Pat and Alec gave up their Saturday to help us get a lot done on my list (posted earlier this week). I’m starting to feel pretty darn good about where we are with the house now and even though we’re all tired (the men did so much – thank you boys, especially for the big manual labor and carpet cleaning, etc. etc) it feels so good getting things checked off that list. Mom Shaw and I did the smaller items, which was nice to have someone to work with and help with the kiddos, etc – so thank you so much for that too! We still have a lot to do but we are getting so much closer. We are letting some of the carpets dry overnight and we’ll work on cleaning more over the next 2 days. The kids are moved in (and sleeping) downstairs and they are excited! Our room, the living room and the front room are where we’ve been storing things while we clean carpets and will sort through and put away as we get to it. But over all, I’m feeling good! YAY!!!