Residing the Pump House

Here's the project that was going after I got home from helping decorate for Erika's reception tonight:
YEAH!!! I looked over at it just THIS morning on my way out to the shop to get the car and thought to myself it was in bad shape and needed to be re-sided this year. I get home and presto! Looking good!

Here's the finished front and side:

What a beautiful day to be working on it. Just enough coolness that it was good to be out working in a jacket. I also burned the Christmas tree and got it off the porch. Nick picked up the leaves that I raked into piles, Brad worked on a saw that was needing some adjustment, Kyle sided and I helped when he got to the parts that he needed help with. Brad came over and helped cut pieces as it got later in the afternoon so that we would be sure to get it done. Here's the back:

I am so glad it got done!! Now all it needs is some paint. Hopefully that will get done before it has a chance to get ruined.

LOVE this picture of Kyle carrying the wood. This was taken right when I got home. He was in a fowl mood because something wasn't quite right and it sent him over the edge for a bit. I came back outside when he was done pitching his fit.

Here he is trying to be mad. Doesn't work so great when your wife is looking at you through a camera lense.

New Moon

Tonight is the New Moon. I didn't figure that out on my own, my desktop weather indicator told me this bit of information. Kinda cool. It's 52 degrees outside right now, 10:09 p.m. A far cry from what it was just a couple of nights ago; down into the low teens!

Thank goodness it's Friday. I am ready to have a weekend. Tomorrow I am going to go into town and help Kathy decorate for Erika and Corey's reception tomorrow night. Should take the morning she thinks and then it will be ready to go. I am going to be in there early, around 8:30 a.m. There goes a morning of sleeping in! Oh well, it's totally worth it. Looking forward to the reception and fun times. Gonna take my camera so hopefully I will get a couple of good shots. Maybe.

Kyle met dad and the rest of the family in town this morning and picked up my grandpa and grandma's table for our dining area. It is round. I have been looking for a round one so this fits the bill. He also brought home a mirror they had. It's cool. I am glad that we are able to use their stuff, not just have it sit in a storage unit.

I'm going to close with this great little saying by Rudyard Kipling:

Teach us delight in simple things.

Pax's Blanket

Here's a picture of Pax's blanket she made for her design class last quarter. She is pretty proud of it. She should be!

Zebra back fabric......go figure!

You rock!

A Quote

"Begin at the beginning and go on

till you come to the end: then stop."

King of Hearts, Alice In Wonderland

I like this little saying. Duh!!

This morning at 8:52 a.m. Briar sent me a text with a picture of the outside temperature in his world: -18 degrees.....and this was without the wind chill factored in. That's COLD!!

An Office Party

Here is a drawing from Kate, one of our 4th period aides:

LOVE it!!! Jamming out to Kate's music....like that's going to happen (:

That's Esther and I sitting on the file cabinet... Jessica is on top of it, dancing. Guess she is the shortest of us and would fit on the file cabinet instead of just sitting on it. You are a goof, Kate. But a great one! I love that Jan, Tim and Chris are dancing to the tunes also. Love Jan's go-go boots. Why is Cynthia standing on the chair I wonder??? Kate made this original drawing and gave it to Marcie. Marcie put it on her door and I made a copy of it for me. PRICELESS Kate! Good job!

Monday....

Volleyball

Paxton had a volleyball tournament in Post Falls today. She went up skiing with Heinen's yesterday and I met her afterwards. We went to Post Falls and spent the night to get up early and go to the tournament. They were in a tough draw and ended up loosing their pool play. That meant that this afternoon they went into the consolation bracket.

Get some air!

This picture cracks me up. It looks like Paxton is trying to listen in on the opponents. I don't think that was the intention.

This is a blurry picture but it was one of her kills. The girls ended up beating a Timber Lake team, a Kootenai team and then loosing to an East Valley team to take second place in the best of the worst. LOL. Don't know how they ended up in the entire tournament, but better than they did in their first one! It was a COLD day in Post Falls but a good day of volleyball.

Nick played Special Olympic basketball today in Cheney. Their team went 3-1 and earned a spot in the State Tournament to be played in Wenatchee in March. Kyle officiated games so there are no pictures to share. Boo. Nick did well and was pleased with the day.

I am ready for bed! This week should be calm compared to last week. I am thinking anyway.