The Beginning of the End---

and I don't mean of the world!!!  Today the trim carpenters come.  They expect to finish today.  Tomorrow the painters come.  They expect to finish on Thursday.  Friday the carpet goes down.  After that I can put my house back together and redecorate!  Most of the stuff from the downstairs is in the garage now so there are very few places to sit.  All my china is sitting on my kitchen counter and on the deep freeze because I unloaded the china cabinet so the guys can move it around.  Dust is on everything and is at least 1/4 inch thick.  Service Master will clean the couches on Thursday (they are in the garage).  I have Friday off and hope to be able to get my kitchen back in working order and start cleaning off the things like my dining room chairs that will need to come back in the house immediately.  Theron, Heidi and Hud will get here on Friday night so I will have help on Saturday.  Kael has promised to come back and help move things back in also---he helped move things out Sunday.  Thanks to Keri and Troy also---and I didn't ask Keri to help, she's hoping carrying things makes the baby decide to come!

The End is in Site

Last night after a fun supper and evening at the river with Keesi and the boys, I cleaned out the addition so the painting can begin.  Tonight while the Grumpy Grandpa Pig is golfing I am going to carry as much stuff as I can out to the garage.  Plainly he doesn't feel that this is his project!  Never inconvience a Grumpy Grandpa!!!

Now, for the good stuff.  I drove to Minneapolis on Mother's Day afternoon with Keesi.  She was attending a conference, I was just hanging out and shopping and eating.  We had a fantastic meal on Mother's Day night, I did some reading, scrapbooking and shopping during the days and we had more great meals and drinks (don't forget the drinks) each night.  What a fantastic way to spend Mother's Day.  I wish Heidi could have been there also!

I am hoping spring is finally here to stay.  I was toying with the idea of a garden but am starting to think it might be a little too ambitious for this year.  The addition is taking a lot of my time!  I am getting more and more excited to have it done.  I am also impatiently waiting for Troy and Keri's baby WOW to arrive (Waylen Otis Wirt).  Not going to be his/her real name, Keri would NEVER agree to that.  It's beautiful outside---make it a great day!

Frost on May 3rd, Seriously?

At the rate we're going my spring flowers are never going to bloom.  I see them blooming in towns but mine are still trying to bud.  I want to plant a small veggie garden this year but it's hard to get enthused when it's so cold and windy.  Maybe tonight I'll go out and work in the back yard.  The front yard is, of course, still a mess.  That isn't a complaint, that's just a fact.  You have to tear it up to fix it up!!!  I've been working in my east side flower garden and I was pleased to see that the perrenials that I planted last year are coming up.  I thought they hadn't made it through the winter but finally they are braving the cold and peaking through.  Our room is progressing--at the moment we are waiting for the gas line to be run and then the fireplace will be set.  After that the insulation and drywall.  They are measuring this week for the carpet and getting that ordered also.  After I see it in the room I'll pick paint colors.  This is going to be so awesome!!!