Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to you all!

Happy Birthday!

It's December yet again, we are always slammed with December birthdays around here.

I was born December 18th, a year later my sister came along on December 17th. . . 

25 years later my daughter was born on my sisters birthday, December 17th

1 year later my son was born on December 19th

so yup, we always get together to torment each other on gettin older

 Geesh, you can't take me anywhere, not even my own kitchen! Broke a nail dangit!

 whatever, moving on LOL

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US ALL

yeah, she knows we are just nuts!

My father in law's birthday is December 12th as well!!!

 she says "no fair, I'm older, he's taller"

 defeated HAR

game time

 ever play the board game "Would you rather. . . ?"

boy oh boy, you can learn alot about someone with this game HA HA HA

and it sure can be a ton of fun!

 what you don't want to do is fall asleep while you are here . . .

because ya know, that makes you the prime target for pranks

in this case, my son is painting my nephew's fingernails HA HA HA

fun day at school tomorrow if he isn't paying attention when he is getting ready for school!

New Curtain Toppers & wall color

OK so I decided to go outside my comfort zone and do a dark wall in my living room, I wanted a deep dark red, well see here what I got? It's like a mauve, hmmm not overly impressed and it makes the room seem sooo dark, it looks pretty where the light is on, but when light is off or not shining on the wall, it appears almost purpley mauve

 no, me not impressed, I foresee this changin in the near future, it's not "me"

 but moving over to the other walls, I made new curtain toppers, was supposed to match the one dark wall I did, I like them, just not happy with that other wall!

the big window seems like I need more swag going on or longer maybe I should say

the striped material was a tablecloth, I just cut it down to size and made enough little toppers for the 2 windows I needed them for ~ it'll make due for now - after all it IS December, about time to decorate for Christmas, so they should work ok

Party time!! Wood burner update

OH ME OH MY, sometime between the calzone & pool party, someone asked someone else to go to their Christmas party :)

 heh heh heh ok he wasn't ready for me to snap pic yet

there we go, what a cute pair they make!

How about a little update on the monster wood burner we put in the basement?

 see, I told you it was a monster, it can be used to heat with coal, oil or wood

hole in wall, ready to install the chimney pipe for it before winter!

Happy Turkey Day!

Happy Turkey Day Everyone!

 it's HUGE it fills my sink, it was 28 lbs!

now let's gather the family and eat, hope you have a great Thanksgiving with your family and friends

Finally getting new laminate countertops in kitchen

Oh yes, you just know how long I have been waiting to redo the laminate in the kitchen on the countertops, well the day is finally here!!

hubby cut to rough size, applied the contact cement on both the underside of laminate as well as on the bare wood of the counter top, then has to run the router along the edges to trim it up

(the box is to catch all the shavings that are flying around)

 the boys old enough to learn how to do all this stuff

it's a family job, lets all help lol

 hmmm I must have gotten too close with the camera, I seem to now have dust on the camera lens!

 starting to cut out for the sink

good job! now get the sink all put back together HA HA

 would you just look at that, it's done, and oh so pretty, no more hole in counter top where the stove top burners used to be

such a pretty kitchen now, I love it!!

Chimney building update

 Time for an update on the chimney we are building because we have installed a wood burner in the basement

moving right along, it's WAY up there now

yup, it definitely is up there, we are glad to have this done before winter, really want to use the wood burner this year instead of that old electric baseboard heating system