The Fun of Home Improvement

Let me start by saying that I hope I never I mean NEVER have to pull down horse hair plaster again. That has got to be the worst job I have ever done and we only pulled down two walls! Once that was done the rest has be a little easier. The boys (Steve & his partner in crime Scott) put up some new drywall and Mom and I worked on steaming off the wallpaper. As you can see from the pictures this has so far gone quite well. I'll post more pictures when we get to the woodwork and the painting. It is going to look really nice! In other project news we are having Mardens put in a new kitchen floor in the downstairs apartment and then when we have our apartment back in some order we are having new carpet put in our tv room. That will be great! But really do you want a project on each floor!

Long Time No Post

I realized I hadn't posted in some time! Things have been busy, busy, busy. We have been getting ready for our spring projects....this weekend is the back bedroom. We are taking down two walls of horsehair plaster and putting up drywall. So that should make a fun mess :o) I'll try to post some pictures of the project. Then we move outside to work on our front porch to replace some parts of that. We are also going to try a small garden this year not real big but a few things...trying to save were we can. Ok, well off to work so I'll try to post some pictures later.

Happy Easter!

It was a long Easter day but a wonderful one! Started at 5am getting up and ready for our sunrise service followed by a baptism (six people!) and then followed by Easter breakfast at church. Now this leaves us with an hour until the regular service starts so no point in going home; we wait it out. Steve practices the music (he had to use his friends Scott's guitar because his needed some work) so I go for another cup of coffee. Church starts at 9am....followed at about 9:10am with Steve breaking a string on Scott's guitar....better hope someone has one in the closet! Gary to the rescue with his Ovation (nice guitar but not good on any guy with any kind of stomach as Steve says," bowl against bowl is not good"). Music then resumes without further interruption.

After church we of course have to visit...then home to cook my very first Easter ham! Mind you it is going to just be Steve, Liz and I (Brayden doesn't really count in the meal prep) so I got a 8lb ham! So we had enough food for about 10 people. I also decided to try a new recipe :o) which I must say turned out wonderful! We also tried a new mashed potato recipe which was amazing! I have included before and after pictures of the ham. It had a orange marmalade glaze w/orange slices on it....Thank you Martha Stewart. The rest of the day was spent enjoying Brayden. It was so fun to have him all to myself! I've included a picture of him as well.

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

Yes, we are still alive

I must say between, snow, rain, snow, rain, snow, and rain it feels like the month of March has been already too long! But, the good news is in like a lion out like a lamb! So let's get you caught up on life.

Things have been quite busy as we have had a college student living with us over his spring break and then sent him to snow camp with the youth group and the got the youth leaders dog to watch. This was followed by me taking another dive down the stairs (thinking I might have broken by tail bone). So as I sit here typing I am icing my backside.

Good news is we got a Wii! How fun is that! We took it over to mom and dad's and played...Grammy even tried! We had a great time!

Well, all for now.

Sick, Sick, Sick

Luke, Liz and I have all gotten sick at the same time. Pretty good when we don't even live in the same house! Luke called me tonight to wish me a happy birthday which also included a conversation with Colby. He was quite concerned that I had a cold and wanted to know when I thought I might be better :o) He also wanted to know if I had seen the doctor. How sweet.
We have also been getting more snow! Had seven inches last night and more coming Friday... man I beginning to think that we need to move to a warmer climate. Well, my eyes are starting to close so I'm going to sign off......

The Eclipse

So last night it was really cold and Steve and I decided that we would put our camera to good use and take some pictures of the eclipse. So after music practice we headed to the local golf course....about the only place you don't get blinded by city lights to try our hand at taking some pictures. Well, let me just tell you I had not really thought this out very well. I had just thrown on my Crocs and some wool socks with a thin fleece and a pair of Wristies. You would think after living in Maine my whole life I would know how to dress on a cold clear night. Anyway, we get to the golf course and I send my brave husband out into the snow to set up the tripod and the camera (while I wait in the warm car for him to finish). Then I trudge out to help. Of course this involves my feet going into the snowbank and filling my Crocs with snow....Thank goodness for LL Bean wool socks and the scarf (thanks Bess) that I had left in my backseat....and Steves big mittens that he had left in the car. We have never done this before so it was experiment time with our digital.....not the best thing to do when it is 18 degrees out I might add. We did end up getting a few good shots but the really amazing thing is that it was so still and beautiful to just stand there and enjoy Gods amazing creation. The stars were beautiful and the moon was breathtaking. I am so thankful that we are able to enjoy these things and that we had a warm car to jump right back into to warm up! I have included a couple pictures that we got last night. They are the last few that we took. Also, good to note that when it is 18 degrees out and you don't know what you are doing with your camera you should maybe take the book with you and read it in the warm car first thus maybe a few more good pictures.....we will try again in 2010.

Go Patriots!

It is time for our annual Superbowl party! We have about 20 people coming over
to watch the big game! The great part is the Pats are playing so that makes it just
that much more fun! I'll post some pictures of the group maybe even during the game.