Another house project...

We have officially been in our house for a year now, and are still not done with all of the projects. Our latest project is to put hardwood floors in our entry and front living room. The entry way originally had hardwood, and the living room had carpet. The carpet was destroyed and we immediately ripped it out. Since then, we have been dealing with the plywood floor. After realizing that having someone install wood floors for us would be way too expensive, we thought..."how hard can it be." This is now week three! The picture of Doug is on the first day when we we taking off the woodwork and ripping out the old flooring. The picture of me is me wearing my "working pants." Doug is embarrassed of these sweat pants and was hesitant to take a picture of me wearing them. I happen to find them extremely comfortable and productive. I also feel a sense of pride while wearing the sweatpants. I have worn these pants for almost every house project that I have completed. If you look closely you will notice every color of paint that is on the walls of our house on the sweatpants! The final picture is what we have accomplished in our three weeks of working. More pictures to come.

Happy Birthday Aislinn!

Happy Birthday Aislinn. I hope you have a fabulous day. We are so excited to have you as part of the family and can't wait until the day you become our official in-law :) To many more wonderful birthdays!

Grete...It's the thought that counts!

First off, thank you to all of you for the well-wishes and birthday greetings this past week! It was a great birthday, and your messages and cards made it all the better! Today I got an unexpected belated birthday surprise in the mail. When I checked the mail I found this plastic bag with a note on it from the post office saying something to the matter of "we try really hard to deliver mail undamaged and in one piece...but sometimes we screw up." Inside there was an envelope that had been attempted to be taped back together and inside the envelope was a card that had been shredded to pieces. It was kind of like a puzzle putting the card together to reveal a wonderful birthday message from my great friend Grete. I feel really bad because the card was very nice and I could tell that she put a lot of thought into picking it out. It ended up being a good thing though Grete because I like puzzles! The mystery of what really happened to the card is unknown... Thanks anyways, I appreciate it, and all other cards, very much! (Jami, I hope you appreciate my eye for taking pictures primarily for the use of a blog entry)

Shear Shock

Things to never tell a new hairstylist..."It is starting to feel a little heavy," "I'm looking to trying something a new," and "sure, whatever you think would look best..." This week I got my haircut, and it was quite a shocker at first. I was thinking about getting just a little trim, maybe add some layers, but keep most of the length. I instead got an entirely different style and lost a lot of length. It has taken quite a bit of getting used to, but I think it is finally starting to "grow" on me.