Day 17 -- A Major Day!

What a day!   Today, we got HEAT, ALARM, CARPET PAD, and a FRIDGE!!! YAY!!! 

The heat guys got everything going before noon, and it's nice and toasty in the house now.  The alarm guy came in and got us secure.  And what are the odds?? -- he installed our system on 34th six years ago!  Really nice guy.  Jeff spent the morning finishing some cleaning/prep work and got the carpet pad laid out.  And James and Dad went and picked up our fridge -- thank you, Craiglist.  A great deal, clean, big, white...  It is really a blessing. 

Mom and I spent time this morning unpacking more kitchen and cleaning windows and scrubbing down the bathroom.  It's ready to go -- shower curtain, trash can, toothbrush holder, extra TP, etc.  Awesome!  We headed back to the Browns' for a yummy lunch of tomato soup and grilled cheese.  perfect.

We all went over to the house tonight after dinner, mainly for the purpose of taking Charis on an update tour. She was giddy with excitement, although I think she was worried about the carpet color (the pad is bright blue). :-)  She got in some rocking-horse time and found her silverware in its new drawer.  Took her a while to settle down tonight.  She spent some fun time in the kitchen today with Grandma, including washing dishes, one of her favorite things.  Hope that never changes...

Gwyn is doing much better -- no fever today. We'll be up early to head to Auntie Hay's in the AM.  No housework tomorrow. CPR in the morning and back to work tomorrow night for me.