I have been busy this past year updating my house. I finished my living room last year. Here's a picture of our living room at Christmas. I did the walls, Stephen did the floors, and we both did the crown molding. It was a lot of fun. I love the way the room turned out. Maybe I'll post a before and after, if I can find a before.

I was going through some of my pictures, and found this one. Last year for Christmas, we had Santa come at 7:00 in the morning, on Dec 8th. He gave each of my children a gift which spelled out the words, "Go pack your bags, we're going to Disneyland!" They were all very excited and promptly went to pack. We left for California a couple hours later. It was one of the best Christmas breaks we've ever had! This is a picure of our family with the Disneyland Santa.

Okay, I am going to try to import pictures to show you my kitchen, and the current mess we are living in. It will be like this for another week...no sink. I feel like I am camping, only worse. I can't wait to get it done, it will be so nice! So much better than what I had before! There is still a lot of work to do, but hopefully it won't be too bad! So, here goes!

Hey all,

I am currently sitting in a mess, and have been for the past three weeks. My kitchen is completely ripped apart. We are living on about 4 feet of counter space, surrounding my sink, gratefully my oven, dishwasher, and fridge still work. I am hoping that tomorrow my cabinet guy will be in to start the installation process. We'll see. My computer is acting up, so I don't know if I can put pictures in but, I will as soon as I can.

I went and saw Moma Mia about a week ago and loved it. It was patterned very much after the Broadway musical. I thought Meril Strep did a fantastic job. I found myself crying off and on throughout the movie. I want to see it again, maybe I will!

I also last week picked up the book, "Breaking Dawn" by Stephanie Meyer. It was over 700 pages. I read the entire book in three days. I couldn't put it down. I didn't love the previous three books but, I loved this last book! It was completely unexpected for me and held my attention the entire time. I am now waiting for the movie to come out. Maybe I'll reread the other books and see if my opinion of the first three change any.

We'll off the mud and tape in my kitchen...hopefully he will be here tomorrow. I want to be completely ready for him if he shows up!

Deb

Well, here we go!

I swore I'd never do a blog, I just didn't have time to post to one and keep it updated, yet, here I am. I am finding myself in uncharted territory. The picture of my family is almost two years old, and time is just melting away. I have had a very crazy last month. One that I will never forget. To begin with, my mom passed away on Father's Day morning. She was surrounded by 4 of her 6 children, and my father. She fought a good fight, and lived a full life. I will forever miss her but, look forward to the time when we will be reunited. I believe she is more involved in my life now that she is gone, then she has been in a long time. You see, she has had alzheimer's for the past 5 years. My father lovingly took care of her the entire illness. What an example to me of enduring love. I have get parents.

One week and one day after the funeral I had a surgery which layed me up for 6 weeks. That's the only reason why I have decided to do a blog. That, and a very good friend talked be into doing one. I am just rambling about my past sad month. Now, on to more interesting things in my life.

I am in the middle of remodeling my kitchen. Hopefully next week I will get my cabinets in, and my granite countertops soon after. Then comes the painting, back splash, and new rugs, curtains, ect. There is always something!