We currently have no toilets in our house.
That is all.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
10 Things
1. It looks like this week we are going to get the tile put down in our bathrooms! Hooray! I am very, very excited about this.
2. I woke up before 8:30 this morning even though I was up all night with Eily. I feel like supermom.
3. I have decided I will never have a child named Hardin.
4. Elaina's lips become transparent while she is sleeping.
5. Pandora gets me through the day.
6. If you saw my house you would definitely NOT think I am supermom. Yikes.
7. I don't enjoy laundry but I enjoy having clean clothes to wear so laundry I must do.
8. Jason is teaching at an art camp this week and it's pirate themed. He has to be a pirate today. While he doesn't want to dress up he is thankful for the excuse not to shave.
9. I've decided Elaina will be in preschool this year instead of kindergarten. I think later on down the road I will be glad for this decision. The schoolwork will stay the same but we will do it for two years instead of one.
10. I am planning on having a fantastic day! Why don't you do the same!!
2. I woke up before 8:30 this morning even though I was up all night with Eily. I feel like supermom.
3. I have decided I will never have a child named Hardin.
4. Elaina's lips become transparent while she is sleeping.
5. Pandora gets me through the day.
6. If you saw my house you would definitely NOT think I am supermom. Yikes.
7. I don't enjoy laundry but I enjoy having clean clothes to wear so laundry I must do.
8. Jason is teaching at an art camp this week and it's pirate themed. He has to be a pirate today. While he doesn't want to dress up he is thankful for the excuse not to shave.
9. I've decided Elaina will be in preschool this year instead of kindergarten. I think later on down the road I will be glad for this decision. The schoolwork will stay the same but we will do it for two years instead of one.
10. I am planning on having a fantastic day! Why don't you do the same!!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Growing up and being aware
Elaina watched the video of herself playing the piano and then turned to me and apologized for speaking rudely to me. I'm jotting it down so I will remember.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
What? I'm supposed to post occasionally?
We have been purging. I love to purge. I love to get rid of things and I love to clean and organize what's left behind. I moved Eily out of the purple room and turned the playroom into her room. Now, both bedrooms are simple and refreshing.
Daddy was home alone with the two younger girls Monday morning. It did not go well. This is one of 3 incidents that happened. I think this was the first. The other two involved chocolate pudding and s'mores.
Daddy was home alone with the two younger girls Monday morning. It did not go well. This is one of 3 incidents that happened. I think this was the first. The other two involved chocolate pudding and s'mores.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
At least I tried
When I first sat down here I had a lot of mental energy upstairs and I was going to post 2, if not 3, new posts. By the time these videos get through uploading I will be asleep. Maybe tomorrow?
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Thursday, July 01, 2010
An ordinary day
How wonderful it feels to have an ordinary day. I am finally somewhat caught up from Harmony Hill. It seems to always take several days to get everything put up and get back in the swing of things again. Plus, we have had all this construction going on.
The fence has been completed,
The fence has been completed,
and I'm not quite sure that I'm comfortable with the "we have privacy" version of my children.
Apparently, they are completely embracing the No One Can See Us So Let's Be Free mentality.
I also finally got around to making my headboard this week. I have had this idea for several months and it has finally come to fruition. First, I gathered a little collection of dishtowels to sew together. That took less than an hour. (The sewing, not the gathering.)
Then yesterday I went to Lowe's and bought a board and then I went to a fabric store and bought some foam.
That took all of 20 minutes. I then came home, spray glued the foam on and stapled the material around the board. That might have taken 30 minutes. Then Jason hung it for me and this is the finished product:
I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out. I made curtains out of the dishtowels that aren't embroidered and as soon as I can remember to buy a curtain rod I will hang them on the window. It's taken me three years to do something to our room other than just paint the walls.
Since the fence is completed and the dog barrier has been put in place, Tod (or Toddy as Eily refers to him) is finally home with us!
I like to think Elaina is singing a song of rejoicing in this picture to depict how we all feel.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Nothing to say that is interesting
What are you up to this summer? Traveling? Staying home? Cleaning? Remodeling? Hosting?
I think I am doing a smattering of all of the above. I do plan to take pictures of the new fence soon and the new bathtub walls and soon, the new kitchen countertop. What could you be taking pictures of?
I think I am doing a smattering of all of the above. I do plan to take pictures of the new fence soon and the new bathtub walls and soon, the new kitchen countertop. What could you be taking pictures of?
