Well, it's been a very busy week here as we move into my sister-in-law's house. She's going to be long-term substitute teaching while the music teacher goes on maternity leave for two months. This means that she's going to be gone and/or busy giving music lessons from 7 am - 7 pm daily. I'll be helping out by preparing all our meals and helping with the kids before and after school. She has four kids, just like us, so it's a full, noisy, and very fun house right now! I'm so glad we all get along so well!
For conference this weekend I made some yummy strata's and casseroles, Rubens, Stromboli, spaghetti carbonara and pulled pork sandwiches. We had a lot of fun, watched some amazing talks, and enjoyed the weekend. I'm still adjusting to cooking for 12, we have about three days of leftovers in the fridge - which is good because I'm bound to not cook enough one of these days!
We plan to live with my sister-in-law until December. We're discussing rental arrangements that if work out, we'll move into the house in December. The house is huge - 3,000 square feet! It has a huge yard - 5 acres, and is at the bottom of a mountain with a GREAT sledding hill in the back yard. The house, um, needs some work. It's for sale (but they have taken it off the market for the winter) and it's listed as a "handy-man's special." It looks like the entire house is in the middle of a remodel, and then stopped. There are walls with just sheet-rock, light fixtures that are just a single bulb, some exposed wires, etc. You get the picture. We'd want to do a little painting and work before moving in to make it child friendly. But, it would be so nice to have space for the kids to run around and not worry that they are going to break anything. And, this winter, they could actually ride their bikes inside in the basement! We'll see how it goes.
Life is an adventure!
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