Month: May 2009

We have talked about buying a storm door for years! We have been to the stores and checked them out and talked about them, and have always just wanted to get one. But we never had the $300 to spend on one. But now that we’ve paid off the credit cards and the mini-van, and now that we have been putting the second income in an account for home improvements we FINALLY had enough money to go buy a storm door! 😀 I’m so excited. It’s so nice to have the front door open to let the sunshine in, but to have the storm door there to keep the kids in the house. And the storm door has a retractable screen. So we can open the window and let some air in, but when we close the window the screen just rolls up at the top so you can’t see it. I love it! Kyle finished installing it last weekend, but he just finished putting the doorbell back on today, so now I consider the project finished. 😉

Yay! Another opportunity to get rid of some of this stuff that is just taking up space in our house. I was able to unload a couple of boxes of random stuff and clothing and Kyle’s grandmother’s dining table that has just been sitting in the garage since she moved in with us back in 2005. It was too small for our family to sit at and we had nowhere else to put it, so we really don’t need it. It feels so good to be able to pass on the stuff that we just can’t use. Hopefully I’ll eventually be able to get rid of enough stuff that I’ll be able to feel like I can breathe (yes our house is REALLY bad).

The kids were excited when I told them there was another ‘treasure hunt’ at the church today, and so getting them out the door was no problem. Ethan, Tyra and Jeremy rode their bikes to the church since the table was in the van. Dinah’s seat in the van was still available so she went in the van with Kyle. Jeremy was really slow on his trike and eventually gave up riding and wanted me to carry him for awhile, then he was ok walking (he walks faster than he rides the trike and that’s not saying much).

While we were at the church the kids enjoyed checking out the table of donated toys, while Kyle unloaded the van and I just sat down to rest after all that exercise walking to the church (and carrying Jeremy 😛 ). Ethan’s school teacher Mrs Davis actually showed up which was a big surprise. She doesn’t live in this area, but a sister from our ward who has kind of been in charge of making these swap meets work is the secretary at the school and thought she would call Mrs Davis so she could come pick out some baby clothes. She is expecting twins (a boy and a girl) in the fall. I think she kind of felt out of place, or just didn’t know what to expect. She seemed to be afraid to look at anything at first and asked, “so how much is this stuff” we told her “it’s all free, take as much as you want”. She was just shocked. And I made the comment that this is all just stuff that we don’t need or want anymore. To which she thought everything there had come from my house, and I had to explain I brought some and the other people there brought other stuff too. But she seemed really greatful to be getting some nice gently used things for her babies to use when they arrive.