stained and ready to laquer...

We're getting there...slowly but surely, we are getting there.

The stain is on the trim.

I have to clean the dust up so we can laquer and then we're ready for paint and carpet baby!!!

Yeaahhhhhhhh.....

Monkey had his 9 mo appt yesterday and he is doing super fabulous! Woohoo!

Pipps had conferences and SHE is doing super fabulous! Woohoo Woohoo!

Bobalu got a green light today! Way to go B!

wait for it....

WOOHOO!!!

I'm in a goofy mood...probably the stain fumes. I should go before I make an ass of myself :)

State of the Union???

Hahaha....I read this on overheardinminneapolis.com today and it made me smile so I thought I would share it :)

I Do This At Least Three Times A Week
Girl #1: State of the Union tonight! Are you gonna watch?!

Girl #2: Hell yes!

Guy: Boring.

Girl #2: What are you talking about? The State of the Union is awesome. I lost my virginity after the 2004 speech.

Girl #1: Drunk, angry liberals seeking solace in each other's arms... It's a beautiful time of year.

Caribou on Snelling and Grand
Overheard by I'm watching this year.

Brr Baby Brr...

Today is so freaking cold and so freaking windy!!! YUCK!!!
We left this morning to go to Monkey's 9 month appt and the wind was so strong it took my breath away. The temp was a balmy 3 above when we got to the doc. When we got home from that and grocery shopping 3 hours later, it was -3.
-3!!!!

Ok, so those of you that live here know that this is MN and so it gets this cold even if it was 45 above yesterday, but wtf?!?!

I hate living here sometimes. It's too freaking cold.

Oh, and apparently because of the windshield it actually feels like -20 to -30. I wish I knew what windshield really meant other than REALLY REALLY COLD!!!!!

Bah Humbug!

Safe and Sound...

I'm happy to report that Chad made it home safely from out west again this year. He and the guys had a great time and the snow was deep and powdery and good :)

Other than worrying about him being buried alive, the kids and I spent a very over-scheduled week together trying not to worry about him. We had a couple get togethers here at the house and that was a lot of fun. I'll post pics once I get my computer...

Thanks to Mom & Jim and Anna & Maddie for the hospitality...Thanks to Karen and the Mom's group for a wonderful Friday evening...Thanks to Dad and Mary for coming for dinner on Saturday and thanks to everyone else that came over or spent time with us so that we wouldn't be too lonely :)

Without being too cheesy, I just want to say that I feel so blessed that we have so many wonderful people in our lives.

We love you all :)

Friends...

Ms. Pipps had a slumber party last night and I thought it was going to be totally chaotic and I was going to be crabby today, but suprise!!!

She has really nice friends. I'm really proud of her. She got her grades pulled up and her room cleaned up so that she could have her slumber party. I keep telling her that if she keeps it up she can do stuff like this more often. Maybe after how much fun she had last night, that'll be enough motivation for her...

Let's hope so...

(Here are a couple photos of Pipps that I took Feb 10th. LOVE her new haircut!)

Have I mentioned...

That I LOVE this woman...here's a live video...no retouching, no dubbing, just pure unadulterated good ol' singing.



By the way, for those of you that don't know, it's Brandi Carlile

Here's another, just for good measure...

Hmmmm....

Thanks to Chris for this. I found this on his myspace page and thought I'd give it a whirl.
I don't know how accurate this is since I had a hard time picking one answer of the other in a few cases. I guess I'm not that black and white. Anyway, read into it what you will...I just thought it was kind of interesting...


Your Political Profile:
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Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
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