Kitchen Pics

Bobby putting up the back splash

We put Heavy D to work when he came home on Saturday

New microwave and paint

So you can see we are almost done. All the big stuff is finished and now we are left with all of the little details. Tonight I am going to finish painting and Bob is putting up the casing. By this weekend we hope to have it totally finito!

ALMOST THERE

First of all, thank you Gamma Debbie and Papa Joe for taking the babes Friday night. They took not only G&D, but also Joey. Three kids, ages 2, 2 1/2 and 3. Brave, brave souls they are. You all know usually when Bob and I get a night without G&D, we are out on the town acting the way we did when we were in college. This Friday was different. Bob put me to work. We spent the entire evening working on the kitchen. We primed and started the back splash. We were up late and awake early. Bob grabbed us some breakfast on his way home from the Depot, then we finished out the splash. It turned out fantastic.
The kids came back home Saturday around noon and we played until nap time. Then we took another trip to Home Depot and picked out our paint. After G&D went to bed, we painted until the wee hours of the morning.
Sunday we decided to take a break. It was a beautiful day outside and we wanted to enjoy it. So we spent the morning playing in the backyard and then went out to lunch at nasty Applebees. By the time we pulled up into the driveway at home, the kids were asleep. They went and napped and instead of doing more work, Bob and I napped also. It wasn't until 4pm that we all woke back up, and I felt like it was 4am. So I brewed some coffee and headed back outside. The neighbor kids were out so they came over and played until bed time. Now all the beans are sleeping and I am out in my sun room enjoying the calm of the evening.
I have another article due tomorrow for Parents for Parents magazine. However, I ran into a little problem about a week ago. I was writing away, close to my 1000 words. I thought I saved my draft only to realize later that I didn't. That has never happened to me before. I was almost in tears when I realized what I had done. It was one of those nights where I was writing away, and everything was flowing perfectly. I was so excited to finish the next morning. Since then, I have tried to re-write what I had already written, but it wasn't coming to me. So now I am stuck on the 193 words that saved and I have nothing more to write. I keep staring at the blinking cursor and nothing is coming. That's probably why this post is so long, I'm procrastinating.
Tomorrow I will try to post some kitchen pics and other good kiddie pics from the weekend.

FUN, FUN ZOO PALS

Wednesday our new counter top arrived. Let me tell you, it is gorgeous. Bob picked everything out for the kitchen. He was in charge of it all. He picked the cabinets, the floor & the counter top. It has all come together so perfectly. My man has some good taste. This week we also made our first trip to the Zoo. G&D loved it, they are really into it this year. It was great because it wasn't crowded at all, so we were up close and personal with all of the animals. I loved it too. It was nice having a few hours out in the sun, and no one is crying, no one is fighting. It was a good day. Here are some pictures from our trip.

This weekend is all kitchen business. We are painting and putting in the back splash. Each day we are a step closer to being done.

Today my mom came over for a little and a went to the library. I picked up Dear John, by Nicholas Sparks. I'm only 2 chapters in but I can already tell it's a book that I'm not going to be able to put down.

Update on Denny's bed situation. He is (knock on wood) doing really well. So far he has slept all night in his bed (with the exception of falling out a few times, but we just go in and put him back up.) He even went in his bed and napped today for an hour. He does get up early now in the morning when he hears Grace, but I figured his sleeping until 9am wouldn't last forever.

I'm proud of my little bean. Only 2 1/2 weeks till his birthday!

LA COCINA

It's only been a week since we (Bob) started this project, but he's worked his bootie off and has gotten so much done. Here's how we look so far:

The cabinets are in and the new floor is installed. This weekend we are going to paint. Then next week the counter top should arrive. We have all of our appliances back in place, so no more kitchen in the living room (thank God.)


Other than this, there's not too much else going on. Tonight I get to hang out with my friend Correne, who I haven't seen since October. So this is a long overdue get together. Grace's dance class starts back up tomorrow and she could not be any more excited. And I THINK Spring may finally be knocking on our door. Cornhole time again!