pacemaker!

Father went for pacemaker check up today and the battery was dead! So the whole thing was replaced and he was sent home. Ugh.

Closet Project

OH's closet before and after. Before, it was the classic nightmare closet that you would typically see in a closet organizing ad. Everything shoved on the top shelf. So I have been mentioning for about 2 years that I am going to put some shelves in and lo and behold, little by little, he got used to the idea. But even the day I was going to start it, he would not come to the Container Store and look so I went myself and figured out what I needed. The next day, I drove while we were out doing errands and just drove there with him! We got the stuff and will only a couple of times did I have to walk out of the closet due to our differing ideas about how to measure. The CS is so great, we just put 6 drywall anchors in and the rest just snapped into place. Note the cool wallpaper from Anthropologie (previous project done entirely against his will and costing $250 for that one little wall!

sick

I woke up yesterday with a stuffy/runny nose and got worse during the day instead of better. Now OH has a sore throat. Can it be allergies? It's hard to tell but I guess I will just rest today and hope it goes away! I have not taken any meds except Afrin because I always can't sleep when I take something and I was super tired last night.

I still want to work on putting up some shelves in OH's closet today. I have all the stuff, bought at the Container Store. But I need to get out the drill and drill a few holes for the one bar that goes across the top. Then everything else just snaps into place. OH was NOT happy about doing this project (how unusual, lol) but is now coming around (as usual). I guess I will just have to get everything ready and start and he will come to "supervise" and then start helping. Oh, the manipulation!!! hahaha I am an expert.

I finished some very small needlepoint projects but still have one really hard one that I need VERY good light for, one big one started but hardly worked on at all and one canvass that I have not even bought the yarn for. I think I also have another one not started from a long time ago and one on a rack that is about half done from absolutely ages ago. The problem is that I need to work on them during the day to have good light but then I feel like I should be doing something else rather than just sitting around with needlepoint. I will pick one today and do some work! I will bring the small difficult one with me to fish camp. I really really want to get that one done.

Why am I addicted to crossword and sudoku puzzles? What a stupid waste of time.

Lets see, what has been happening? Not much really. Took a trip to Florida with risis which went well and have another one planned for the end of June.

Had my baby for a week and he was super cute the whole time. He seemed to love every minute and his favorites were eating nasty pre-cooked sausages for breakfast, playing in every room of the house, playing chase downstairs, playing on the twin beds (put together) upstairs with all the stuffed animals, playing with the cars and legos and little people and toy animals in the playroom, going to toy stores to play on the bikes and big cars, pushing the button to close the garage door, and bringing OH the remote to turn on cartoons. I will see him again next month when we go to Fish Camp!

Will get to have my other grandson for a week in August and have several things planned. I think he will want to ride the same horse he rode 2 years ago, the children's museum, the pool of course now that he can swim, I'm hoping to borrow a bike so he can try to ride it, he may like the dogs next door (?!), there is the library, the natural history museum, the Potter's Wheel, the playground, and secretly OH has planned an Astro's game (heh, liz if you are reading this don't freak out). Of course it will be very hot and he will probably just want to hang out and read. We have so many books for someone his age so I hope he will be interested in some of them! I am looking forward to this visit because I feel like he is growing up (9 now) and not a little boy any more. Oh, and the original "hide the animals" puzzle will be fun!!!!!

I got horse to get next to the gate yesterday and then got it open! I have been working on this for a while. He got a big piece of watermelon for his efforts :P

Today I think I will clean the outdoor grill and hope OH will work on the practically green pool water. The we are going to see Star Trek! Can't wait. I also want to sneak in a visit to horse but not sure. We have decided to do something together every Thursday (my effort to get OH out of the house). He has signed up for a German class at the community college for this summer! He will miss the first class due to Fish Camp.