God my feet smell! :(

Sorry for the grossness. I just started typing and the stench hit me. I've been in my sandals all day in and out of dirt and God-knows-what so I'm guessing I'm taking a shower before bed.

ANYWAY....

So the dishwasher is still there. Yes, we are pissed. No, there is nothing we can do about it except bend over and take it without the K-Y. They also used us as their personal dump. There was a ton of shit stuffed between the shed and the fence that I dug out, the crappy old wooden patio table, about 50 cans of paint got left in the storage area, random crap still in the shelving all over the house, not including the dishwasher, ironing board, rusted snow shovel, and de-humidifyer that they left at the bottom of the driveway to be "picked up" by "some guy" that never came. All this will be taken to the dump. Dad and I made the first of many trips today and got rid of all the carpets that were ripped out. The funny thing is there were twice as many because instead of ripping out the old contruction grade stuff from the 70's, they just lay the new stuff down over top and used the old stuff as the underpad. Very stinky, very dirty, and as my Dad and I can attest, VERY annoying to rip out. Ripping out the carpets, unscrewing all the hardware, chipping out the "Nail Boards" that held the new carpet down, taking a putty knife and shaving all the old black foam from the old carpet off the floor, ripping out the underpading in the living room, finding all the staples that had been used to secure it and pinching out the bits of foam with needle nose pliars then hammering them into the floor, filling all the holes in the walls with dry wall composite, and washing all the walls down took the first day. Not to mention my Mom sanitizing the main bathroom. Why is it that your parents know how to find all the dirt that you didn't know existed? Anway, THANK GOD our friend K.Ch. was there, as well as one of my bridesmaids, and my Aunt and Uncle stopped by for the evening. This got the bulk of the nasty work done in the first day. Today was Dad and I going to the dump first thing in the morning, Lori and I priming two bedrooms, Dad and I patching the crappy hole that the pig/dogs that lived in the house before us put in the wall for their air conditioner, K.Ch. came again tonight to help with priming the living room, and J, Lori, and I completed the Boy's room. It is a lovely shade of sage green. There was also a total of 5 trips to Home Hardware.

PHEW! I'm cooked. I hurt in so many places. Everything is in such chaos. I'm so so so tired.

Anyway, that was my self pity line. On the positive side we have our new Hemnes bed from IKEA built and in the bedroom with our new mattress. We are sleeping great! Most of the nasty work is done, now we are just doing punch out work like painting, installing new garbage holders in the cupboards, fixing the leaking sink, etc. I'm just so happy that we can see the light at the end of the tunnel with this. A week from tomorrow the carpet and laminate is being installed and all the Bell stuff is going to transfer over to the house. The moving company is going to come on next Saturday and take all the big stuff for us like couches and the treadmill.

It feels so much like fall right now. Some of the trees on my way into work have started to turn, there was no humidity today and had a really stiff breeze so it was nice and cool. Mom cooked a turkey in the oven at the house...I don't know. The smells, the sounds, it all makes me feel so at home in this new place. I met one of my neighbours, Lynda, today. She seemed very friendly...considering my parents dog scared her cat into running away. The dog did this through a fence. Anyway, she seemed very nice. Also, the city sent an entire crew into our neighborhood and are installing curbs across the street from our house. I'm assuming they are going to come over to our side at some point.

Must go shower. Must go take Advil. Must go bed.

*death*