DANIELS BEEN UNDER THE WEATHER

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Saturday, February 3, 2007

DANIELS BEEN UNDER THE WEATHER

yesterday after school, daniel came home and told me he didnt feel well.
i asked about any symptoms and all he could say was his head hurt.

i suggested he may be dehydrated and he needed fluid if that was the case.
he drank some water and went to bed.

he did wake up in the morning with a fairly harsh cough, which in turn may have caused his head
to hurt because of the force of each cough.

well, the kids been pretty much sleeping for a day and a half.

today, he STILL didnt feel any better, still complaining of a headache.
by this time, i assumed it was due to NOT HAVING ANYTHING IN HIS BODY TO SUSTAIN IT.
so, i sugested he eat.
he had some cereal, went back to sleep.

missionaries dropped by unannounced. i dont mind, i really enjoy them.
we talked a bit.
they shared some scriptures with us.
i asked if they could give daniel a blessing. they said yes, and proceeded to do so.

after that, they dedicated (blessed) our new home.

so, we should be covered and protected and have the healing powers covering us all now.

i sure hope daniel gets better.

MICHELLE 

Posted by MICHELLE WILLIAMSON at 8:19 PM

WE ARE OFFICIALLY MOVED !!! And A Bit BEFORE Schedule As Well!

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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
WE ARE OFFICIALLY MOVED!!! and a bit BEFORE schedule as well!

PHEW!!! we did it, most of it all by ourselves, or better yet...craig himself in out tiny little compact car. hard to belive but all we have left is to clean and dismantle a shelf and were done! turn in the key and were OUTA THERE and in here (where i am currently) in a slightly LARGER home, with a 2 car garage for all the OVERFLOW stuff we feel we cant live without, but barely ever look at.

we have moved for 3 weekends straight and this past weekend, we had some church assistance helping with the larger items. 2 loads in a 14 footer U-haul and most of it was here. each weekend we had either FREEZING CONDITIONS (really bad weather here) OR SNOW the entire time we were moving.

somewhere along the way we lost a red bag and my car keys to the MITSUBITCHI MIRAGE i owned. and took the better part of last night to attempt to locate.
i got up this morning, moved a few boxes in the garage and there was the bag, craig had already found the key to my car.

i have , just about non-stop unpacked and shuffled boxes about the house as i come to them. and i am completely tired now. but still have to make some more progress as the living room is STILL a room full of boxes. all-be-it has alot more space to move about in, its not a living room i feel comfortable allowing guests to come and visit right now.

theres still the adjustment period of tweeking and fine tuning the home, one of the things i think well need to do is get a plumber out here to figure out why the hot water heater isnt pushing as much hot water out when the things cranked up as high as it will go. i get about a 10 minute shower and the water gets really cold. as well as HALF the water still comes from the faucet, not completely out of the shower head...i hate that!(were still in winter weather here, so the pipes are very cold too.)
another thing i noticed is the main bathrooms so far from the hot water heater. it may have something to do with that flux in temp. but i really have a very hard time belieiving that a 30 foot length in pipe can make the water get that cold..that quick.

the DISHWASHER works great! i couldnt have asked for a better dishwasher, it also has a slight issue. its not set in the hole right..i think its too small for the hole, to be honest, and when you load it, it tipps forward. inconvienence, nothing more.

theres less cabinet space here. well have to figure something out for that. right now we have craigs table set between the oven and the fridge to act as additional counter space as well as storeage underneath. well have to get counter and cabinets with some formika top for that area at some-point.

the DOGS are loving the sidding glass door, where they can be outside and still watch us. i like it because shadow doesnt make as much noise with the glass as she did with the back door of the other house.
they also have a chain-link fence with other "doggie" friends they can actually see, we had a very old privacy fence at the other home...they had alot of holes to poke thu and watch the world, or the neighbor with. now they have a backyard looking into 5 other back yards and a way to see the traffic as it passes the house on this residential road.

daniel had his first NEW BUSTOP issue yesterday. he didnt know WHERE it was, and it came really late...but he managed to get there anyway. came home with paris about an hour late. and then PARIS spent the night.
so, we had our first OVER-NIGHT guest last night.

first visitors were: THE MISSIONARIES. i had scheduled them to eat, and they came by earlier in the day to say they wouldnt be able to make it for the dinner appointment. i was glad, too. cause the house was STILL in disaray, and i was too tired too cook fo anyone, even myself.

later that evening we had a visit from the CHOATES. they helped us move. (church ppl) and they came by to tell us they didnt know where the red bag was that craig was so desperatly looking for. spent a few minutes chatting about that.

third visitor was late in the evening..brother MANDOLIN,(church ppl--my sons teacher) he helped craig tow his truck to the driveway. and tonight will most likely be towing my mitsubitchi to the driveway as well.

