This Old House

Tami asked for a house update, and since I seem to be somewhat adrift for post ideas, I'll give one.
Three weeks ago, the mission (that still owns the building) had a give-away and cleared out all the junk that was being stored here. My daycare area is ready for profitable occupation. We just have to get a fire inspection and clear up some issues with the outdoor play surface, and we are good to go.
Painting is painfully slow. We thought we would get so much accomplished over Spring Break, but we spent most of the week battling stomach bugs and respiratory infections. It is embarrassing to admit that we only have one room painted--and in it, just the main walls, not the trim. In our previous four moves, I've fixed up the children's rooms first and left our's for "when we get around to it." Guess whose room never got finished? Yep. So this time we started there. The walls turned out a lovely color. Thanks, Cari! I promise pictures when I get a headboard, bedspread, valance, and closet screen. There are no closets in any of the Sunday school rooms turned bedrooms so we are having to design screens and/or curtains to discreetly hide our clothes.
We've had torrential rains the past few days, and we've discovered a few leaks in the roof, but considering the pitch and leaf litter up there, it would be surprising if it DIDN'T leak.
We haven't had a utility bill come in yet, and we are anxiously waiting to see what lighting and heating a 4,000 ft. building is going to run us. YIKES!
The U-Ha*l boxes are slowly but surely diminishing and with every one I unpack, I say a prayer that we are able to buy this place and won't be needing to use them again for a long, long time.