Sensory bin

For St. Patty's day...

And just look what the leprechauns left in the garage:

Can you believe the luck?   I wish they'd remodel my basement!

Dreary, Dismal Day

Today was no fun.  The weather outside was frightful.  Not a single thing was delightful.  Since we had no where we could go… it started to snow!  Okay, enough silly rhyming.  R was sick today.  He couldn’t keep anything down.  By afternoon he was able to hold in some ginger ale and he did eat a bit of dinner, but man was he a sad little dude.  He did enjoy watching lots of TV and playing several board games.  He seems to be on the upswing tonight… so I’m hoping he’s all better by tomorrow morning.

N sold his old snow tires!  I guess the sciroccos will not be seeing any snow this year. 

Garage update: Tomorrow, the HVAC guy comes to give us an estimate on a garage heater.  Then the electrician comes back to “hook ‘er up”.  I can’t wait to “move him out” to his “man cave”.  Oh, I’ll still let him sleep in the house, if he’s good.  J

Garage pictures, another hat, and well wishes

Here's the finished (almost) garage:

Here's my first "request" for a hat.  Guess who it's for?  Oh and it matches his brand new blue coat.

Finally, we head off to Kentucky tomorrow.  We will celebrate all we are thankful for with family.  I hope you are all well and enjoy much love, laughter, and turkey (or tofurky) this Thanksgiving. 

Gobble, gobble, indeed.

Almost finished...

Cholesterol, Garage progress, Etsy, & Snow???

So someone (*ahem* not me) had their cholesterol checked last Friday.  It was bad.  Real bad.  So we are making some dietary changes around here.  We have decided to transition to a plant based diet.  We are phasing out meat and animal products and will be adopting a vegan diet while at home.  We are keeping the kids on full-fat yogurt for added calories.  We will keep some eggs and on the rare occasion some poultry… but the addiction to bacon and sour cream will have to end NOW!

In other news, the garage is coming along.  Here is today’s picture:

Tonight I opened my Etsy shop.  I don’t have anything listed for sale yet, but I hope to do so in the next few days.  Stay tuned!

Finally, it snowed today.  Really?  Why?  Can’t we have just a little more Autumn?  Please? 

Birthday jumble

So Saturday was R's birthday party.  Sunday was getting ready for the garage teardown.  Monday was R's actual birthday.  Today is my birthday and they tore down the garage.  Got all that?

Actually the dumpster arrived at 6:45 a.m. and I had to move my car in my jammies.  This was sort of a precurser to how my birthday would go...  I had to work in R's co-op preschool today because of his birthday.  We brought in glazed pumpkin muffins, but I digress.  So we all got ready, the construction crew arrived at 7:30 and we were out the door at 8:15.  I dropped Saff off at a friend's house (who didn't yet know her kids were sick) and went off with R to preschool.  I worked there for a couple of hours and then went back to pick up Saff.  My friend was kind enough to feed us.  When we got home... this is what our back yard looked like...

But they had issues.  The tree removal guys did not get all the stump and roots out.  So our crew had to call in another stump removal service to "fix" it.  So meanwhile, the dogs are locked in the house and barking at every man who walks from the backyard to the front.  The kids need naps and I'm running low on energy.  I finally get them to sleep (thank God for our sound machine) and this guy shows up with his stump grinder which wakes the kids up...

When N finally gets home, I'm a bit worn out.  So, I went and picked up sushi all by my lonesome and I made him promise me a "raincheck" on my birthday activities.  After I'm done here, I hope to pull out the sewing machine and get crafty!

On the road to a new garage

Well, Monday the trees came down. We also signed the contract on the new garage. Friday, the electritians came and updated the house (nothing had been done since 1955). N said today that basically it would have taken him a year to get done what the two professional companies did in two days. Yay for hiring it out! As soon as the permits are had, the crew starts on the garage. Hopefully, we'll get through next weekend's birthday first. Then on to my finished basement!

Here are the first few spider favors for the Spiderman Birthday Party...

Goodbye sweet trees...

Before

After

On to the new garage. Paperwork is all signed, we are waiting for permits. Now I will start the process of planning a new garden space.