we had issues with the internet and phone transfer. and had just gotten it on yesterday afternoon sometime. i was actually enjoying the silence for a change.

this house has great light. so during the day theres NO NEED to run much electric. its very well insulated too, so it retains alot of the heater right now..unless the front door is open or your in and out of the sliding glass door, or in and out of tha garage.
ceiling fans help distribute the air in here as well.

daniels room is just about done. everything (for right now) is where hed like it to be.
i still need to paint it tho. and it needs a ceiling fan as well.

may main objective is the living room. trying to manage all the boxes and figure out furniture arrangements and such. its been a task!

im hoping i do NOT have to move again any time soon. since we have cart blanch on this home to do as we see fit, as if we own it, i want to make it OURS. to me, this is the FINAL MOVE! im too friggin old for all this mess anymore.

LOL

MICHELLE

Posted by MICHELLE WILLIAMSON at 7:39 AM

SNOW IS FINALLY MELTING !!!!

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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
SNOW IS FINALLY MELTING !!!!

its been a hard 2 weeks for this state of oklahoma.

first an ice storm comes in, then a week later a slight, almost impossible to see, snow storm (it was more rain than anything) came and re-froze alot of what was trying to melt at the time.

my son was out of school for a week...im was tired of him being home and very excited when he finally got to go back to school monday. of course, he wasnt. but thats life.

4 days off from school, means hell have to make it up later at the end of the year. not to excited about that either.

we are about 8/10ths done with moving. most rooms have just basic stuff to move. computer rooms almost a skeleton, empty shelves, some packed boxes, and the residual drawers basicly to move.

living room has a book case i need to pack. and some minor stuff to move.

kitchen has the left-over cabinetry items (enough dishes, cups plates and silverware for us)
basic cooking supplies, a shelf and the turtles. they need to go-ahead and move to the other home.

bathrooms still has stuff.

back room is nothing but misc items.

and our bedroom with minimal stuff to move.

and then..theres daniels room. which i have started to pack.

his room has a closet with an organizer in it already. i cant wait to get him moved into that room so i can finally hang his clothes up again. hes been living out of plastic boxes as well. and he has NO ORGANIZATIONAL skills what-so-ever!

so, after we fianlly get alot of it moved, it will be my job to..UNPACK and set up home.

MICHELLE

Posted by MICHELLE WILLIAMSON at 1:11 AM

CLOCKS A TICKIN...Back Bedroom is STILL Needing To Be Cleared Out

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CLOCKS A TICKIN...back bedroom is STILL needing to be cleared out

well, i had to put it bluntly today to craig.

we have..10 days until we have the church help move the larger items.
storm or no storm, this stuff HAS to be moved. landlord wont be forgiving, why should we assume?!?!

so, i told him..10 days, thats ALL we have to get this stuff moved.
2 loads a night, wont cut it.

youll either move like your doing, extending the time at night to..say 11pm or well have to rent a u-haul to move it..ALL.

hes been doing great most nights...and tonight hes been in high-gear. might help him tonight in the fact daniel is actually helping with the process.
we have just a few loads of boxes left and thats including OUR bedroom as well...then alot of misc. stuff

well then..work our way forward...bathroom (most likely one or 2 boxes)
daniels bedroom....4 boxes, maybe 6 (thats a load)
kitchen, about 5 loads tops. (30 boxes)
utility room, everything can go except the dog food and washing powder.
living room....2 loads maybe (12 boxes)
and last but not least..the computer room...about 5 loads tops. (30 boxes)

then its just all heavy stuff and last minute stuff well move when were mostly over there, or the bigger items end up over there....

monday, tuesday, and wednesday will be CLEANING the house day...sweep, scrub all surfaces, vacuum, etc.

and were done!

thats the hope anyway.
i never imagined it would take 6 days to get that back bedroom emptied out....but with craig working till 6 and not making it home till about 7pm..it makes it hard.

plus we have limited size availability to move with...the car is just so big...

well get it done, i have no doubt.

tonight with the event of allot of OUR bedrooms boxes being moved, i can see that theres a HUGE dent in the houses holdings.

Posted by MICHELLE WILLIAMSON at 9:00 PM

Ice Storm Messed Up Weekend

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Saturday, January 13, 2007

ice storm messed up weekend

This is a messed up weekend. We had a big ice storm come in this weekend. They let me go home early due to the weather.

We just rented a new house and need to start mocing stuff as soon as we can. We only have the one car running right now and it won't haul much so need to make many trips. The ice on the car and roads is making it hard to move quickly.

I bought some new locks for the house and I was able to get one in. I will get the rest in soon.

We decided we needed more space and our lease came up so when wwe went down to sign the new lease we got the rental sheet and looked at it. On there was a rent to own that we decided to take. It has some issues but I think it will work out. It has a 2 car garage so we can get all our storage stuff out of the spare bedroom and into the garage wwhere we can get it out of our want and also be able to get to it when needed. The spare bedroom here was stacked full of boxes and we couldn't get to anything with out taking half of the stuff out and we still didn't know where it was that we were looking for.

