playroom every morning. It is a nice new morning routine that gives John and I a few extra minutes of sleep! Thanks boys!


So far I have been pleased with the school situation for everyone. I think that we got lucky with the teachers and the location of the schools and it is working out well. I am not so happy with the bus situation, but that is a whole other issue that I have not had time to tackle yet. Wyatt's bus was scheduled to pick him up a 7am for a school start time of 8:05! Yeah right?!?!? So, I have been driving him and picking him up every day.... but I might have time to give the bus company an ear full sometime later this week!

We have about 5 boxes left to unpack. They are mostly full of pictures and stuff to hang on the walls. I have not figured out where I want everything on the walls yet, so I may leave them boxed up for the time being. I am still struggling to get organized, but things are improving. Once we get into a solid morning routine my days will flow better.

The list of house projects keeps growing. As soon as we finish one project we have to add two more to the list! It is fun though getting everything just the way that you want it and I enjoy it. We keep talking about making a Master project list, but so far I think that we are both nervous about how long it might possibly be!

This weekend we un-boxed the basement, vacuumed it out (walls and corners too), organized the pantry, organized the garage (50% of the way) so that we could park all three vehicles inside, fertilized the yard, joined Sam's Club, hung some magnetic boards, ran a gas line to the grill, and about 20 more things that I can't think of right now. No wonder my back is sore?!?!?

This week I promised to take the boys apple picking. I would like to take them swimming somewhere this week too, but I haven't worked out the details yet.


I will try and take some house pictures this week so that I can document how far we have come. It is always a slow process personalizing a house, but exciting too! This house still feels like it belongs to someone else, but we are hoping that we can change that shortly!

The kids have been busy meeting the neighbor kids and we are thrilled with the amount of kids nearby, but we are all still missing Pittsburgh! It will take a while to find good friends like we had in our last house. But we have always been blessed with great neighbors and friends everywhere that we have lived so far and I am sure that Appleton will not be any different!

So we got through week 1 and are excited to see what new and exciting adventures week 2 will bring!

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