Sunday, January 04, 2004
SOOOOO the house is till in order - WOO HOOO.... CS visit on Friday at 5 pm went very well.... The case worker is very nice - I really like her... She's honest, straight forward but still really nice AND realistic.... my house looked fine to her (cluttered but she's not gonna try to change me just make sure the kids have a safe/clean house to live in) - it's clean and just has to say this way - mainly she needs to be able to open a door and walk into a room, I must have running, hot water, flushing toilets, clean, fed children.... I was honest w/her - I am not the best housekeeper but my house is/was liveable other then E's rooms which are now completely cleaned and sanitized!! I really only needed to do normal things that had fallen behind like vaccuming, wiping down walls, putting away laundry and straightening up - the house wasn't that disgusting really - I am sure the pictures will look worse then it really was.... but atleast things are back under control again and E is gone which will make things easier to maintain... The neighbor came over and laid the flooring in hall for me, will run cable lines under house for me and do a few other little things here and there.... he's been very helpful.... AND he might be able to help me out w/the furnace... somewhere I found a place that will deliver it for about 550 but then it needs to be installed.... He thinks that between him and another neighbor that helped out yesterday they can do it... or do so much that the gas co would only have to do some minor adjustments on it for me... I am soooo happy... I have never really experience such community from the neighborhood before and while it's humbling and a little embarrassing it's nice to know that I DO have such people that care enough to want to help.... Mom is here, yesterday we had spagetti for dinner and since I couldn't do much else we sent each of the 2 guys home w/enough sauce to feed a family of 4 and a loaf of garlic bread... Tomorrow I will go get the restraining order since I was waiting for CS on Friday and didn't go.... I have to fax the case worker a copy if it when I get it... Most likely this will be the end of the things as far as them coming here constantly and checking on me - they will check with the schools to see if they have/had any concerns about the boys and such but other then that the case worker said she really doesn't think I will have to have weekly or monthly visits... AND I don't have to get rid of the dog - the case worker thought that was ridiculous that I would have to do that - soo we shall see about that - I am leaning towards it anyway but will take time to think it over... the boys DO love the dog and she is a good girl... But that's another thought for another day... Mom and I have a little list of decorating ideas and a ton of material so we are gonna be working thru that this week as well as finishing the hall floor and walls..... just little things and TG the boys go back to school tomorrow... However they have been great this past week - they really don't miss E and in fact seems lighter/happier w/o him here.... So we are all doing ok and much happier - the house is atleast a month ahead of the scrubbing schedule so I can relax a bit and enjoy just playing w/the boys.... So thank you all for praying for us... I am still waiting to talk to base commander but hopefully I will be ok - so just keep praying for us to keep us strong and I'll keep you all updated!!! {{HUGS}} Til next time...