Grandma Mania!

Remodel Mania

Thought I'd take some "before" pictures - hopefully by Monday night we'll have some big progress! The goal is to be able to move our bed upstairs with a dresser or two before Tuesday night - who knows if it will all work out - but it is fun to see it all come together!

Are We There Yet?

So even though our house remodel project has been moving along ahead of schedule and for the most part we've been thrilled with everything; I woke today with a overwhelming sense that it must all be finish NOW. (If you listen very carefully, you'll all be able to hear James pulse rising, because I am NOT fun to be around when I'm in "clean it" mode.)

I've been without a closet for 6 weeks and pretty much every space in the house is either a.) dusty b.)sticky c.) messy or d.) all of the above. The basement has a chunk of concrete missing from where they needed to check the size of the sewage pipe - not to mention where all the floor paint is chipped from spilled water.

Anyhoo, I'm very happy with the project, but the "crazy Schneeman" woman is about to appear. Sorry James.




We also had a particularly stinky morning this morning. Seamus had the mother of all "accidents" although I quite sure that it isn't an "accident" when you tell your mom you "don't need go yet, mamma." and then race out to the playhouse to have your morning constitutional. Again, childbirth was a cakewalk.

Finn also lived up to his little monkey nickname in that I was greated this morning with poo flinging. Lovely. Anyway, everyone has had a bath this morning (including me). And we're going to have a fresh start to the day. Phew.

We're going to have a busy weekend trying to wrap up some of the almost finished projects and we're going to try and tackle the bathroom tiling. I'm hoping that even though we've got a lot going on - there will be some time for the Tour de France and a glass of wine.

Singing in the "Rain"

Good Ol' Summer Days

I'm having one of those days...some days are long, some days are loony, some days are exhausting, some days are exhilarating and some days are spent walking a fine line between laughing and crying all day long. But today is one of those days when I can just feel how short and precious these moments are.

For Finn's birthday, James and I gave him a collection of classic Dr. Suess stories. This morning we read The Places You'll Go and I think that's what started it all off for me. The boys played in the back yard for about an hour this morning while I read the paper and drank my coffee. It's not that they've been angels today (they haven't), and its not that we did anything particularly fun (though we did go see Maddie's new bird - which Seamus thinks should be named Birdie). It's that it's warm and sunny and summer's half way over already. It's that the flowers are taking off - which only makes you realize how short the season is.

The boys fell into bed this afternoon - faces still a little sticky from orange popsicles. Summer just wears them out (me too sometimes). They are growing so fast, and we love them so much, sometimes it's just too much to think about. You feel overwhelmed by the responsibility of it all, you feel awed by the speed of the development, and you feel a little panic that you might miss something.

I'm pretty sure Seamus thinks I'm a weirdo because I must have told he and Finn 50 times on our walk how much I loved being their mom. Seamus had pretty much the perfect responce. "Thanks mom. I so happy." Me too.

Crazies...