Go George Go!

The builder we hired to do our addition has been hard at work and I am getting more and more excited.  I go to sleep at night planning how to arrange the room, what fans, carpet etc to buy.  The windows are in, the fireplace will come next week, the electricion was here this week.  I am going tomorrow to select the carpet and after that I will be able to select the paint.  After that I will need to decide what I'm doing for fans.  These are chores I love!  Grumpy Grandpa is still much in evidence.  Interupting his routine and expecting him to live in a mess not of his own making are apparently not high on his list of things to do.  I walk into the huge mess every night and think, 'wow progress!'  followed by 'no point in cleaning, might as well read!'.  It is going to be awesome.  Speaking of awesome, that would describe my Easter Weekend.  In spite of having some type of virus I had a great 3 days.  The hunt at Sherie's was lots of fun.  The food was great--Mom made her awesome carmel rolls--and Sherie served it with such style!  Two of the memories I'll take away are Hudson finding his eggs and Bo sitting after the hunt opening his, (just candy, toss over shoulder, just candy, toss again, dollar bill---MONEY!!!!, put in pile).  Bo also shared his candy with his Great Grandpa and Grandpa and how many kids are lucky enough to do that?  Mazy and Theron are getting to be so grown up and always so glad to get to be together.  Thanks to everyone for a great Easter.

Swatting Flies

Since we started remodeling all I get done is swat flies!  They are driving us crazy.  I think I need to invest in bug spray and more fly swatters!  I'm not sure where they are getting in but they are everywhere.  That is my only complaint regarding the remodeling project which is moving right along.  The rafters went up yesterday and they cut the holes in for the windows.  I am thinking about going to pick out carpet soon so Kev has some idea of what it's going to cost.  Saturday Keesi and her family and Troy and his family came out for a day at the farm.  There is no place like a farm when you're a boy and it's a nice day.  It was a great weekend all around.  Monday I went shopping at noon and found a couple dresses I couldn't resist for Irelyn and Imersyn.  I ran them over to them that night and had supper with all of them.  Bandy had been home sick that day but the rest of them were doing great.  I even got to meet Buck! 

Grumpy Grandpa!

I have discovered that Kev doesn't do change well when it comes to his 'in house' routine.  First of all there is a large hole (covered by plywood) and a large chunk of carpet cut into and out of our living room.  The cable and tv there are out of commission.  No golf channel unless he sits in the dining room (where our loveseat currently resides).  No big deal.  There is a daily mess to clean up.  No big deal.  There are muddy prints on what's left of the carpet.  Also no big deal.  My theory is----'Who cares, we're getting a new room!!!'  I'm not sure what his theory is other than that he's spending money and it isn't on something he can take to the field.  On a completely different subject,  I met Keesi, Shawn and the boys last night and had a fun supper at a Mexican Resturant in Ankeny.  I remembered to wear my charm bracelet and both boys were very interested to see it with the charms they and their parents had picked out.  I can't wait to add more charms---looking at them makes me think of the person that picked them out---  Message to the Grandkids---call Grandpa and keep him cheered up!!!

And the Building Continues

So far we have the crawlspace poured and the ground inside it treated for termites.  It looks like real progress.  Today I believe they will attempt to put down plastic in the space but the wind is blowing with gale force so that might not be possible.  I'm not sure what else they have on the agenda.  When I got home Friday Kev had come up with a new idea.  He had decided to move the fireplace from the west wall to the north wall.  (I was actually very happy.  I wanted it on the north to start with but he didn't want the bump out to be on the 'front' of the house)  I am letting him think it is his idea.  I have been thinking about the decorating angle of the room and am pretty sure I have it basically figured out.  I'll wait until we get a little further along and then go check out flooring.  I'm waiting to see (1) how the money is holding out and (2) what kind of shape the existing carpet is in when the project is done.  This is so fun!!!