Mending Fences

We had a storm blow through Mansfield this week. It was quite nasty and gave us quite a bit more work to do on the exterior of the house. It knocked down the gate in the front of the house and busted the one on the other side. So, today Robert had his work cut out for him as he had to replace some of the slats and re-mount the swinging doors. He also managed to lay some new laminate flooring in my soon-to-be office and hung all the new curtains and rods I purchased this week. It's starting to feel like home. We are trying our best to separate immediate and long-term goals and do what is necessary to the house first. We have a good amount of work ahead of us, but we have only been in the house a week and have tackled a good chunk of it.

Tally, somehow, got Strep throat this week and bit her cheek on Wednesday....therefore, she has not eaten a thing since then. She was even offered brownies and fruit snacks and cried when she couldn't eat it. It was a sad week for her and me too as I have watched this torture take place. I also have been fighting off a similar illness and she and I have been watching chick-flicks together for the last few days. Tonight was the first night she was able to eat. The poor thing was only able to chew on one side of her mouth.
She absolutely LOVES church which is a huge relief to me. She looks so forward to going to her class and seeing her new friends. I am so proud of her for being such a little people person. She is so much like her Aunt Julie was at this age...she could make friends anywhere and she did.

Well, just as we are feeling more and more settled in our house, we will be packing our bags and heading back to PA on Sunday. Robert will be leaving for India with my mother on Monday and Tally and I will be spending the 10 days their gone with my father a.k.a. Papa. Tally is thrilled and I am looking forward to spending some time with friends I've been missing for the last three weeks.