And the Painting Begins....

E began painting on Tuesday night......so far he is just priming the walls, but what a world of difference even a little primer can make. Our goal is to get all the walls primed and painted in the rooms that have carpet by the 18th - that's when the carpet arrives to be installed. I am sure after this little task E will never want to pick up a paint roller again...much like I am sure he would be happy to never pick up a shovel and move dirt again!

Christmas......before Christmas

Since we won't be in Billings this year for Christmas.....A got to open some of her Christmas gifts from her Grandma and Grandpa D, Aunt B & J and Uncle B and S. As you can see...of course they choose the largest toys currently on the market.

She also got to open her gift from Great Grandma D.

And absolutely loved playing with the tissue paper!!

First up.....The Baby Grand Piano....

A had a good time ripping the paper....but she was insistent on making them into the smallest pieces possible and then handing it over to you....sometimes it was a phantom piece of paper - thinking she had actually ripped something off...but in reality nothing at all.

Oh...the nosie this little piano can make....just remember paybacks. For every noisy toy A receives...I am sure we can find one even noiser!

A in concert......

And finally the riding zebra.....Although A doesn't look so happy about riding this zebra in this picture....she has warmed up to it....and I am sure as time goes on and she can touch her feet on the ground she'll come to love this too.

A also got a wooden cart full of blocks.....So we now have four very large items that have become a permanent part of our living room - (It's good the basement is almost finished) "But I love them all, Thank you very much." Love A.

Basement Progress II

So, before we left for a Thanksgiving weekend....this was the progress on our basement from a few different angles.

Including the new wall built upstairs.......

While we are gone they are in finishing the taping, mudding and texturing and it should be ready to paint starting early next week.....Painting Party Anyone???

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Basement Progress

The Electrical is done....The insulation is done.....The Clean-up has only begun. E has been working incredilby hard the last 2 weeks...every waking moment so that we would be ready today for the Sheet Rock Contractors. And we were!! These are a few pictures of the basement before....
A view of the 2 bedrooms and part of the family room and other misc. closets.
The bathroom....E doing some final work. The contractors actually got the entire ceiling done today, and most of the main family room walls....so we are assuming they'll be done tomorrow with the hanging and can begin the taping and texturing soon.

The Wall....

So as the work continues on our house....mostly the basement. We decided we had had enough with our wobbly railing. So on Saturday E removed the railing and built a wall that can be sheet rocked this week by the contractors. So this is Before...
And this is during....or once it was gone.
And finally what it has been replaced with. It was an interesting weekend with A, trying to keep her away from an open wall, of course she couldn't have been more curious. Thankfully the contractors were able to get it sheet rocked today (more pictures to come) so it is not such a temptation anymore.

I'm Baaack!!!

I know I've been out of touch for a bit....but I can explain. You see my parents decided they needed a vacation....without ME! Can you believe that??? So off they went to San Diego, CA for 5 days...and I was pretty lucky to go and spend my time with Grandma and Grandpa D, Aunt B and Uncle B. I did miss my Mom and Dad, but I don't think I even realized they were gone until I saw them reappear off the airplane.

Mom and Dad in San Diego next to the beach!

Going to the Zoo, Zoo, Zoo

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Sea World

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Never Ending Fun!!

Look Mom.....It just keeps coming and coming and coming!! And it even tastes kind of good too!!

Happy Halloween....or maybe Grumpy Halloween!

Happy Halloween.....This was my first and for whatever it means...I haven't quite figured that out yet....but I guess it reguires putting on silly costumes. My Mom thought putting me in a chicken costume would be just right for me...As you can see I wasn't terribly excited about it at first.

But I came around....especially once I saw all my friends dressed up in costumes too!!

Here we are....just the girls. We were all born within about 2 1/2 months of each other....won't we be a treat next year at Halloween!!

And finally the whole crew...these are my friends A, C & T.