I think spring has arrived in Dallas. It's 9 pm and 61 degrees. The next two days are supposed to be in the 80's. Maybe it's time to head north. The trees are starting to have green buds and some of the neighbors have planted frost resistant annuals like pansies.
It's been a busy time here. Mike's brother, John and his wife, Enza, flew in on Saturday for Maria's baptism on Sunday. The baptism took place Sunday afternoon.
It was a lovely day. The weather was perfect. We had dinner before hand at a lovely Mexican restaurant near Natasha's and then drove over to the church. Maria was fairly well behaved, enjoying a bit of play time with the lady sitting behind her.
Monday morning Maria went off to day care for the first time. It was a bit traumatic for all involved. Mike picked her up around noon. Enza said she fell asleep while eating a cookie! I think she was tired. But Olga was glad to have her home for the afternoon.
Steve and I had taken off in the morning on Monday to visit Ikea. Ikea is a Scandinavian home furnishing store unlike anything else. It's one of the few stores outside of home improvement stores that Steve enjoys shopping in. We had several things we wanted for the trailer and were hoping to get them at Ikea.
The rear of the trailer had two recliners in front of the big picture window.
Our vision of living in the trailer was a desk across the back. We left one of the recliners in West Lafayette and substituted an Ikea chair we already had. Neither of us ever sat in the recliner, so we convinced Natasha to take it for the game room upstairs. I found two folding tables that would fit across the back to use as a desk as we figured out how we wanted to live in the trailer. We then moved the dining table to the middle of the desk area so we have a T shaped work area. That has worked well for us, so we were looking for materials to make the setup permanent.
4 or 5 hours later, we had two counter tops that will be used for the work area, table legs, two desk chairs (the ones we are using have permanent homes in West Lafayette) and a multitude of other pieces and parts. We will be getting rid of the table and chairs that came with the trailer. (Anyone need a nice oak table and 4 chairs?) Natasha has already spoken for the extra recliner, which we will deliver the next time we head from West Lafayette to Dallas.
We're working on the list of things Natasha would like to have done. The furnace company came in Tuesday and will be putting in a new furnace tomorrow. Steve got the last of the baby gates that we bought in December installed.
Tomorrow will be a tough day. Olga leaves for Russia and won't be back for a year. She's been an integral part of this family for the last year and it will be a big adjustment for all. I guess I should be planning what to cook for dinner tomorrow. Olga usually does the cooking, but that is something I can take on for the rest of our time here.
Our current plans are to leave on Monday, March 31. I have a dental appointment on April 8, so we plan to be back in West Lafayette by then. But we are going to take our time and see a few things on the way home. We're trying to figure out what those are now.
That's all for now.
Deb
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