House is done on the outside

Here is an update of the house. It's done on the outside, now we're slowly working on the inside. When it's nice outside who wants to be working on the inside? I have this week of vacation to stain and varnish windows... yuck! But it was too nice out today, I'll maybe start tomorrow. :)

I think we are finally getting used to the windows on the inside, they make the house very dark and keep it really cool. I love the sunshine coming through the windows making a bright house and I do not like a cool house so I'm opening the windows to let the heat in!! Crazy I know. When looking in from outside you cannot see in the house either unless your right up by the windows, we like that part. I'm sure in time the effects of the sun not coming through the windows will pay for themselves. No more fading carpet and furniture (oh darn I don't really like my couch and chairs). Check out the pictures.

View from the north including the big garage. We tried to get the tan colors to match but they don't... but they look okay together.

View from the south-east.

East side

North side - I gotta figure out a way to hide those electrical boxes and pipes!! Any ideas?

I guess I got another view from the east.... but look at the bushes on the right that line the driveway.... John cut one of them down because it was half dead and then I come home from work shocked that he cut it flat down to the ground!! Is that what we talked about??? NO. So if you cut that one down you might as well cut the other one down so they are even, really you think so he says?? So he cuts it down... later that night we visit the neighbors and he says "Paul my plan worked she wanted me to cut the other one down too" What a sneaky guy!!

It actually looks nicer with every other one gone... he's lucky!!

House Update

I haven't posted any pictures of the house for you to see the shack we are living in now. It seems things are moving along quite well until I look at these pictures and then wonder.... why did we do this?

Because the windows were rotten, the shingles were shot, the siding wouldn't match up because some of the windows are going to be different sizes.... that's why

South side of house with far left window replaced

North side with one window replaced

And a close up of my red windows. John says the ZoE glass and the red frame with the sun shining on them makes the glass look red, I don't see it but remember he is color blind.

The Sisters together again

Sisters are so much fun. We were all together for Adam's confirmation so we decided to have our picture taken. We have a hard time being serious for a nice picture... as you can tell.

Of course Dad had to get in the picture, he was missing the fun.

And our favorite picture.

Look at all those Lea fingers and hands... we all have them.

It was about 6 years ago I had to make a video at work and perform the job while someone filmed it. Later I watched the video and ended up in tears. I'm not sure how my mothers hands got in that video but they were there. The conference room full of people watching that video for the first time with me didn't know what my problem was.

I think DiAnn is the only one who polishes her nails like Mom always did. Mom couldn't go anywhere without her nails polished and her lipstick on.... hair in curlers, dirty clothes didn't matter as long as the nails and lips were taken care of. She carried a wood box back and forth from the bar and there was always her fingernail kit in there and when the last customer walked out she was painting, filing, cuticle digging.... until the next one walked in.

Proms

3 kids, 4 proms..... Adam is a Junior this year and I wanted him to go to his Junior Prom, I think it's important to experience the whole get dressed up, pictures at every one's house, and go to Post Prom at the Sports Page until 6am the next morning. He refused until 1 week before, but that was enough time his date had a dress that night, she must have been waiting for him to ask. He had a really good time. The next day his legs hurt from all the dancing and his voice was scratchy from the singing.... I'm not so sure the girls danced or sang at their proms?? Adam and his buddy Brad stopped by the house after returning the tuxes with their aches and pains and tired bodies... all I could see is what it will be like when they are 21.... I'm in trouble!! All I can pray for is Adam choice of liquid will still be Gatorade.

Here's a look into the past (sorry it was film days so I had to take a picture of the pictures in the scrapbooks)

Lynn's 1st Prom (Sophomore Year) with Jesse

Lynn's 2nd Prom (Junior Year) with Jesse

Shannon's Junior Prom with Kyle

Adam's Junior Prom with Sarah

Spring Walk

I got some pictures from by girlfriend who lives about 10 miles south of me, she took a walk and sent me the signs of spring. So I decided to tie Adam to his chair (just kidding), promise to make him a peanut butter chocolate shake when I get back if he stays in the chair, and I go for a walk with my camera. I can post the signs of spring just to get those bald heads pushed down further in my blog... :)

Well here in the north the signs of spring are not there yet. I seen nothing like L did. No robins, no pussywillows, no melting snow streams, no grass..... So I had to capture what I did see. This trip was a tad cold since I ventured out into the fields and ditches to capture just the right picture, the ditches are still full of snow but let me tell you, under that snow is really, really cold water.

Field of last falls cornstalks and the sun making the ice crusted snow glimmer.

My shawdow on the snowy ditches, look at those looooong legs!

This reminds me of the Ocean, only it's snow and cold here

An old rusty tractor at the junk neighbors house

Fence post with tips of the tall grass sticky out from the 16" of snow yet.

Broken glass blocks at the junk neighbors house.

Hummmm some sign at the junk neighbors house, I wonder what it means??

Oh look what I found under the snow in our ditch.... John is going to have a lot of raking to do and he always wants to buy more gravel.....

And here is Adam waiting for his shake, this soft food diet is not for him.

Spring is coming, it's just not over here yet.

Hair or No Hair????

Picture A

Picture B

Picture C

Picture D

Picture E

Not your typical Easter pictures....What entertainment this family has on holidays.

Question #1 - Who's bald head is whos??

Question #2 - Which bald head is the youngest?

Question #3 - Which one is the oldest?

Question #4 - Are all these bald heads related?

Question #5 - If they had a sister would she have hair?

More Mexico

Here another small snap shot of our vacation.

Our friend from the pool. He swam in our pool and soaked up the sun everyday.

I always wanted a picture of a bum, why I don't know but this guy was eating off the ground and I was far enough away to take his picture.

We took a sunset cruise and had so much fun on it. I took about one hundred pictures of the sunset so if I flip through them really fast I can watch it all over again. It is so pretty and the cruise was so much fun, there were only about 20 people on the boat so we really had a lot of attention for the crew... we re-named it the booze cruise.

We went to Stone Island for a day, it had a calmer beach and whiter sand. This is the building (?) at the entrance.

There was always a sailboat on the ocean. This has to be one of my favorite pictures.

This sunset is from our motel beach. Last night there.