I Saw A Red Door and I Want it Painted Black

Lacey and I had a guy come over to give us an estimate on painting the trim on our house. I would do it myself but I have a couple of things working against me:

1) I am horrible at painting
2) I will need to get on the roof and you are talking about a man who broke his ankle taking out the garbage

I never knew how expensive it could be to paint the outside of your house. I wonder how much it cost to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (and that was Michelangelo!).

Happy Almost Friday!

Thursday night, not a lot going on. Debated with mom on shower gifts for everyone, stopped and picked up chinese on the way home, and am now sitting her trying to make plans for stuff that needs to get done this weekend. Flower beds need to be cleaned out and the house needs a good scrub. Other than that, not much going on! Nick's dad is doing better, up and walking around, looks like he will be out of the hospital tomorrow, so good news on that front! And another day goes by...

Sunday, Bloody Sunday

And another weekend comes to an end. I feel a little sad, and I know Nick is exhausted. His dad went in for an angiogram on Friday and wound up having an emergency bypass. But things are looking up, he is on the ventilator and the heart pump. Now we just wait to see how long it will be til he is out of the hospital. Needless to say Nick spent his weekend up north while I stayed here and took care of the house. 8 loads of laundry, 3 loads of dishes and a whole lot of cabinet organizing later, I am feeling a little better about how our house looks. Today is Ewoc's 1st birthday, so I sang to him this morning :) and we snuggled for awhile this morning. My strawberries, some hostas, and my butterfly bush came in on Thursday, so I got those in planters, and now I am spending the few precious hours of Sunday left watching some movies and relaxing with my hubby :)

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Nathan's bday today went well :) Lots of fun with the fam, lil Nathan is getting so big! Lil, Ava, & Sam had a great time playing in the cake, drinking kiddy cocktails and swimming, but by the end Aunt Lacey was worn out. Today was one of those days that makes you wish you could have stayed home and laid in the sunshine...so beautiful and there we were stuck in the office. Oh well, what are you going to do? I'm off to make some dirt pudding for food day tomorrow and then head to bed...slowly my sinuses are clearing, and I mean slowly!

Taco Bell

Ok, so day 2 of my post and things are going well. Came home tonight and slept for a couple hours trying to shake this sinus infection, and woke up feeling more groggy then before. Nick was kind enough after 3 hours of my asking, to go get me some Taco Bell. There is an Operation Repo marathon and I've got my tacos so life is good! We are heading down to Indy tomorrow night for Nathan's bday, he is 1 year old! Seems like it has gone so fast. Love my husband, love my family, love my life...

First Time Blogger, Long Time Reader

So, it is my first time using a blog, but after having some friends share blogs they created when they had kiddos, I thought I might like to try it out. Nick has made fun of me for creating a blog, mainly because he thinks we are boring and have nothing to write about, but me, I think we have some funny stories to share. I also think it might be fun to look back later on and remember some of the good times. Not that right now is such a good time...my sinuses are driving me crazy because we are going through some crazy weather changes, snow one day and 68 degrees the next, welcome to Indiana. My parents are gone on a cruise with a couple they have been friends with for a long time. Lex and Andrew are down in Florida at my grandparents, in fact she just called to let me know my mom called her to let us know she and my dad are having a great time and that they are safe. I am so jealous, I really am ready for summer. Nick is watching Reno 911, which I won't lie, tends to creep me out more often than I find it funny. Ewoc is running around here somewhere, coming down off of a spaz out which lead to running up and down the stairs. And I'm sitting here typing. We had AIT training, which exhausts me all in itself, even though I don't do anything physical for it. Lots of good questions though, should be a good group of new agents. Let's just hope they remember all this training 6 months from now when they get their appointment. Overall an ok day, and though it is only 7:45, I think I might be headed for bed soon (Nick is complaining that I must be typing a novel). Anyway, kind of long, I know, but it's a first post, so hey, who cares? The Office is on, "you already did me, that's what she said" and I'm out!