Painting and "stuff"

We moved into this house about a year and a half ago and to be honest I have never "loved" it. However I am thankful for it; it provides a home for my family and it is warm and full of love. But as a house it leaves A LOT to be desired. So until we are in a position to get into a house I do "love" I'm going to do the best that I can to adapt this one.

As of right now the living room, entry and hallway are all green. A very nice green on a paint chip a not so nice green on the walls, also our furniture is 10 years old and it is still in good shape but style wise not so much.

So this week I'm starting the undertaking of painting and then perhaps slip covers for the couches.

I will post before and after pics soon.

Happy Birthday Grandpa Jack

Today is Grandpa Jack's birthday. John wanted to call and wish him Happy Birthday first thing but I convinced him to wait until after LOGO'S tonight. Hope we can catch him home.

The boys haven't seen their Grandpa Jack in two years; this makes me sad. They see my dad at least twice a month if not more. I know that Jack lives in Oregon and not just 90 miles away. But I sure do wish he would come to visit us soon. The boys need to see him. So Happy Birthday Grandpa Jack we hope it is happy and we get to see you soon.

Love,

Brent, Suzie, John and Scott

Why?

Why does the groomer put bows in a working class dog's fur when they are done? It looks ridiculous to say the least. However it was good for a laugh, every time I caught sight of her in the rear view mirror on the way home I just had to giggle. She however didn't seem too impressed with them either. Needless to say after I took some embarrassing pictures of her we took them out.

Doesn't she just look like she is thinking "Really. You're going to take my picture with these stupid bows. I hate you."

Then of course since I'm playing around with photos I had to play a little with color and stuff with some of the other pics I took. It is just like what we do to embarrass our kid-o's right.

Playing with pictures....

I have been playing around with photo editing this week. A great way to waste my time...

Too Much...

I'm lucky I have a beautiful collection of stemware and the like that I inherited along with a cabinet for displaying. However it is getting too crowded. This is what I did yesterday. I don't really have any other place to store most of this so I will have to make do with the space but I think it is hard to look at. What do you think?

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Where oh Where Have I Been?

Well first off, First Grade is hard. When you get home you are STARVING and just want to eat your mother's arm off. Actually as I typed that it occurred to me that the saying, Bite your head off, probably came from a hungry first grader. So we are trying to figure out our rhythm that doesn't lead to me yelling and Johnny in a full on melt down. We are getting there, but I won't pretend that it hasn't been painful.

Second Scott started preschool. And while he loves preschool and it is only two days a week and only for about 2.5 hours, it is still taking a little getting used to. Mostly what the heck am I supposed to do without a little boy for that time consistently every week. Oh, the possibilities are endless I know. Most of them have to do with a bottle of cleaner of some sort and rubber gloves I'm afraid, fall cleaning instead of spring maybe.

So while I wrestle with coming to terms with my little boys growing up into school age boys bare with me and my little blog. Someday I see great things from us.