Day 24 -- WOW!!!

What a day it was! I started out early with some cleaning -- stovetop, outside of the fridge, lightswitches, front door. Mom joined me for the big fun -- the kitchen floor. Gross, gross, gross. But oh, how nice to see all the dirt go away. And of course, both of our cameras were unavailable. We promise we cleaned it!

I also got the doors off of the hall cabinet (with a little extra man "umph" from Jeff, who stopped by at just the right time). I painted the trim for the cabinets -- one more victory in the battle against the blue. :-)

We stopped for a yummy lunch at the Browns', interrupted by a call from the alarm company -- one of our doors wasn't completely shut. Ugh. But glad it was nothing. Mr. Brown accompanied me back to the house at my Mr. Brown's request. :-)

After lunch, I headed back finished scrubbing the pantry floor. Jan sent a yummy crockpot of stew and some homemade bread for our dinner -- THANK YOU!!! So that was simmering on the counter. I also added a second coat of paint on the hall cabinet and cleaned up the counters and dining room area.

The Benders arrived about 6 for their first visit to the house. They were quickly joined by the Bs with the girlies, James, Jeff and the Browns. We had a fun time eating all together, while James, Daniel and Stephen worked on the living room baseboards. They got those done very quickly, and it looks great! Thanks, boys, for your help!

After dinner, we got to work -- putting together the girls' bed frames, and arranging furniture in our bedroom. We also got the living room furniture moved in and the dining room table put together. Dad's big job for the evening was hooking up the washer and dryer. And praise the Lord, it all works properly (no water lines going to nowhere). Thank you, Dad!

Gwyneth took right off down the hall -- crawling straight for her room. She seemed very comfortable, at ease, at home... And Charis made herself at home, finally finding her Swiffer ("my sweeper") -- I'll have to help her understand that it's not going to help on the carpet like it did on our wood floors. But I hate to quench any desires to help with cleaning. :-)

It was hard to leave tonight -- except there are no mattresses on the beds and no food in the fridge. But it sure does look like home -- hard to believe that 3 weeks ago today, we started this process. Thank you, Lord, for this home. What a blessing it already it. And I'm so ready...