Big Weekend!!

So, school was out on Friday, but first on Thursday night we tried to go to see our friend Grant's play. Bummer deal, it was cancelled due to a power outage at the school! From what I understand, it was great and I'm very sad that we missed it! Friday night found us, with an extra kid, down near the airport because we had an early morning on Saturday for Tiana and said friend to be in All-State Choir rehearsals. Kent spent the whole weekend down there for an automotive expo and some classes. He was there Friday through Sunday morning. Saturday, mom, dad and "the mother-in-law" (whom I love with all my heart!!!) came to hear Tiana sing in the choir. After the concert we all went to dinner and then all of us except Kent came home. Mom and Dad went home after Meeting and Mom-in-law will stay an as-of-yet-undetermined amount of time.

Birthday Time (almost!)

Because we hadn't yet had Ivona's parents over, and since Gordon, Ivona and I all have March birthdays, we had them over to celebrate with an American picnic in the middle of winter!!

From Gordon, Ivona and Melisa's BBQ Birthday

Rodica, Ivona's mother, made me a cake for my birthday! She remembered how much I liked it when she made it for Christmas in 2006! Thank you so much! Mulţumesc mult! Isn't it beautiful!? I wish you could join me for a slice with some coffee!!

From Gordon, Ivona and Melisa's BBQ Birthday

Thank you so much for coming -- I hope you enjoyed the evening as much as I did! Happy Birthday!

Tag! I'm it ... You're next!!

So, I was tagged by a couple of people and am JUST NOW going to get around to taking care of business! I was told to put up the 6th photo in the 6th folder of my photos and tell the story behind it! So, when I'm done, I'll tag the next lucky players! Here's my "LOVELY" photo!


This photo was actually taken on my old cellphone at the annual Gingerbread house exhibit in downtown. We took VJ and Grant for their first tour of the villages that are all made out of gingerbread and various candies/edible stuffs. Of course, since there was a sugar Starbucks I had to have a photo and now you, too, get to see it in all of it's blurry glory! All of the proceeds of the people's monetary votes goes to fund Juvenile Diabetes Research!

So, now then, I'll privately tag the next in line!!

"Here are the rules;

Go to your Picture Folder on your computer or wherever you store your pictures.

1. Pick the 6th Folder, then select the the 6th picture in that folder.

2. Post that picture on your blog and the story that goes along with the picture.

3. Tag 6 other people that you know or don’t know to do the same thing and leave a comment on their blog or an e-mail letting them know you chose them.

~~~~~I HAVE A COUNTERTOP!!~~~~~

A HUGE thanks to my customer Dewayne for bringing my cold black stone today! Well, he brought it the other day, but there had been some miscommunications and quick chats over the register at work and so he took it back to have at least one more side polished before installing it on the cabinet. So, HERE IT IS!!

It was so exciting to be able to do prep work next to the stove tonight and have a place to put knives and cutting boards and food! Now just the lights and some trim! WooHoo!!! (Oh, and ALL the knobs and pulls! We'll keep that secret between us! Kent's not looking forward to doing all of them!!)

Long time no see!

Well, let's see. We haven't talked for a really, really long time. You've seen that mom and dad are still working on the kitchen some. The guy brought the countertop tonight, but I guess he took it back with him to polish the outer edge. That's all I understood, what exactly that means, I don't know, I was locked out of the house. I heard words like "granite", "stone", so I'm assuming that's what they were talking about polishing! Dad's been working up on the ceiling on the counter. How come he can put his paws up there, but I get in trouble if I do that?!?! Mom's thumb has been smelling pretty good! Guess she took a huge gouge out of it and so it's been smelling pretty good to my nose! Sister had a funky looking arm for a few days about the same time Mom's thumb got interesting. She fell and had to have it in a big ol' splint! Boy, stay away from the girls! The oopsies might be contagious!!! Around here the weather has been quite fine. During the day when it is daylight it is sunny and toward evening time when the peeps are home, it gets rainy. Perfect if you ask me!!! Mom has LOTS of pretty flowers in her flower bed! Anyway, that's about it. I guess I better let my secretary get to making Dad his mocha! She promised him!

Just a quiet hello

It's been a long while since I've sat down here and let you in on our lives. I've been tagged, but since I'm not on the computer that can work for the tag, I'll have to take care of that business later!

The kitchen is pretty much stuck where you see it. Early next week one of my customers plans on dropping off my new piece of countertop. I don't even know what it looks like, except it is glossy black! I told him we were looking for a remnant of granite, or marble or quartz and since he does that kind of work, he's taking care of it for me. I'm anxious to see it! We had planned to put a new can light in today with dad's help (he's here visiting while mom is in AZ at her brother's), but they found that there isn't enough room in the ceiling at that point to do so. Instead, they put a third light in the living room -- something we'd been planning on doing for quite some time. It will be very helpful for the Meeting on Union Sundays. I guess when I have some days off this week I'll have to work to paint the ceiling -- especially now that we know the can lights aren't going to work for us! I hate painting, but so does Kent and so if I don't do it, who knows when it will get done. Kent is working late all this week, too, while his boss is on a cruise, so that should give me plenty of time to get the dirty deed done!!

Like I mentioned, Dad is here with us. He drove up today and will have to go back tomorrow. Kind of a bummer that he has to work on Monday, but anyway. A fast trip for him and then we made him work while he was here! He was such a sweetie and brought me a cool card display stand. It has two rings that hold sheet protector things and I can put cards in it that I make and/or receive. What a great way to display the awesome works of art that I have received over time! I can use it to photograph the cards I make, too.

Well, as you can see, there isn't much going on here at the moment, but I felt I should at least say "Hi". Hoping you are all doing well, too!

The End is Near!!!

The Sunday before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day we ordered our new cabinets. We were given a 4-5 week wait time and well -- exactly 2 weeks later, here we are!! We still need a countertop (as you can see) and the toe kicks and trim need done. We have to figure out lights and paint the ceiling, but essentially, the kitchen remodel is done! I guess that means we have to invite you to dinner so you can see it for yourself!!