Advice

Don't flush a baby wipe. Ever. Even on accident. Thanks Gibsons Plumbing!

Countertops have arrived!

Rob and Jay arrived at 8:30 this morning with 4 pieces of countertop, and a sink. They left a few hours later and my kitchen is looking prettier. Poor PJ worked hard and late last night unhooking the plumbing so they could get the old sink out tearing a pipe in the process (blessing in disguise? How long till it would have gone and we wouldn't already have everything out from under the sink!) and dealing with the disposal. The disposal that is hard wired. And not hooked up to any of the kitchen circuits. And leaking. So he is trying to disconnect a live wire with water. I had my hand on the phone ready for 911 which thank goodness it wasn't necessary. PJ instructed me to call our friends the electricians who told me that it's not their fault it's not marked on the breaker box since they didn't rewire the house. All they could do is come out and test each breaker to see which one the disposal is hooked up to. Duh, we could do that. Come on. That's kinda not the point. So that will be a project we will look at this weekend. Our favorite game: find the breaker!

Anyway here are the counters. I think they look great except I found a few scratches. I will have PJ look at them and email Rob tomorrow and find out what he can do about them. All in all I am pleased and now anxious to get tile up and paint !!!

The Master

We got Ava's watercolors out this morning while the guys were installing the countertops (!!!!!) and she created a few masterpieces. Most importantly, she had a good time. It sounds like they do quite a bit of art project stuff at school, which I think is good since she seems to like to stretch the right side of her brain.

New curtains

I purchased sheer blue curtains off Ebay (where else?) and was hoping the blue would match the blue in the light fixture. Guess what- it DOES! So we have a new bold dining room which makes the paint color I love make me love it more. I think it tones it somehow to what I envisioned it, which is more of a light olive. Now we just need a rug. Ebay here I come!

Sleepy boy

This is the cutest sleepy boy EVER. He is also the SWEETEST boy and FUNNEST (yes it is a word) EEEEVVVVEEEERRRRRR.

Sledding

Tuesday we had a snow day for Ava's school as it was coming down with quite a bit more on the way. All day Tuesday it snowed. PJ and Ava went out and did the snowblower at about 7 p.m. and by the morning with the additional snow and wind blowing it about you could hardly see their hard work! (Daddy's snowblowing and Ava's footprints in the yard). They shut down the city. Literally, non essential employees did not have to report to work, so PJ took advantage of the time to take himself snowboarding. He came back kinda early because he had promised to take Ava sledding with his friend Dave and Dave's son Jaia. She had a BLAST !!! Dad brought home one tired chicken and a picture on the camera. It wouldn't surprise me if she asked to go every day.

We braved the roads today to get Ava to school, as it was her class Valentine's Day party. We got Maisy valentines at the dollar store and candy bracelets (just smaller versions of the candy necklaces) for her class. I think it says a lot that in the box there were something like 42 valentines, and we needed only 10. I thank God that she is in private school and not getting lost in a huge classroom. Will update when I get the word from Ava on the party!

Give this girl a hug

*Didi noted that Ava looks like she could really use a hug in this pic, and isn't it true? The strange thing is that she was in a great mood due to new dress and going to school. But who can tell???*

Another ebay purchase on the outfit. Shoes came from Piperlime. I am in love with that website. http://piperlime.com

No more ebay for awhile unless it's diapers, although I did get 2 towel rings for 99 cents. Not including shipping, but it was still cheaper than if I got them in town. And they're pretty!

Tuesday

We got more weather Tuesday. The snow came down and it was quite chilly, so I didn't venture out even to take Birdie to school. It's better now, although the thermometer pic is from this morning (thursday) about 8 a.m.

Chair Fabric

So I was on Ebay (surprise!) and found this beautiful fabric for my grandfathers chairs. There will be plenty left over to do the 2 odd dining room chairs that need new fabric and perhaps even a pillow. It's quite lovely- the pictures don't do it justice!

Kitchen light

PJ put up a new kitchen light. Upon taking down the old one, there was some major drywall repair/sanding work needed. He therefore put up only 2 of the 5 lights in the track. I teased him that it was my mood lighting, but due to the sanding of the ceiling and the additional sanding needed pre-paint, we wanted to wait to do it all at once. Good thing too! The bugger stopped working- only one of the 2 lights worked, and that was NOT mood lighting, it was just wrong. So back to the Depot we went, and about 20 minutes after start time this thing was up and totally running. There's no more mood in the kitchen- just some good lighting!

Catching up

Sorry folks, I was on a roll for a while but fast became a slacker. There are pictures, however, so this is my attempt to catch up from the last week.

Ava's First Day of Preschool !

Ava started preschool today at St. Peters Lutheran Preschool (see link here http://stpetersfw.org ). Her teacher, Mrs. McEachern, said she was a good girl and even participated in the class ! When asked whose birthday it is on Christmas, Ava knew the answer. What a smartie! She said the kids in the class were nice and she had a good time. Tuesdays and Thursdays for the rest of the year- Dad thinks next school year she'll be ready to step up to MWF ! I still have to photograph the picture of her school bag- it has her name on it and she decorated it herself- so will post that shortly. In the meantime, let's hear it for Ava !!!

Bathtism

Last night was the kids' first bath together. They had fun and nobody got bubbles up their nose!