Wordless Wednesday

One Room Down Baby!!

One room is done!! We just need to drywall a little above a door, get some trim for the ceiling and that's that!! This has been a LONG time coming!

Way Before:

The Surprise Under the Floor:

After:

Before:

After:

Lookie What I Won!

**This giveaway is still open for entries. I'll decide sometime after the 15th when it will close.**

Rhonda at Mimi's Toes sent me these gorgeous gardening gloves. I won them from her very first blog giveaway! (I stole this picture from her because I'm too tired to take my own right now.) I'm sure she won't mind!

Thank you my kindred Mimi!




And guess what else she sent? A second pair!! That's right! So guess who gets a chance to win those?

YOU.

Because I love you.

And because Rhonda and I have totally bonded over these gloves and what they symbolize in my life. If you don't know, you can read about my BFF Jill and her lost battle with breast cancer. She's haunting me, though. She said she would and she's been around more the past few weeks than I can even count. (Right Ro?)



So here's to you Jill, even if you hate the pink ribbon. I kinda hate it too, but it reminds me of things I shouldn't forget. (Like you'd let me forget you, ha!)

So leave a comment, share your breast cancer story, or just say Hi! and next week this time, I'll pick a winner!

Wordless Wednesday

2009 Scripture Art Number 9

Beth Moore posted on her blog asking if anyone wanted to join

her in memorizing Scripture, two a month, in 2009.

You can see all of my posts here.

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This post is a little over due. I was supposed to put it up on the 1st, but I was in Missouri and since I've been back all kinds of chaos has ensued.

However, it was finished and I am working on the one that's due in 3 short days. I'll be out of town (again) so I'll post that one when I get back.

My next verse is the final in this series of verses, Jeremiah 29:13

You will seek Me
and find Me
when you search for Me
with all of your heart.

Tackle It Tuesday--Surprise Under the Floor

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You can see all of my Tackles here.

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It was supposed to be an easy job. Rip up the carpet, lay the new oak laminate floor. Done in four or five hours.

Uh huh.

Sure.

"Honey, does it look like the floor's bowing there by the window? Where's your level?"

"Yep, it's bowed alright. I bet I can just take up that top sheet and replace it."

Uh huh.

Sure.

This is Phil showing Sam, our friend building the dormers, what we found under the floor.


This. This is what we found. Termite damage that the previous owner just left. Freaking left! Well, maybe he "tried" to fix it but it's quite obvious he is a moron of the highest order! Keep scrolling down.
Yeah. This is NOT how you sister up the boards. I keep staring at Phil's cute bum, but look at the THREE different pieces of wood there that were somehow supposed to support the floor joist.

See those new boards, the one my wonderful husband installed? They go from good wood to good wood. THAT'S the right way. (Or in this case, from good wood to wall!)

Patches is supervising.

There's Phil under the floor. And Patches making sure he does it right.

So this moron guy who used to own the house also used shims to level the floor and used scrap wood as cross members. Lord help us.

Oh and wait!! I forgot, they used tar paper under the multiple layers of linoleum.

Our Grandbaby!!

Duane, Jess, and Aiden Lee
Born 8:53 April 27, 2009
8lbs 8oz
22.5in

That's a proud daddy if I ever saw one!
And Pawpaw Phil. (I think he cried more than me. Maybe.)
I'll try to ignore my double chin.
But it's bigger than the baby's head.

Uncle Zane.
Wow.

The next day. Spit shined and adorable.
And already missing a sock.

Aiden and Mimi. Now that's a perfect fit.

He's there in Missouri.
We're 550 miles away.
I don't think I can survive this way.
Look at him.