2 of 2 - pictures, as promised

well, instead of heading out to enjoy the beautiful evening, i dragged ed to a movie tonight because i was so anxious to see 12 rounds... i was so wrong about that movie. it was awful. if only we were 15 years old, we might have enjoyed it. or, if that were the case, we might have enjoyed the movie more if we'd just made out in the theatre instead. hindsight...

oh well. at least we saw a preview for wolverine. that movie can't disappoint. i've been so excited about it for ages. bugger about tonight, though.

anyway, as promised, i'm posting a few pics. but ed wants me to wait until we get the walls finished to show off the work he's done.

so, here's the chandelier in the stairwell with the new window too, the fort in the unfinished gameroom (the boys made it and lived in it for a week or so. they loved it), and quick views of the dining room and front hall (including the glass tables that belonged to my granddad). oh, and one of the closet ed built for me in our bedroom. it was a surprise when i was out of town. he's amazing. (the closet is one place where the finish work will be done this weekend!)

1 of 2 today... that's my goal

i know, it's terrible of me to only update after having someone ask about the blog. the truth is, i'm lazy and a lot of the things i am focusing on these days are not things i want posted for the world to have access to via the internet.

however, there are a few things i can share about. first of all, the wonderful camera i got for my birthday a year ago or so isn't as wonderful as we thought. the battery dies quite quickly and at the least convenient times!! so, that's my excuse for the lack of pictures. that and the fact that i'm always waiting for our house to be clean so that i can take pictures of the projects we've completed... ha! like that's going to happen. i've sworn up and down, though, that i will take pictures of my house and send them to my father-in-law, so i really WILL get those done soon. in fact, i'll get a few off the camera today and post them. seriously.

after that, we'll have to wait only a short time for another set of completed projects!! we're having some guys come this friday (!) to start the mud-work on the walls. they do a really nice job of hiding any seams and then we'll have FINISHED WALLS in the gameroom, the master bathroom and along the NEW CLOSET that ed built for me in our bedroom!! it's just too exciting. we looked at paint colors last night for our room and then we'll try to mediate as the boys choose their game room color. taylor wants white and noah wants bright orange. as usual, those two are not even close to the same page. i'm guessing the paint jobs will be totally done by the end of april (probably sooner, as ed will be too excited to wait), so that's pretty exciting. we're still behind on the 3rd floor (boys' bedrooms)... still need to build the wall and doorway into drew's room and fix the walls where the boys have punched through. and new windows... but i suspect the windows might be a while. unless money starts falling from heaven, which hasn't happened so far in my life, so i'm not counting on it. :)

so, that's the house update. other than that, we're surviving. it's pre-Easter, so my job is causing me all sorts of stress and anxiety. i'm soothing that anxiety right now with a raspberry hot cocoa and a lemon/choc chip muffin top... i don't remember being a food-for-comfort person but this is the dangerous place i'm getting to... thankfully, the weather is getting better and eddie is too injured (shoulder and knee) to exercise vigorously, so i can count on a good walk with him most days. we still love to walk through the cemetery. it's the prettiest walk in town and we love it.

okay, i'm going to dive into my muffin top (and not go near the pastry shop again until ev's and my breakfast date on friday!!). pictures later today! :)