Comments for Our New House! http://kaina.org/blog First time homebuyer and a brand new house. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:36:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Getting in some gardening time by gurugnorm http://kaina.org/blog/?p=63&cpage=1#comment-154 gurugnorm Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:36:49 +0000 http://kaina.org/blog/?p=63#comment-154 Time to rent a truck and get a load of top soil! We got 1 1/2 truck loads and added it to all the flower beds and zoom! loads more flowers. So, how is the job search??? Are these my Grandchildren playing in the mud??? xoxo Mommy Time to rent a truck and get a load of top soil! We got 1 1/2 truck loads and added it to all the flower beds and zoom! loads more flowers. So, how is the job search??? Are these my Grandchildren playing in the mud??? xoxo Mommy

]]> Comment on Dining room coming along by gurugnorm http://kaina.org/blog/?p=61&cpage=1#comment-34 gurugnorm Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:38:05 +0000 http://kaina.org/blog/?p=61#comment-34 We finally made it back to check up on your house. Nice job, isn't it fun!!?? Wow, comfy furniture to sit on. Looking good! xoxo Mommy We finally made it back to check up on your house. Nice job, isn’t it fun!!?? Wow, comfy furniture to sit on. Looking good! xoxo Mommy

]]> Comment on Slow progression on sorting and decorating by Kaina http://kaina.org/blog/?p=59&cpage=1#comment-33 Kaina Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:59:49 +0000 http://kaina.org/blog/?p=59#comment-33 Pictures of the fish tank are there. Can you not see them? Pictures of the fish tank are there. Can you not see them?

]]> Comment on Slow progression on sorting and decorating by Megan http://kaina.org/blog/?p=59&cpage=1#comment-32 Megan Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:54:13 +0000 http://kaina.org/blog/?p=59#comment-32 Pictures?!? Pictures?!?

]]> Comment on WE OWN A HOUSE!!! by Megan http://kaina.org/blog/?p=54&cpage=1#comment-31 Megan Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:53:42 +0000 http://kaina.org/blog/?p=54#comment-31 You are crazy, dad! You are crazy, dad!

]]> Comment on The past three weeks… by Kaina http://kaina.org/blog/?p=57&cpage=1#comment-30 Kaina Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:43:52 +0000 http://kaina.org/blog/?p=57#comment-30 Weather has been wonderful for the most part. Sunny and nice for the whole moving weekend. Some snow and very cold nights since then. The only problem this has caused has been trying to get the new sod to take root. It required twice-a-day watering so we would sometimes wake up to ice-stalagmites. Since we have no back yard, per se, Henry uses the front yard for his business. That also led to ice-encapsulated poops. Last week I turned off the sprinkler system and drained the hoses for the winter. The grass looks very nice and should hold for the winter now. Kevin was doing some holiday-overhire work for a toy/game/costume store across from his mom's salon. He used to go in there all the time after school waiting for his mom to get off of work, so all of the employees knew him well. He was hired for a few weekends before Halloween and for Halloween night. This store is very popular. People line up before opening and they also have to form a line outside on the weekends. That's all over now and Kevin was not kept on. Now I'm going to go move all the stuff in the garage to one side so I can park my car inside. Weather has been wonderful for the most part. Sunny and nice for the whole moving weekend. Some snow and very cold nights since then. The only problem this has caused has been trying to get the new sod to take root. It required twice-a-day watering so we would sometimes wake up to ice-stalagmites. Since we have no back yard, per se, Henry uses the front yard for his business. That also led to ice-encapsulated poops. Last week I turned off the sprinkler system and drained the hoses for the winter. The grass looks very nice and should hold for the winter now.

Kevin was doing some holiday-overhire work for a toy/game/costume store across from his mom’s salon. He used to go in there all the time after school waiting for his mom to get off of work, so all of the employees knew him well. He was hired for a few weekends before Halloween and for Halloween night. This store is very popular. People line up before opening and they also have to form a line outside on the weekends. That’s all over now and Kevin was not kept on.

Now I’m going to go move all the stuff in the garage to one side so I can park my car inside.

]]> Comment on The past three weeks… by gurugnorm http://kaina.org/blog/?p=57&cpage=1#comment-29 gurugnorm Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:04:53 +0000 http://kaina.org/blog/?p=57#comment-29 Wow! Lots of hard work! You didn't mention snow or rain during the moving. Hope the weather cooperated. Keving is working?? Where? How exciting for everyone! xoxo Mommy Wow! Lots of hard work! You didn’t mention snow or rain during the moving. Hope the weather cooperated. Keving is working?? Where? How exciting for everyone! xoxo Mommy

