Catching UP

Well the remodel project is slowly wrapping up, thank GOD! Just when I think it's safe to start cleaning something else needs to be redone. For the most part I have the house picked up but I am having someone come in on Tuesday to get all the dust out of the house. I'm sick of doing it! Today the tile guy came out to replace two tiles, one that had a chip and the other was flawed. I think after today I can say that my floor is complete :). The walls are up but they need another coat of paint. Then the trim and the doors can go back up.
I ended up having to take Danny into the ER last Sunday as he was still having his pain/seizure episodes. After xrays, labs, cathing, an IV placed and 4.5 hours later they couldn't find anything "abnormal" so we went home. The next morning I went to get him cleaned up for the day and there was blood in his ear. Um ~ I guess no one looked into his ears when he was in the ER or they would have found a nasty ear infection. Could this be the drive to his seizures, ya, but time will tell. We've been flushing his ears and doing drops which seem to have helped as the drainage has slowed down alot. We did increase his seizure meds some to take the edge off, but he still has about one episode a day, which just breaks my heart to see.
Avrianna had her conferences this week. She is doing GREAT! I'm so glad she transitioned really well into school and that she was able to stay in the second grade. I knew she would do amazing! She continues to stay busy doing swim on Mon, Tues, Thurs and some Fri's and then Wed she still has piano. I try to give her a day off and we usually don't go to swim on Friday's.
Dan is very busy getting ready for the hunting season. So I'll be a single mom for the next few days. I hope to get some more of my Christmas shopping done :) and even some wrapping. I'm so behind!

LOONEY !!!!

This morning the tile guy came to start the tile in the front entry. The sub floor had too much deflection in it when he came out yesterday. He was afraid the grout lines would crack if we had him put the tile on the sub floor with the way it was. So Dan and Mike worked at anchoring it better, in the afternoon so it was ready for when Scott came this morning. I couldn't take the dust anymore so I started cleaning last night I washed the wood floor, vacuumed, and dust in the living area....... For it to be a complete washout, as when the sub floor was getting prepared they needed to clean it off, obviously, so he swept without having plastic up.....needless to say I have to do it ALL again. In addition to the rest of the house, boy does this fine dust travel ~ EVERYWHERE! I sat and cried as there is only so much a person can take. I want to rip my eyes out as they itch so bad, my mouth is dry and I have a taste of dust all the time. YUM :( I can only hope that all this doesn't effect Danny's respiratory system. I was definitely overwhelmed this afternoon as I took a look at my white powdered home, cried alil, and now I'm in GO MODE to get rid of the problem! Dan took Avrianna up North with him as she and I need a much needed break from each other, just 7 year old DRAMA, so I decided to take out all my frustrations and free time to clean this weekend. YA ME............NOT :( But it's a necessary evil that must be done, as I must be allergic to it and I'm afraid if Danny breathes this in too much longer we are going to have BIGGER problems then my house being dirty. I tried calling around for a maid to come over, but over course none of them could come over today, so......... I locked Danny and myself in his room, started at the ceiling, and worked my way down. One room done and many more to go! I'm starting with the bedrooms and then I'm going to leave ALL the doors closed so this MAJOR dust problem hopefully doesn't get so OUT OF CONTROL. Just call me MERRY MAID!
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We are flying our flag at half mast. So very sad about the Fort Hood shooting. My thoughts n prayers go out the the wounded and the family of our fallen heros. My step brother and his wife are stationed there but were not injured, phew! I truely believe that we NEED to stop being so concerned about fixing other countries when we have ALOT to fix right here in our own.

