An update: The social worker had the dates mixed up, and now we're not meeting until the 17th! I'm glad to get more time to complete our projects, but I'm also resigning myself to the fact that our home study probably won't be finished till January. So for sure no baby for the holidays.
Even though it was unlikely, I was still daydreaming about it.
Anyway, yeah, I'm nervous about the peeling paint because of the lead paint thing. In the kitchen, we scraped off the peeling stuff and primed with Peel Stop, then painted. So I feel really good about that room being safe now. The back hallway has some peeling paint, so I'd like to give it the same treatment pre-home visit and we'll do it pre-baby for SURE.
We made a To Do list last night ... yikes it's long! :0 But maybe now we'll have to time to get everything done.
It's really comforting to hear about your situation, aclee! An old house is always a work in progress!
ETA: Oh, and no we're not going through the state. We went to foster care orientation before we decided to do private adoption, and they told us we'd need fire extinguisher and smoke alarms, etc. So I asked our SW about it, and he said we needed them, and that an alarm system and carbon monoxide detectors would be icing on the cake but not necessary.