Both Melinda and I finished off our second books and wrote our book reports that we have to turn in. Both were good books and listed several times in this blog.
From 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Saturday I (Jack) was at school working with our robotics teams. We had about 30 students who where there most of the day. In two weeks we have a big competition and this coming Saturday is three-day weekend for the students (district staff training) -- so we could not do practice then. While I was at school, Melinda (when not buying and delivering our pizza and snacks) was busy cleaning the house. Among many other things, she cleaned the two wall-mounted lights (that look like mini-chandeliers) that we have in the living room. It looked amazing afterwards. When I noticed the lights on Sunday, it set off a five-hour long diversion from our sacred "to-do" list as we decided to clean EVERY ceiling-hung light and fixture in the whole house -- including disassembling, cleaning and reassembling the 300+ piece living room chandelier! That alone took three hours. It looks brand new now and fixtures throughout the house that we thought were one color turned a completely different shade after a good soap and water scrubbing and polishing. We had just not done a thorough cleaning since we moved in last September.
Also on Saturday and Sunday we:
- Loaded all the songs and audio books from early Saturday onto an iPod and put a stereo with iPod dock in the Nelson Playroom
- Put locks on 90% of the cabinets that needed them (ran out and have to get more today)
- Took down the old drapes and sheers in both kids rooms, reset the sheers on new rods and installed one of the two rods for the new curtains (due to arrive Wednesday) -- the other rod was too short
- Hung pictures and small shelves
- Put up the few blinds that we got for super-cheap on Friday
- Did our "Consequences" and "Rewards" statements for Covenant Kids (my original submission was evidently not specific enough)
At the end of a long day Sunday, we took time out to grill burgers and chicken plus watch the Super Bowl. It was only after the Super Bowl that we got to finish our reading.
Today Melinda exchanges the curtain rod, gets more cabinet locks, scans all the last of the paperwork (including the insurance paperwork we just received via fax) and e-mails it to Covenant Kids.
Tonight we hang the last rod, install the last locks, put up a very few things up in the attic.
Tomorrow I put in all the rest of my grades for school for our three-week progress report that goes out Thursday. Melinda will do any last minute cleaning tomorrow since Wednesday she goes to her sister's to get her crib and won't return until right before the Home Study!
So close to being State-certified foster and adoptive parents!
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