Making Lists

Today is school orientation for my two youngest kids. I have so many questions – How will the bus system work? What classes do my kids have (school starts tomorrow and we don’t know!). Where can I buy school supplies?

We’re making a list of things we need to fix in our house:
* The master bathroom shower floods the floor through some mysterious means whenever it gets used and there is no cold water in the shower only hot and hot. Ouch. Also, the sink is not secured properly and needs to be repaired.
* The kids’ bathroom needs a new shower head – only the hand-held part works. Also the sink in there leaks and needs to be re-secured.
* One of the bedrooms needs a closet rod.
* We need 3 remotes for the A/C. They are either missing or broken
* The stove is wimpy and lights unreliably. It took me 15 minutes to light it yesterday. We will have to replace it.
* The lighting in the kitchen is so dim it’s almost non-existent.
* The kitchen faucet leaks and the sink needs to be sealed so it won’t leak water into the cabinet below.
* The oven that we were given is a very nice toaster oven. Lovely for toast, but not for real baking. We will need to buy what we want ourselves.
* The microwave looked old and rickety (maybe it was just very, very, dirty) so I had the landlord take it away. Brad was not happy about my doing this, but what’s done is done.
* The beds are very hard. I hope we can find some memory foam cushions or something like it to cushion them. It is very difficult to sleep soundly right now – at least for a couple of us.
* There is inadequate counter and cupboard space everywhere and we will have to have some things bought or built to fit.
* We need the landlord to get the rest of his “stored junk” out of the house so we can really use the space. There is a nice room for a pantry/storage by the kitchen but it has some stuff in it. We need it moved out so we can put shelving in there.

I feel like I’m on a permanent camping trip right now, just trying to figure out ways to “make do”. It’s getting old really fast. Hopefully things get better soon.