Finally Finished!

Look below to see pictures of my kids on Halloween and our master bedroom which is finally finished! Click on each picture to see a larger image and the back button to go back to the smaller image. I love it and want to stay there all the time. Thanks to Pete for helping me put up the pictures. I made all the pictures in about two days. Isn't Luke's pumpkin scary????

Halloween is over, I hope to post pictures of the kids in their costumes soon. They also carved pumpkins. Bree's had a cross on it which was cool when it was lit at night. Luke's was scary with four mouths, two noses and one eye. It also had two forks sticking out of it...the trick or treaters were puzzled by it. We tried to go to Neenah to show the grandparents but they were out. We showed them a week later. We did make it to my mother's.

This week I am going to finish our master bedroom if it is the last thing I do. I pretty much have the bed done, the curtains up, the chair slipcovered, the walls are painted. I am currently working on four pictures to hang on the wall. Since Pete likes chess, I like horses so two pictures are of the horse head chess piece. They turned out ok, but not great. The other two pictures will be of the king and queen piece representing Pete and I. I am working on those tonight and tomorrow. Once they are up, all I have to do is vacuum and put a few things away.I will post pictures of our bedroom when it is done.

We made it to church this morning, raked some more leaves (the leaf catcher on the back of the riding lawn mower works great for those who are looking for a way out of raking) and then we watched the Packers lose to the worse team in football. How can we beat Brett in the playoffs if we don't make it to the playoffs???

This weekend we are going to a wedding. Our friend Greg is getting married. He is our son's godfather. Pete will be an usher at the wedding and has to wear a tux! I tried Luke's dress clothes on him and they are a tad small but if we do not have time to get him a new outfit, it will do. We are all very happy for Greg.

We went to Bree's first choral concert of the year and the group sounded very good. We also went to Luke's parent teacher conference and he is doing well but needs to practice his math facts and penmanship. He is an excellent reader! As a surprise we stopped at the school book fair and purchased a Star Wars Lego book which will arrive soon.

Spanky went in for a hair cut. Pete went to see a chiropractor. I've been at home with a cough, enough to keep me awake most of the night. It seems better today.

I have been trying to clean the house and am not successful with not feeling well and the dreary days. I will try again tomorrow. I purchased new curtains but have to iron them first. I can't find my water spray bottle. Once I find it, I should be good to go. Maybe I should have the kids look for it since one of them probably took it in the first place.

We still have to get pumpkins!

Well with Pete being gone all week to St. Louis I thought I was going to get a lot more done around the house than I did. I did mow the lawn (had Bree show me where I missed so I got those spots as well) and I went out to lunch twice for my birthday. Once with my friend Jean and once with my mom. Both were good food and good company.

I also worked on my next column for the paper and sent it in to the editor. It should be in this Monday. October is National Disability Employment Awareness month and since I worked for 15 years with a hearing and sight impairment, I shared my experiences. (Most of it good).

We also had a meeting with Bree's counselor at school to go over her goals and so on. I was surprised to learn she wants to be a mermaid....not sure where one goes to college for that but we will look for one. Ok, she really wants to be a teacher.

Today I replaced lightbulbs, cleaned the floor, ran the dishwasher and did some laundery. Next I will clean out the pantry.

I finally turned the furnace on since the I read it was 62 degrees in the house. I was trying to hold off until Novemeber but we could actually get snow this weekend, before Halloween!

Pete comes home tonight!

the week ahead

We had a nice weekend. Saturday we went to Fuddruckers and then stopped in to see the inlaws. Sunday I made turkey, mashed potatoes and rolls for lunch during the Packer game. My mom came over to watch the game with us. The dog finally settled down around the fourth quarter.(I am not kidding).

This week is busy...tonight Luke tested for his brown belt but we won't know if he passed until Friday. Tomorrow night we are taking the neighbors out for dinner because they gave us a ride to and from the hospital when Pete had his surgery. Bree also has stage crew meeting after school. Wed. Luke has a bible class...he really likes the bible he received from our church. I also have a doctor appt. that day. Thursday I am going to see a friend who lives in Fond du Lac. We have been friends since the sixth grade..almost thirty years now. By the time Friday comes, I will be exhausted but in a good way.

I helped Bree with her math tonight but she knows more than me. I don't like it when my kids know more than me but I am proud of her. Apparently intelligence skips a generation.

luke ism

The other night Luke and I were getting ready for bed. My daughter does not want to walk to school because she does not want to cross a very busy street. My son still won't sleep in his room and my husband comes to bed after midnight. I said to Luke, "What am I going to do? I have a daughter who won't cross the street, a son who won't sleep in his own room and a daddy who won't come to bed at a decent time!"

Luke said, "Mom, we all have our thing."

He is a mini Dr. Phil.

Finally Spring Cleaning

My daughter is being confirmed this weekend. We want to have people to the house after but as usual, my house is so messy and dirty even I cannot stand it. In the past I would start cleaning but get distracted and never finish a room. So, my new rule is do one room at a time and get it done no matter what it takes. If that means piling stuff in the basement, so be it, at least the one room will be clean. So far that way of thinking has worked well. I have cleaned the living room, washed the windows and am now finishing the dining room. I cleared out everything that was not supposed to be in those two rooms. I broke a candle holder which set me back an hour cleaning but that's ok...expect delays.

My daughter offered to help so I had her dust the curio cabinet thinking she would have fun handling each object and putting it back any way she wanted (she did). We talked about our favorite pieces. Hers is the white rose and mine is an AVON perfume bottle I had when I was a little girl but all the items are precious.

Next up is vacuuming the stairs, cleaning the loft, mowing the lawn and then working on the kitchen and main bath. I have two days to get all that done. If it doesn't, oh well, at least some of the rooms will be done and I am actually pretty happy about that! Whoo-hoo!