MIA

Sorry for being MIA. We had a nice visit to Des Moines over the
weekend, then a big storm knocked out our power for most of Monday and
our Internet access is still down at home. I'll be back ASAP with an
update!

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Tuesday afternoon

Good news - Deb let me know that she would like to watch Lachlan on T & Th after reading my last post. So glad that she is available and excited about it!

(p.s. my new haircut isn't as short as the photo lets on - just all scrunched up on the blanket)

Hello, Tuesday

After cleaning up the debris leftover from our un-wallpapering adventure yesterday, I decided to give that room (and myself) a break today. Working on sewing and crafting some gifts for special friends today, unfortunately I can't show you right now because I wouldn't want to ruin the surprises. Don't worry, I'll take pictures for later. ;)

In other news... laundry; dishes; a nice new haircut; paying bills online; thinking about the yardwork I should be doing; buying fun stuff on Etsy; catching up on Paper 08 pages; wondering why my printer says there's a paper jam when there really is not a paper jam and also wondering why I can't just scan something even if there was a paper jam; trying to locate someone who can put up a nice subtle texture on the newly bare walls in the bedroom before I paint them (now I know it is a drywall person who does this and not a painter. check.); trying to locate someone responsible and caring who can come to our house to watch Lachlan on Tuesday and Thursday mornings when I go back to work at the end of August (I already found a great person for MWF - if you know anyone who might be interested & available, please let me know!); and of course, chatting and cuddling with our little guy. Hope your Tuesday is productive, too! Be back soon with photos...

my weekend

I wasted away one of the most beautiful weekends of the summer inside removing the wallpaper in our guest room. One of those projects I've been wanting to do for a long time and I decided to tackle it on Saturday while mom was here to help. We were planning to apply the removal solution and (as the Menard's guy put it) "let it do the work for us", but that really did NOT work. Long story short, we rented a wallpaper steamer and it still isn't done after hours of work. The good news is that I'll get to pick a fun new color to paint the walls soon and I'll never have to see those polka dots again!

Scrapjacked

Here's my take on the latest jack of Candimandi.

an update

So, I've been MIA, it was quite the crazy week... Last weekend Lachlan and I headed to Des Moines to meet Great Grandma O, visit the Farmer's Market, the DM Art Festival and Thor's painting exhibit.

We had a new fridge and stove delivered this week, which is *awesome*, except the new ice maker not working made us discover that we need to replace our water filtration system and the stove is unfortunately not compatible with the spot we have. Yeah, long, complicated story that ends with us being stoveless until July 15th. But, still exciting.

My amazing in laws and Bill's uncle came over to do lots of tree trimming and other yard work and helped us to make our yard more presentable.

Spent a couple hours cropping with the Reminisce gals at Cindy's house. Or mostly eating and chatting with the Reminisce gals. :)

Had a quiet 4th with our little family at home, cleaning house, walking in the beautiful weather and watching TIVOed John Adams.

Yesterday Great Grandma O & my mom came over and we picked out fabric at Home Ec for a quilt she is going to make for Lachlan. So excited for that! Had lunch at Devotay - yum.

Today was Lachlan's baptism, and we had lots of family here to celebrate with us at the service and afterward at our house. He is so lucky to have so many people who love him!

Phew! That about does it - looking forward to a little more laid back pace this week!

Happy Independence Day!