GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AROUND HERE

Hi everyone! In order to keep you in the loop of all things Amy and Colby, here's a wrap up of our week. Oh my, there's lots going on! Most of it ranging from good to down-right freakin' fantastic!

Colby has kept busy. Due to nursing issues, we haven't been able to go swimming lately. This was his first Tuesday getting back in 5 weeks I think. Of course he loved it, and I love taking him. Sometimes I have right shoulder and neck pain, and I swear getting in that therapy temp water helps with it. He also went to school the other 4 days. I think we finally have the school nursing worked out now also. I'm very excited to report that it has been over a year since my sweet boy has been in the hospital, and oh my goodness, am I thankful for that. Our lives are about to get very cra-cra very soon. We don't have time for illnesses! Not that we ever have time for lengthy hospital stays, but we really, really, really don't have time for them currently. We'll be heading up to Colby's ophthalmology appt this Friday. Luckily we are scheduled at the northern Ky location of Cincinnati Children's for this. Cuts about 15-20 minutes off our drive time each way. We'll take it!

I absolutely love this time of year, and this year is particularly special. With any luck, we will be moving soon! Like 21 days from now soon! Holy crap on a cracker, it's finally almost here! I'm thrilled, excited, stressed, worried, elated and overwhelmed all at the same time. We are sooooo close to finally, finally getting out of our apartment and into our beautiful, new, handicap accessible home! Work at the house was moving along. Not at a record fast pace, but things were getting done, so I was happy. Then we got an e-mail from the contractor and apparently he has the rest of this project all lined out. Well alrighty then! The trim carpenter, Charlie, is hustling to get his part done, along with many extra little to-do's that we've noticed need attention. Look at the work he did on our fireplace – it's absolutely beautiful. Everything he has done in our house has been A++, amazing, beautiful work. He's a one-man show and semi-retired, but it absolutely 100% has been worth the wait. Then the painter, Mark, follows behind Charlie and is finishing up the painting and staining. Come on fellas, trim, trim, trim, paint, paint, paint!

So here's the plan. This Thursday and Friday the laminate flooring and carpet will be installed, hopefully. Next Monday, Oct 26, the counter top is being delivered and installed in the AM, hopefully. In the PM, appliances are to be delivered, hopefully. You catching my drift on the hopefully stuff? Everything and everybody needs to fall right into place and stay on schedule. Then the next 2 days, the “big dogs” come back in and do their thing to finish up – HVAC, electricians and plumbers. Final inspections on Oct 29 and 30, then bing bang boom, we can start moving. We've given ourselves a few days cushion just in case something doesn't go exactly as planned. We also have to assemble a temporary ramp for Colby, as our deck and ramp aren't going to be done until November.

Now then, who is available the first week of November to help us move?! I'm starting to pack up some things around here as I have time to hopefully prevent insanity and exhaustion from setting in come Nov 1. We shall see. Really don't want to spend the money to to hire movers, so we absolutely are now taking volunteers to help us get moved. Like I said, I'm trying to get busy now and do what I can to prevent cra-craziness in the near future. Is that even possible?

Going to bed now. Good luck to me on getting my brain to shut down. Inhale, exhale. It's all going to be okay. It's all going to work out just fine. And, we're moving soon! There aren't enough exclamation marks to put after that sentence. So excited I can barely stand it. 

Told you it was beautiful. Every time I walk in the front door of that house, I think wow, is this really ours?! Colby is going to love, love, love this fireplace. 

 

 

 

Took Colby to the Halloween parade this past Friday. What can I say, we're adorable. Great parade, we'll definitely go again. We do love us some Halloween, that's for sure.