Adventures in Calgary

Part of the reason I've been so lax in updating the blog is because we've been caught up in a renovation disaster that's been monopolizing most of my time and energy - not doing the work but trying to get the contractor to do the work properly. It's taken 6 months (the job was quoted at 15 working days) but we finally got our basement back Saturday morning. Kit was here until midnight Friday night (this was 2 days past the DROP DROP DEAD DEADLINE) but he finally got it done. Noel went to Ikea today and got some modular storage bins for in the laundry room and it was so great to start moving our stuff back into the house. It'll take us a couple of weeks at least to figure out the best use of the storage space and to bring in all our stuff from the garage but so far things are great. It'll just be so nice to come home to an empty house. And to not have so much of my time and energy eaten up with stressful emails and phone calls. Molly helped me clean the shelves, doors and walls yesterday. She really is so great. In the next couple of weeks we're going to be talking to a children's sleep specialist and then hopefully moving her into a big-girl bed. Thanks to my mom her room is going to be fabulous. I ordered her bed, night table and dresser last week but it'll be a couple of months before we get them. We're going to put Molly on my old double bed mattress on the floor at first and then move the mattress onto the frame once she's used to all the space. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. It's hard for me not to pull an allnighter to just get everything moved in and get the basement exactly the way I want it but then I remember that we've waited this long...another couple of weeks isn't going to matter. I'll take some photos once things are all in place. Thank you to everyone who has had to put up with my stress and constant complaining.