Progress

The walls are back up! Woohoo we are finally in an upward spin with the house, BUT I do have to say today it one of my most frustrating days. This morning bright an early the guys were here to cut out the old drywall that is a direct assess into the attic so it can be put right back up. So can you SAY VERY VERY VERY dusty. As the day went on and the dust settled I can go through and spell my name on the tables, UGH! So the OCD kicked in and I couldn't take it any more and I started to vacuum and wash some of the flooring. I know tomorrow it will get trashed once again, but it's killing me. I so can wait till this is ALL over with. I can't believe how much damage water can do in such a short time. Tomorrow the tile will be going in the front entry and then next week they are coming to paint and put the hardwood floor back in. Then to have the house and all in it get a DEEP clean. This is too much for me to tackle in the time frame I want it done so I started interviewing cleaning ladies to help me. I just want my house put back in order!
Avrianna is doing so well in swim and piano. She just amazes me in how well she picks up on things and rolls with them. Not sure where she gets that from? On Sunday for her swim meet she got a seventh place ribbon for the 50 freestyle, the relay she was in got DQ's and she flipped over too soon on her 25 backstroke so that race was also DQ'd. Oh well, for her first ever meet to get 4 ribbons out of 6 races placing 3rd,7th,9th and 10th I think she did AWESOME. She is still doing GREAT in school too :)
Danny is doing well. His health has been stable. Phew! Danny's biggest issue is pain lately. I'm not totally sure from where but I have a very strong hunch it's from his hip. At times he doesn't like being in his wheelchair, not even for a couple minutes. When I put him in a sitting position and go to lay him down he FREAKS out and starts to cry, hyperventilate, turn red, and has this awful look of fear in his eyes. It's so heart wrenching to see your child in pain and there's nothing I can do about it.
I have Danny's BIG BIRTHDAY BASH this year in the works. I'm so excited about it! With him not having a party last year because of his hip surgery (yeah what a joke, right?) and with ALL the life threatening turn of events this summer I think he (we) need a real good party in Danny's favor. I know it's early to be talking about his birthday but you all know me by now......yeap OCD is kicking in HIGH gear.
Yesterday I officially started Christmas shopping.....UGH! I'm so behind. I'm usually finished shopping and I have most of the wrapping already done by now. Never fear I'm always good under pressure, heehee.

Trick-R-Meet

Here's my lil China doll. It was so COLD n Windy for trick r treating. We were out there for about and hour n a half and that was all Avrianna wanted to do....Yay ME! Danny stayed home with Dan and they hung out downstairs watching a movie.She still managed to come home with the mother load of candy, heehee. Which Dad already was dipping in her stash, SHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

We hooked up with my niece n nephew......now isn't that a good looking group :)

My lil fish! Here's Avrianna at her first swim meet. Avrianna ROCKED! She was in 3 races the 200 relay which they took 3rd, the 50 Backstroke she took 10th, and the 25 Freestyle she took 9th. So it was nice for her to come home with 3 ribbons for all three races. Tomorrow she is at it again at 8am doing a Medley Relay, 25 backstroke, and a 50 freestyle. I can't wait! Dan and I had so much fun watching her and her team mates. Danny hung out at home with the nurse. It was too loud and hot in there for him, plus with all the viruses going around and people out in public when they should be quarantined I'm not taking any chances.Watching and cheering on her team mates

She is diving so well! Ready.............Set...............GO!

Alright Mom ENOUGH with the pictures!

I will post more tomorrow and try to get some of the video on here for you to see too. I'm turning in......swim meet, unloading a trailer full of wood, moving a 3 recliner sofa from the basement upstairs, and then trick r treating. My body isn't too impressed with me right now. Let's start is all over again tomorrow, heehee. Thanks for stopping by to check in on us. Please sign our guestbook or post a comment to let us know you stopped by. We'd like to hear from you too :) Hope you all had a SAFE and HAPPY Halloween!!

Leaking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thought I would share some fun good news first. Here are some pictures my Brother in Law took of our house from airplane/camera. This is so COOL! Thanks Ryan

Ok now the even Better News:

Thursday afternoon Dan noticed a water spot on the carpet of the basement floor. After the normal blaming Avrianna and then the dog we realized we has a MAJOR problem. The water was leaking from our mechanical/movie room ceiling, also out of the speakers in the back of our family room, and out of the air duct. HUMMMMMMMM, where was the water coming from? The roof is leaking, WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With more rain to come on Friday, this wasn't going to be good. Well we have a MESS here at the Osero household with major destruction and remodeling. We haven't even been in the house more the 2 months, sigh. I'm hoping someday I will be able to look back at this and have a chuckle, but right now all I want to do is cry. Just when I thought the constant in and out of the contractors was over with then WHAM we are remodeling. What a mess! Thanks to Bruce and Mike for stepping it up to Get R Done for us as they understand the severity of it all, when the faulted person just cowards away and won't own up to responsibility.