Well I have to go get the ice off the windshield of the car and decide if the roads look passable to make a few delivery trips to the new house.

Craig

Posted by Craig at 2:08 PM

FIRST STORM OF THE YEAR & CRAIG COMES HOME EARLY

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Friday, January 12, 2007
FIRST STORM OF THE YEAR 2007..and CRAIG COMES HOME EARLY

well, it was predicted for a couple of days now that the weather was going to be fairly sever. possibly to the point wed loose power.

it was noted that we were to get as much as 4 inches of ice, then a dusting of snow.

last night when craig and iwere dropping boxes over at the new house, it didnt feel anywhere near like there would be enough time for a temperature drop to cause such chaos.

well, just a bit ago, i let our big dog carley inside, and noticed the backyard looked all iced over...and it was sleeting.

i went to check email, and had gotten one from craig that stated he could see the parkinglot was getting covered and he thought they were going to send his team home.

well...they did. he called a few minutes ago, telling me he was going to take the back road home, because the highway was iced over and he wanted to be safe.

i dont know if he gets paid for being sent home, but thats the life of a call center, i suppose. i remember it all too well from my own expiriences.

if we loose power ill have to update when it all comes back on, but im not expectng to loose any.
or rather is should say..im praying we dont loose any.

MICHELLE

Posted by MICHELLE WILLIAMSON at 11:30 AM

`WERE MOVING!!!!...I Cant Wait Either!!

WERE MOVING!!!!..i cant wait either!!

yes, WERE MOVING!

im so ready to do it too! been an entire year long..TOO long for my tastes.

how this all came about is by chance too. i happened to go with craig to the rental office to renew the lease were on contract for, and they have a listing of homes available outside their door all the time. so, i being in the mind set that my homes really too small for ALL the items we have (were literally face-to-face and living out of boxes) thought id look the list over for a potential home that may be suited for our needs a bit more.

there was a couple of homes in the area were in, about the same size and to move would be pointless if we didnt gain any space in the effort.

at the bottom of the list was: RENT TO OWN, a 3 bedroom 1 1/2 bath, living room, kitchen, dining area, 2 CAR GARAGE, FENCED BACK YARD,and its 25 dollars LESS than what were paying now for rent!
to be on contract would require a 17 year lease with the option in half the term to buy or at the end of the lease to purchase the home.
were responsible for all maintinence on the home.

and..its only like about 4 streets away from where we are now, allowing daniel to continue the rest of the year in the SAME school.

as well as..were within the bounderies for the church we go to as well.

craig went and paid the left over rent (35 bucks) to the landords so he could get the key and we could start to move in! when we got home from the train meeting we were at tonight, i wanted to swing back over there...and then back here to the rental were in, and move a few boxes WHILE we still had time (at 10pm).

i was ecstatic to be able to move the boxes from the hallway to the garage. feels so good to be able to have some room, for a change.

i have plans for daniels room too.

since we have run of this place like we own it, i want to paint daniels room.
he and i talked it over and hes very much into a music band called ICP (insane clown posse) and they have a running theme the use on several of thier CDs. its called the DARK CARNIVAL. and on their website..the headers have a tattered-torn carnival tent look in various colors depending on the area your looking in.

so, my idea is this:

to paint his ceiling and walls in a tent-look feel. his favorite colors are: baby blue and white, so, painting this wont be too difficult. 2 colors is very easy.
ill also eventually do some artwork of the covers of 6 Cds ICP has out called: the joker cards. and have each one framed in a poster frame.
his ceiling does posses a slight issue, its got that popcorn mess on it. makes it hard to paint even lines and a hard challenge because the ceiling has that texture to it.
craig suggested maybe we do a fabric ceiling that wed center just over the light (which will become a fan with a light) and when the fans blowing the fabric will move making it look real.
another idea i had was where the stripes are connected, to run a running rope light (either blue or white or both) or have white Christmas lights strung about every other set of stripes along the ceiling.
the lights would be on a separate switch that when the main light is off daniel could turn on these select lights and enjoy the effect of the "carnival tent" feel in his bedroom.
i also suggested a black light to enhance all the neon colors and whites as well...those are always fun.

the living room i want to do in a palm-tree effect. i collect monkeys and i have a picture i have NEVER had on display that i painted. i feel its time, now that im in a home i can do stuff too, to allow this piece of artwork to be viewd.
as well as display several of my monkeys i have collected over the years.

the kitchen opens up into the living room, so im considering attaching the palm-tree theme to the kitchen as well and having all flow together.

i cant wait to completely out of this place and into that one....im ready to feel like im finally home somewhere im supposed to belong!

MICHELLE

Posted by MICHELLE WILLIAMSON at 12:28 AM