Ideas

I'm full of ideas at the moment--poor Josh! We've had a full but fun day. Our day started with Christmas pictures. This is normally a stressful event. Get up, get dressed, hair fixed, make sure everyone looks their best. This involves more than a typical get up and get dressed day as it includes the girl's Christmas dresses. They are absolutely adorable in them I might add. Following the getting ready part, we normally would head about 25 minutes away to JCP to wait for our turn. That's the worst part...hot studio, tons of people and cranky kids waiting for Christmas portraits. The other bad part...here let's pose everyone then jump up and down and make goofy faces so your kids will smile--yeah right. Right around this point, one child has a meltdown and it's all over as mom and dad are sweating and stressing. NOT TODAY=)!

We got ready, and our doorbell rang. It was our neighbor, M. She came over and photographed us in our house in our comfort zone and on our schedule. How do you get any better. I have a feeling she probably got some very nice photos. Now, this isn't to belittle her photography skills at all, however I am afraid of my own pictures--yikes. Either way, I'm confident there are great Christmas pics of at least everyone else.

Following lunch, we ran a few errands--grocery store, gas, & Walgreens. Here I am again, all excited about getting gas. Why? We filled up our car for $19.50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was what gas cost when we were newly married--over 8 years ago!!!

We arrived home to straighten the house before I headed out again. My neighbor, M and I went to make some Stampin' Up cards. We had a fun time and made some super cute cards--only $1 each. People, you can't even really buy the cheap ugly cards for $1! Josh went to Panera & Bible study with some friends.

I forgot to mention that we now have a fully functioning bathtub upstairs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The grout and some remaining tiles await. Of course, something popped into my head just this morning about the kitchen that needs done. I have been pondering for awhile how to gain more cabinet/counter space in my kitchen. My first few ideas weren't do-able. Well, I asked Josh & his cabinet expertise about putting cabinets/moulding all the way to the ceiling. This would at least give me more cabinet space. If you have ever seen my kitchen, you know that it is probably the smallest cabinet-wise that you could have. He measured and decided this will work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will even get a valance thing as well as lights in the upper-upper cabinets. I wouldn't want him to have any down-time when it comes to projects ya know--LOL.

So, the day is winding down, however my brain is going 100 mph. Next week is exciting as the holidays approach =). Have a great Friday & weekend too. It's BRRRR way to cold here for November.