YAY Homeownership!

One night last week, I finished a load of wash and noticed water slowly seeping out from under the washing machine.

Uh-oh.  

Once we dug up the corner of the flooring, we found that there were a grand total of SEVEN layers of flooring, and underneath all that was gorgeous wood.  So we decided to spend a LOT of hours and a LOT of calories pulling up the entire kitchen floor.  

But in the middle of this, we had a major rainstorm and suddenly our ceiling was dripping water.  

Uh-oh.

So now we get to pay for that instead of dealing with sanding and sealing and staining the floor.  Bummer.  The laminate will go back on, and we will do it later.  Boo.

We're tired and sore and just done.  Praying for added patience (and a surprise raise....haha).  The floors turned out so pretty!  I can't wait to get back to them someday.  Charlie's tired, too.  He gets it.

Dreams Come True!

First things first!  Of course we had to get PETS before we updated our drivers licenses and finished unpacking.  It's us!

Introducing Charleston and KitCat!

Kit (top) is Allie's birthday present.  She chose and named him herself.  Charlie is Kit's brother, and the two are very bonded, so it was requested that they be adopted together.  They were bottle fed from just a few days old and were with the most wonderful foster couple.  Charlie has some plaque on his eye, so we give him drops for that, but it's healing well and both kittens are healthy and playful!  We love them so much!!  They let the kids carry them, and will chase their toy ribbons for forever.  Kit has a really loud purr, is more sensitive, and always wants to be near me.  Charlie is more adventurous and love to sneak up behind Kit and attack him.  They are so fun!  We can't believe we really have our own kitties!  Finally!