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Practically imperfect in every way. Start with a lot of silliness. Mix in some insecurities and a handful of awkwardness. Add a pound of naivety, innocence, and child-like wonderings. Blend well. Half-bake and top off with a sprinkle of imagination and dollop of dreams. It’s the recipe for me!

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  • "Moral of the story: Do not look at the gap. The gap is the mind-killer. Remember how Wile E. Coyote never fell down until he saw the chasm? It’s just like that." --Taylor "Tei" Lindstrom, Rogue Ink

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  • "I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps. And I believe that our education like, such as South Africa, and, the Iraq, everywhere like such as. And I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., or should help South Africa, and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our children."

    --Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen 2007

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  • Jacob: "I need to operate on my frog, but first he needs some amnesia."

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I’m sure I’ll find something else that needs to be screwed or laid.

April 23, 2007

We spent the last couple weekends on Spring chores. Last week, I installed a new vinyl floor product in the boys’ room. It looks like wood and installs much like laminate (but much easier.) This past Saturday, I installed the same flooring in our bedroom, and we’re very impressed with the results. I’ll finish up the last bedroom in a week or so, I’m guessing.

The bedroom.

The other side of the bedroom. (The dog won’t walk on the new floor. Yet?)

While I installed the floor, Rob cleaned out the garage, and repainted/restained all the patio furniture. I then worked on installing a new door closer on the storm door, but I messed it up (as the sun went down) and need to fix it.

We also reorganized our closet and got rid of a bunch of clothes I’ve been keeping because they’re still newish. Nevermind I had no intention of wearing them again, they were just new enough to take up closet space until recently.

We’re working on trim too. I never installing the shoe moulding after I installed the laminate floor downstairs a few years ago, so SHOE MOULDING is high on my to-do list this week. Rob repainted the handrail, and once I’ve installed the shoe moulding, we get to paint all the trim. (I’d much rather do the installations than the painting, which isn’t really strange considering my preference for working as a 3D artist rather than a 2D artist.)

Sometime this week, I’m going to work on cleaning and reorganizing everything else. Specifically, I want to clean out the linen closets, the bathroom vanities. I’m hoping Rob can tackle the basement alone.

I have a few sewing projects in progress. One is a curtain to replace the boys’ closet door. The sewing is done, I just need to hang it. I think I’m going to make my own bed skirts too, instead of trying to find something premade. There are also a few miscellaneous carpentry and art projects I want to work on, but I’m still working out the details.

Lastly, we have one or two outside projects. The first is painting the patio. We keep talking about building a deck, but with Rob’s situation at work, we decided to instead paint our patio to feel less like concrete. I’m still working out the details on that one too.

The second outside project is planting a berm in our backyard for a bit more privacy from the main road. We have great curb appeal (I think) in the front of the house, but not so much in the back and the sides. And unfortunately, being on a corner lot means we have to consider the curb appeal on three sides of our house.

I’m not sure how much time we’ll have to enjoy all our hard work though, since I figure we’ll have everything finished just in time for Rob to be transferred out of state.

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3 Responses to “I’m sure I’ll find something else that needs to be screwed or laid.”

  1. The Sister Says:
    April 24th, 2007 at 7:45 am

    Don’t leave me. Aren’t our parents supposed to go with you. Just kidding Mom. Lots of work, can’t wait to see it.

  2. Ker_thwap Says:
    April 27th, 2007 at 7:11 am

    It’s probably to late, but it’s often easier to paint the molding before installing it.

  3. Kerrie Says:
    April 27th, 2007 at 7:32 am

    We were going to paint the shoe moulding before installing it, but since we want to repaint ALL the moulding, I thought it would save us a little effort to paint the shoe moulding and the baseboards all at once.

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