Thomas and I took care of weeds in the garden area last night. One step closer to being ready for the Grad party on Saturday. Oriental Poppies smell like skunk when you cut them. If you don't believe me, just ask Diedre. 

Thursday Update

Yeaaah!!!! The painting is finished. Everyone did an awsome job. Now it is crunch time to get everything finished for Saturday's party. We can do it.

Wednesday Update

Old Tony is visiting for a few days. I will update more after all this painting and party stuff is finished.

I thought I would post a picture of the new arrivals. I don't know which is which.

Too tired to update.....

Wednesday Update

The weather has not been co-operating with our painting. We are hopefully going to get some painting in on Thursday and this weekend. It is only a little over a week before the graduation party and I still have so much to do. It sounds like it is raining outside right now.

Tuesday Update

Yeah!! The roof is finally completed on both the house and the garage. The painting is about a third of the way completed. Hopefully some more painting will get done today. Our friends are awsome the way they helped out on Sunday. I think everyone needed a day of rest yesterday. I am still very tired from it all. Tonight I must go to sleep earlier than I have been for the last several days.

Just Don't Touch The Boxes, OK!

Friday Update

The roofing is well on it's way now. It is looking very nice. Now we just need some nice weather this weekend, so we can get started on the painting.

Thursday Update

Hopefully the roofing will go as planned today. Yesterday it rained most of the day.

Yeah! It's roofing day!

Tuesday Update

The roofing count down begins. Todays high is going to be in the 80's with partly cloudy skies. They are suppose to drop off the dumpster thingy this morning. Tomorrow the old shingles and stuff get torn off of the roof. And Thursday the new roof goes on. I am so excited. It looks like, for the most part, the weather will be good. The house and garage are going to look so different. And after we do the painting, it is going to be like having a new house on the outside. I wonder if Mao will get any sleep tomorrow while they are on the roof?

Monday Update

Monday: first day of work for the week, trash day at home, not exciting.....

Deadwood started a new season last night. It is just as good as it has always been. The hour goes by way too fast though. Yesterday we had the baked potato bar for supper. Everything was very yummy. Potatoes fill me up way to fast though. There are lots of leftovers, so I will be able to try the toppings that I wasn't able to get to. It looks like it is supposed to be sunny today. That is a good thing. We could all use a little sunshine.

Saturday Update

Wow, it has been a few days since I posted an update.

It has been a busy week. We now have the roofing contract signed and weather permitting we will have a new roof by next Thursday evening. I can't wait. Menards is loving us right now. We made several trips there this week and spent tons of money on roofing and painting supplies. I think it is going to be a cool weekend. Right now it is only 49 degrees. As long as it doesn't rain we should be able to use the powerwasher on the side of the house. Unfortunately, I hear thunder outside and I think it is going to storm soon. I can't think of much else to say right now.

Wednesday Update

We are officially going to paint the house ourselves. Once we get the house scraped and some rotted boards replaced, it shouldn't be too bad. We have a few volunteers to help; Mark, Wanda and I think Deb. I just hope the weather stays nice and doesn't get too hot or rain too much. Doug had a nice birthday, but he has been so preoccupied with the roof and painting thing, I'm not sure how much he was able to enjoy it.

Chet Culver won the Democratic party's gubernatorial nomination with 39 percent of the votes. I'm not sure what the rest of the results were.

I can't think of much else to update about so this is going to be it for my update.

This is supposed to be the most popular screen saver in the U.S. right now. See what you think.

Happy Birthday Doug!

Sunday Update

Today we are going to celebrate Doug's birthday with a barbeque. We will be having all of the usual barbeque foods; hamburgers, brats, hotdogs, potato salad, pasta salad, baked beans and a few other specialties. Happy Birthday Honey, love Elvis.

We finally got the roofing job scheduled. I can't wait, the house is going to look so much better on the outside.