Camping...for a month Day 1

We're getting work done to fix the chipping and peeling lead paint problem in our house. Again.  I"m not even going to get into the problems we had with last year's contractor.  Onwards and upwards, right? So we needed to move out for another month.  With all the work to be done around the farm in the Spring we crazily decided to camp in the back yard rather than rent or stay somewhere else. I finally have the laptop up and charging, and as long as I don't shift it at all I think I can give you all a visual of what our life is like.

First morning, "camping is fun!"

The kitchen

All set up!

Might not be pretty, but everything is in!

Braeden's 'nook'

The storage corner

First day faces

i dislike fencing with a passion

I've spent two days working on the fencing at the new pasture. The ground I have to fence on is close to solid rock. Really hard rock. I hurt my shoulder, but hopefully it will be better in the morning. I'm moving the ponies in tomorrow, which means I'm moving in as well! I'm a little nervous because we still don't have a land line, and our cell phone carrier doesn't have service down in our valley. I'll survive I suppose, and as soon as I can get service, and internet! I'm getting super stoked about fixing the house up. I've picked a wall color for the kitchen, and wallpaper for the formal dining room. It's all so exciting! Here is a photo of the kitchen, the furniture isn't ours though.

i've been moving in

and I'm whooped. I still have fencing to put back in, that was ripped out when the new septic was put in, and a bit more moving. I'm absolutely exhausted. Sorry about the lack of pictures, everything is taking way more time and energy than I thought it would. Oh, how I wish my husband was home! 17 days! I miss him so much right now.

how about one picture a day

Okay blogger isn't showing my pictures when I download them, just the html script. so when I download multiple photos it gets very confusing, and hard to manage nicely. Now we're going to play the one picture a day game until I figure this out. So here goes, we'll start with the front of the house, and do a tour throughout.

still no camera

I have been working on various things, but I can't find my camera. It's packed somewhere...I hope. Along with the charger for the video camera.
We still aren't into the house, and my husband is off tour in less than a month! I so want to have the house all scrubbed down and organized for when he gets back. The place doesn't look like it's had a good scrubbing in decades! There is a ton of black nasty cobwebs, and it is just overall unkempt. I dream of being on my hands and knees with a bucket of sudsy water and a scrub brush!
I've been working on some cotton flannel petticoats. Although I don't have any documentation for patterned cotton flannel petti's, they are quite warm and much cheaper to make up than canton flannel. I've also been patterning kids clothes. My goal is to make underpinings, and outer clothes up through size 10 right now. So far I have 3 styles of dresses in 3 sizes. It was a lot of work! But oh so fun! I apologize for the lack of photos...I'm also searching for my husband's back up camera, but haven't had any luck.
Well, goodbye loverlies, I'm going to drink coffee, watch robin hood, and plant some mystery bulbs (in a pot, since I haven't got my lawn yet).

sigh

We received the draft for the new septic (yea!)...unfortunately it was drafted for a 4 bedroom house (boo!).
This house is 3 stories tall, and is listed as a 6 bedroom. Once the remodel is over, it could potentially have 7 or 8 bedrooms!
Our realtor and real estate attorney have just been wonderful, and they are able to do something we aren't. Be nice! I've pretty much hit my tolerance level with these folks, and they're planning on being our neighbors! They have plans to build a ranch across the street from us.
Ugh...I know I need to find a way to like these folks, but they've been pulling our legs about so much. They just keep dragging their feet, and putting off what needs to be done! Oh well, I will stop complaining and show you a photo of somewhere near by where the septic should someday be installed.

a quick update

We still have no house, but there is forward momentum in the buying process. I won't bore you with the details, because they are quite confusing and technical.
I started a new part time job, cleaning stalls at a breeding farm. It's over an hour away from where I am now (at the in-laws home), and I only work about 3 hours a day Monday through Friday. I love it, but it's a bit of a commute! I'm hoping that we get the house soon (I'd pray for it, but there are many more important things to pray about). Once we get the new house, I'll be about 30 minutes away, what a difference!
I haven't done any sewing lately, and haven't gotten copies of the photos from the last bit of sewing, so I don't have much to post about on that front. Oh, and I have no clue where my camera is...actually I'm certain its packed somewhere...I just have no clue where!
So let me go back and see if I can find a pretty house photo to post...okay, this is second floor room. While we are doing the major revamp on the first floor ( new ceiling in the dining room, new floor in the kitchen and bathroom, new paint, wallpaper and drywall, etc.) this room will serve as our living room. Later on in life, it will probably serve as a bedroom. I don't care for the ceiling fan or the wallpaper, so those may go sooner than expected!

moving is haunting me!

The last of our things residing in the Midwest are getting packed into the truck tonight and tomorrow. We'll be making the trip nonstop out to Massachusetts as soon as the horses are loaded. Unfortunately we still haven't closed on the house. The horses are going into a paddock up the road from my husband's parents home (where we will be staying), and the cat is staying at his brother's house.
This entire three month experience has my nerves completely frazzled. I've been on the brink of tears for weeks, haven't been sleeping, and also have been having nightmares. I just want this all resolved! The earliest we could close is the day my husband goes back on tour!
That means I will have to handle all the moving in by myself...ugh. My in-laws have all graciously volunteered to help, but ah! Living in our home by myself for a month and a half before my husband can join me? Intimidating! I'm supposed to be finishing up my packing and getting ready for a family dinner. I feel frozen! This is it! I'm leaving my friends and family and won't see them for months! Well before I make myself cry I'm going to try to finish packing.