]]> Comment on First set of improvements by Queen Shelley http://kaina.org/blog/?p=55&cpage=1#comment-28 Queen Shelley Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:27:44 +0000 http://kaina.org/blog/?p=55#comment-28 Yahoo! A photo of Megan! Now...you need to get those compact bulbs FULL SPECTRUM! They have them at Wal-Mart and Home Depot, helps keep the SAD away during cold dark winters! We have them in all fixtures, 3 way, a big one over my sewing table for true color seeing. 4 4foot Ott lights on my sewing room ceiling. and a smaller 2 1/2 foot light for over my shoulder. No need for the expensive lights they sell at Joannes (Ann will have seen these) now that full spectrum lights are available cheaper. Got a laugh out of the snow shovelling! You've been in Colorado how long now? Hope the snow doesn't hold you up, or just make things messier than they need to be. Wow! Have a great time...keep the photos coming! xoxo Mommy Yahoo! A photo of Megan! Now…you need to get those compact bulbs FULL SPECTRUM! They have them at Wal-Mart and Home Depot, helps keep the SAD away during cold dark winters! We have them in all fixtures, 3 way, a big one over my sewing table for true color seeing. 4 4foot Ott lights on my sewing room ceiling. and a smaller 2 1/2 foot light for over my shoulder. No need for the expensive lights they sell at Joannes (Ann will have seen these) now that full spectrum lights are available cheaper.

Got a laugh out of the snow shovelling! You’ve been in Colorado how long now?

Hope the snow doesn’t hold you up, or just make things messier than they need to be. Wow! Have a great time…keep the photos coming! xoxo Mommy

]]> Comment on WE OWN A HOUSE!!! by Queen Shelley http://kaina.org/blog/?p=54&cpage=1#comment-27 Queen Shelley Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:23:34 +0000 http://kaina.org/blog/?p=54#comment-27 WAHOO! I KNOW JUST HOW EXCITED YOU MUST BE! NO SLEEP, AND WORKING ON OVERDRIVE! KEEP THE PHOTOS COMING, WE'RE SO HAPPY FOR YOU! XOXO MOMMY WAHOO! I KNOW JUST HOW EXCITED YOU MUST BE! NO SLEEP, AND WORKING ON OVERDRIVE! KEEP THE PHOTOS COMING, WE’RE SO HAPPY FOR YOU! XOXO MOMMY

]]> Comment on Walk-through complete, counting down to closing! by Kaina http://kaina.org/blog/?p=52&cpage=1#comment-26 Kaina Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:42:29 +0000 http://kaina.org/blog/?p=52#comment-26 Puppy is still in the potty training process. Or, rather, we still are. Crate training would make it easier, but we decided no to press that route just yet. We try to keep to a routine of every 1 to 1 1/2 hours to take him out. He has a routine of where he wants to pee as we have some grass right in front of our apartment and a whole long strip across the parking lot specifically for dogs which includes poop bags and a trash can. He lets us know when he has to go, but if we are distracted and not observing him he wont bark for us at all. One of the reasons we got Henry before we moved in is that I wanted to potty train him on the apartment carpets, not our new home. So far that's been a good plan. For a while, he'll stay in the exercise pen and on the area rug. The kids are very excited. Megan has packed up most of her stuff but Kevin was with his mom last weekend. We'll spend this weekend packing as well. We are hiring real movers to handle the big stuff and I'm paying a fish store for tank moving services as well. We'll try to handle box moving ourselves in a small moving truck and use the movers for all the big stuff. Ann's opera shop has an account with Ryder so maybe she gets a discount. We've had a couple of overnight snows so far, but it all melts away in the sun the next day. Our sod is still rooting and the landscapers say to keep watering until it takes root, maybe another week or so, then they'll blow out the system for us. The kids have visited the house with me several times but the pictures I've taken have mostly been during the week when the kids are at school. Once we get moved in they'll want to show off their rooms. Megan is anxious to move in with me to finish high school next school year, if not sooner. Puppy is still in the potty training process. Or, rather, we still are. Crate training would make it easier, but we decided no to press that route just yet. We try to keep to a routine of every 1 to 1 1/2 hours to take him out. He has a routine of where he wants to pee as we have some grass right in front of our apartment and a whole long strip across the parking lot specifically for dogs which includes poop bags and a trash can. He lets us know when he has to go, but if we are distracted and not observing him he wont bark for us at all.

One of the reasons we got Henry before we moved in is that I wanted to potty train him on the apartment carpets, not our new home. So far that’s been a good plan. For a while, he’ll stay in the exercise pen and on the area rug.

The kids are very excited. Megan has packed up most of her stuff but Kevin was with his mom last weekend. We’ll spend this weekend packing as well.

We are hiring real movers to handle the big stuff and I’m paying a fish store for tank moving services as well. We’ll try to handle box moving ourselves in a small moving truck and use the movers for all the big stuff. Ann’s opera shop has an account with Ryder so maybe she gets a discount.

We’ve had a couple of overnight snows so far, but it all melts away in the sun the next day. Our sod is still rooting and the landscapers say to keep watering until it takes root, maybe another week or so, then they’ll blow out the system for us.

The kids have visited the house with me several times but the pictures I’ve taken have mostly been during the week when the kids are at school. Once we get moved in they’ll want to show off their rooms. Megan is anxious to move in with me to finish high school next school year, if not sooner.

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