Getting There!!!

Well the kitchen cupboards came in and were delivered Monday and the install started yesterday. They are looking really nice. The countertop guy came early this morning to measure for the template and informed me that the countertop will be installed on July 3 next Thursday,which is much sooner than originally I had been told. I am so happy to see the kitchen finally coming together. I have the dining room about halfway painted and will finish it as soon as the kitchen people get done. So I get a few days break from the kitchen. Yeahhhh!!.
I get to go to book club tonight. We read My Sisters Keeper by Picoult. It is a really good book but rather a sad story. It really makes you think about the way that you treat each of your children and why you had them in the first place. I would recommend it to all. I am now reading a series of books called the #1 Womans Detective Club. I have read three of them now and they are so sweet. The main character in each of the stories is so sweet and really tries to do the right thing. They are written about life in Africa and the main character is a woman from Africa. They are very good and uplifting.
I get to go to a baby shower for my nephews girlfriend, Keri, on Saturday. She is going to have a girl the end of July and they are going to call her Cassiday June. They are planning on getting married soon, which makes me very happy for them.
Well I had better get to work. bye now.

Catching Up!!

I have been really busy the last few weeks. I did not realize that it had been so long since I had blogged. The kitchen is progressing slowly but surely. The wall is completed and all of the new cam lights are installed. The wiring is almost completed. We have run all of the wire we just need to hook it into the main box. I have all of my new appliances, flooring, lights, sitting in the garage and the new blinds. The cabinets are so supposed to be installed next Wednesday and then the countertop about 10 days later. I am so glad that everything has worked out and that Paul and I were able to do the most of the work ourselves so that it saved us tons of money that could be put towards the cabinets and countertops that we wanted. I will be ripping up the rest of the kitchen floor today. The only hard thing is that we have no kitchen right now. It makes it a little difficult to make meals. Oh well, cereal and sandwiches are okay for awhile.
I just got back from my annual sister trip. We went to Tremonton to stay at Susan's house. Blain and the kids came to Idaho to go camping with Paul. They had a great time. My sisters and I did some shopping in Park City. We played Wii alot and went walking and visiting. Paige stayed with us and was such a good baby. We drug her everywhere and she just kept on smiling and laughing at us.
We have been able to play basketball with Clayton and Danielle the last two Sunday afternoons. This is so wonderful because even 3 months ago this would have been impossible for Clayton to even attempt. You can just see the improvements in his health and his happiness at being able to doing some physical things without the intense pain.
I was able to ride my scooter to work today and I loved it. The weather has been really nice and warm for the last few days. Yeah!!!
Well I had better get to work. Bye now.

Kitchen Update

We had a very busy weekend. We knocked a hole in the dining room into the kitchen. We organized the new shelves downstairs and started loading stuff from the kitchen onto the new shelves. I do not think it is going to be alot of fun to have everything downstairs for the kitchen. I have already run downstairs about 100 times. I just need to remember that it will all be worth it in the end. We played pinochle this weekend with mom and dad. I got all 8 aces which is worth 1000 points. I had never heard of this rule until just before I was dealt this great hand. I really enjoy playing pinochle. We watched National Treasure on Monday. I enjoyed it as much as the first movie. Every day I am moving a few more things downstairs. Paul wants to be able to rip out the old cabinets this weekend and start on the new electrical. It will be such a mess. We have alot of rain here in good old Idaho Falls this week. We need it but is rather depressing to have it so dark and cold still. We need a little sunshine also to lift the spirits. Well I had better be going I need to get ready for exercise class. bye now.

kitchen stuff.