The water running down the wall in my front entry way!One of the cracks that started down the wallWood buckle starting to crush the medallionThis "teepee" effect in the hardwood happened right under my feet. Then snapped open!The wood buckling was so strong it moved our kitchen cabinets....so I am waiting for Brown County Cabinets to come tomorrow as they need to remove the kitchen cabinets on one side of the kitchen so we can get to the floor underneath it. This is unbelievable!!!!This is what we found under the hardwood floor.......ALL MOLD, just after 48 hours of finding the water. Amazing how fast this stuff grows! This is NOT good, for normal healthy people and in Danny's case, UGH!!!!! Looks like there is an ant farm in the walls......water trails running down the blown insulationWalls are now torn down and insulation pulled out, upstairs ...... they are SOAKED! Now the drying process starts in the walls then to be treated and put back together again.The hardwood floor is torn out.....the sub floor in areas are soaked n spongey so it too will need to be replaced, UGH!!!!!!!Here's how they taped off the front entry so we can try to keep the dust and mold spoars to a minimum through out the rest of the house.

Tomorrow they will be back at 7:30am to start tearing apart the basement walls. Oh MY!

Avrianna is 7!

Avrianna had her annual physical on Wednesday and I have to brag..........What a brave over achiever! She grew 3" this year, know wonder why her pants looked as if she was wadding in the water, heehee. She is almost the same weight as Danny, she needs to grow alil more to get to him, heehee. Once she agreed to a blood draw, she was informed that she was going to need a flu shot. YIKES! But much to my surprise she didn't cry, freak out, or try to run. After it was all done she looked at me and said "Mom I didn't feel a thing!" Wow ~ what a difference! Then with her lab results.....Dr Kasper thinks she should be superwoman for Halloween as her blood counts n numbers are now higher then the high normals. She has NEVER had good numbers but now that her spleen is out she is an OVER ACHIEVER. Her hemoglobin was 15 and her platelets were in the 700k ~ Holy Moly~ This is AWESOME!
Here are some pictures of her birthday party with her friends at the Fox Valley Roller Rink. I do have to say. I HIGHLY recommend the roller rink party! The kids had a blast, the owners kept the kids occupied, and it wasn't expensive. We are DEFINITELY doing the roller rink thing every year
Very Proud of her Birthday cake. I'm so glad she liked my design :)Getting her roller skates....she has to be on her tippy toes to see over the counter, heeheeSo excited to be at the roller rinkLook at her go!Here's the crew......We had 10 out of the 21 that were invited. Unfortunately the H1N1 virus is running through her school. Luckily she didn't get it for her birthday, that would have been a terrible birthday present.Let's eat CAKE!

She had a WONDERFUL time! And despite her bruised knees, from falling down, she wants to go again real soon! The after the roller rink party we came home and had Papa Dan n Nana Claudia along with my mom's side o fthe family here at the house for dinner.

Happy Birthday Avrianna!

Here is the birthday cake I made for her this year. I hope she likes it!

I can't believe my baby girl is 7 today, at 4:46pm to be exact. WOW - time flies! We are having a party at the roller rink with 18 of her friends and then we will be coming back to a feast with our family I believe we'll have 16 people over for dinner. Dan is smoking a roast and baking a ham, YUM! I will post pictures later today.

Hiding Out

I have cancelled all of Danny's therapies and well checks until.............well not too sure for how long. So we are hiding out until I get the all clear with the H1N1 that is running rampid through our community then maybe I will let up, but until then it's all NOT WORTH taking a chance with lil man. I had alil scare 2 days ago with Danny starting the secretions again. I really thought here we go again with a respiratory bug and him being ill! But much to my surprise today was a better day, phew.
One week from today and my lil girl turns 7, holy cow did time fly by. I swear all I did was blink! We are going to have a birthday party for her awith some of her friends at a roller rink then afterwards we'll have a family get together for dinner and a mini party with them. Avrianna goes in for her annual physical this week which will also consist of a flu plus a H1N1 flu shot (if the vaccine gets here in time) so I'm sure I will have alot of bribing to do for that. Wish me LUCK, lol!
Not too much to report so I guess that is a good thing :) Hope this finds all of you well.