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Thanks for helping
A question from a reader that I need your help answering:
"What is a boy welsh name that means bright or shining that isn't too strange?"
"What is a boy welsh name that means bright or shining that isn't too strange?"
Today is the day!
Today I got the Starbucks giftcard in the mail so today I randomly pick a post and a winner!!
The winning post is:
Off-Line
The winning comment is:
Seriously? That is a lot of posts. You should do something fabulous for it. Rachel
Congratulations, Rachel! Enjoy your coffee. :)
An interesting bit of information,
I am at Rachel's house right now and I had her pick numbers to help me decide the winner and she ended up picking the post and then her own comment without ever knowing what was going on. Fun!
The winning post is:
Off-Line
The winning comment is:
Seriously? That is a lot of posts. You should do something fabulous for it. Rachel
Congratulations, Rachel! Enjoy your coffee. :)
An interesting bit of information,
I am at Rachel's house right now and I had her pick numbers to help me decide the winner and she ended up picking the post and then her own comment without ever knowing what was going on. Fun!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
I was going to post the other day and blogger wouldn't let me blog on and now I can't remember what it was about.
The girls got haircuts today. Claire's is basically the same but a little shorter, Elaina got a blunt cut just a little above what her hair already was and Eily got a bob. It's a little boy haircut but she totally pulls it off. Do you wanna see a pic? Well, I will stop typing and go get the camera and load the pictures on this computer. Hang on a sec................................
Here's Elaina's hair. It it a little wild and sweaty in these pictures. Such is her look these days.
Here is Eily:
Claire wouldn't take a normal picture so she doesn't have any photos for this post. I'll post a Face Post that includes her here in a minute or two.
The girls got haircuts today. Claire's is basically the same but a little shorter, Elaina got a blunt cut just a little above what her hair already was and Eily got a bob. It's a little boy haircut but she totally pulls it off. Do you wanna see a pic? Well, I will stop typing and go get the camera and load the pictures on this computer. Hang on a sec................................
Here's Elaina's hair. It it a little wild and sweaty in these pictures. Such is her look these days.
Check out The Grass in her hair. We are a clean family, no?
Here is Eily:
Claire wouldn't take a normal picture so she doesn't have any photos for this post. I'll post a Face Post that includes her here in a minute or two.
Sunday, June 06, 2010
Fences, Fevers and Fun
We got a much better estimate on the fence. He can do the fence, the bathtub wall and the dishwasher cabinet for about the same price that the other man was going to do the fence. And we know he does good work because he just finished building an addition on my brother's house. I'm very, very happy about this. He should be starting this next week. !!!!
Eily is sick. She and Elaina just seem to be trading their sicknesses back and forth. And it's only ever a fever. Jason and the girls are at church all day so it's just me and Eily keeping up the homefront. The staying home part is actually a good thing as far as the cleanliness of the house goes. It was so bad here. We were having to step over dirty clothes on the floor and the sink was (still is) full of dirty dishes. I'm waiting for the dishwasher to get done so I can reload it and I've started in on the laundry. Other than those things I have the house picked up once again. I also clipped and organized all my coupons. It's been a productive morning.
I have one week at home before we leave for Harmony Hill. The girls and I made a paper chain to represent how many times they have to sleep before we leave and every day we remove one link. They LOVE it. It really seems to be growing shorter awful fast. Guess time flies when you're haveing fun!!
Eily is sick. She and Elaina just seem to be trading their sicknesses back and forth. And it's only ever a fever. Jason and the girls are at church all day so it's just me and Eily keeping up the homefront. The staying home part is actually a good thing as far as the cleanliness of the house goes. It was so bad here. We were having to step over dirty clothes on the floor and the sink was (still is) full of dirty dishes. I'm waiting for the dishwasher to get done so I can reload it and I've started in on the laundry. Other than those things I have the house picked up once again. I also clipped and organized all my coupons. It's been a productive morning.
I have one week at home before we leave for Harmony Hill. The girls and I made a paper chain to represent how many times they have to sleep before we leave and every day we remove one link. They LOVE it. It really seems to be growing shorter awful fast. Guess time flies when you're haveing fun!!
Thursday, June 03, 2010
You know what this picture means!!!
This is how it's going to work this time. I am going to post a few times in the next week or two. Then I will randomly pick a post to be the "giveaway post" and the people that commented on that post are eligible to win a $10 Starbucks Giftcard!!!! So get commenting.
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