Well it has been a rather busy week. We have been trying to rip up the kitchen floor and it will not come up. We went to Home depot and bought this can of stuff that was supposed to lift the stuff on the floor and all it did was make Paul more frustrated and angry. we decided that we would put down a new floor instead of trying to refinish the kitchen floor. It was not a hardwood floor anyway. We found some flooring that we both like and bought it from Home Depot and had Amanda pick it up and deliver it to our house. We thought it would be a good idea to give the sales to Leif for the bigger things. I started taking everything down off of the walls in the kitchen and loading up the things that I do not use very much. I set up some shelves in the basement and I am putting my small appliances and big dishes downstairs until the kitchen is completed. Amanda has been at the house the last few days with McKinley. She is so busy and talks a mile a minute. It has been lots of fun. We will be ripping the kitchen wall out this weekend since we are staying in town. I can hardly wait for the mess.....just kidding. It will be wonderful to get the kitchen all done. I am so excited. I am reading a new series which so far has been very good. The story starts in the preexistence and ends with the end of the world. I am just at the point where the characters have come to earth and satan is going after them because of what they did to him in the preexistence. I have the 1st three books and I think that I will end up with the whole series. It is written by Chris Stewart and called The Great and Terrible. A pretty good read that really gets you thinking about the life that you are living and the time that we live in. I will let you know as I read them. Well I had better be getting ready for bed. bye now.

Update!

I forgot to mention that last Sunday that my best friend from High School dropped by and we had a short sweet visit. It was so great to talk to Lynn and see her. I had not seen her for about 12 years. Thanks so much for getting hold of her Cheryl.
Paul Clayton Danielle Makayla and I all went to see the movie Narnia on Friday night. I loved the movie. It was so true to the actual story and I loved Prince Caspian. I thought the end was sad. I would recommend that movie to all to see.
Paul and I had a very busy week. We have started the demolition on our kitchen. We started by ripping up the old layers of linoleum from our dining room. There is a hard wood floor under which we will be refinishing. We scraped for about 15 hours. It was very hard and hurt the back and the knees and the hands. Paul then had to go up into the attic and get all of the insulation moved off of the old electrical work so that we will be able to work on putting in new electrical wiring. We are installing new lights and a few more outlets. While Paul was moving insulation I was sewing a new canopy for our swing in the backyard. Danielle and I picked out the material on Saturday. I was very happy with the way it turned out. I love to sit in the backyard but I cannot sit in the sun so I was happy to get it finished. We also had card club this weekend and make a real cute tag and a really pretty card. I enjoyed the projects because they were easy and looked great when finished.
We went to the Seusical that Makayla was in Monday and it was great. It was funny and very colorful. The kids did a great job of singing and acting. We really enjoyed ourselves. All of the kids had really bright colored costumes.
I had a very busy and productive week. I hope we can get as much done this week on the kitchen. Well I better be going. bye now.

Weekend Fun...

Except for the awful sign put up on the lawn where I work( my crazy sisters) what a great weekend I had. Lots of fun and lots of visitors. We went out to dinner on Friday for my birthday. We went to Johnny Carinos which I absolutely love. Italian food is my favorite. We then went home and watched two movies PS I Love You and Dan In Real Life. They were both pretty good movies. We all went to a wedding open house on Sautrday for Joel Fauver who was a good friend of Claytons and also lived across the street from us until last year. It was really nice to see all of his family and meet his new wife. I did some birthday shopping on Saturday and went to Barnes and Noble and picked up a few books. I bought the new book Host by Stephenie Meyers. It was really good. I finished it this morning while waiting for Makayla. I had a great Mothers Day. I subd for the 8 yr old primary teacher. It was great. All of the kids came for dinner and a visit. We had turkey which was delicious. We also watched a movie called Becoming Jane. I loved it even though the guys thought it was kind of boring. I would like to buy it to put in my libray of movies. We also watched Survivor because Paul loves the show. I did not like the winner. I know that I spent alot of time watching tv but I caught a nasty sore throat and did not feel very well or up to going out and doing anything. We are having such nasty weather this morning. It has been blowing really hard and snowing off and on all morning. I keep wondering if the snow is ever going to end. Well I had better be going. bye now.

Surprise!!

What a surprise I got this weekend. The family got me good. An early surprise birthday party. There were lots of people and lots of food and a whole bunch of black balloons. I do not know why but everyone was dressed in black. I especially appreciated the poster of me and the pictures all over my house (which I am still discovering). You would thing they were in mourning or something. I think it is great to be fifty almost and to have such a great family and lots of good friends. It was lots of fun and I had a great time. Thanks to all who participated. bye now.