School, Events and Pix

Our first two days of classes went well. I think that I’m going to love my Women’s Studies class. I have some good diversity and they seemed enthusiastic. Nico thinks that his classes are going to be “okay”. (He’s engrossed in the Detroit Auto show on CNBC, so I’m not getting good feedback tonight).

On top of working and going to school we are have lots of social events this semester:
Next month is Nico’s friend Peter’s wedding. In March, we are hoping to go to Detroit for a “look-see”. In April, Nico has his annual father-son fishing trip. In May, Nico graduates and we house hunt in MI.

Just so you don’t think that we haven’t been taking any cute pix, here is one of Bella and Jack. These cold winter days require that you snuggle with a friend. :)

School Starts Tomorrow

Well, I’ve spent the last couple of weeks preparing for the big event tomorrow: the first day of school. I’m mostly ready for the first day of class. All of my syllabi are completed and the majority of the courses lined out. I'm still nervous about my first day.

Nico's glad to be back in school "because it means I'm closer to being done." I know he's ready to be finished and back into the work force.

We are all moved into the bedroom. Thank God! It’s nice to have our big bedroom and the use of all my furniture again.

Gotta go do Wii fitness now! It seems to be helping with our diet. I’ve lost 5 lbs and Nico’s lost a few. However, we've got much more to go (okay, more me than him).

First post of the New Year

Greetings!

All is going well with us. We returned from Kentucky on the 31st. Nico forced me to go to a New Year’s party at the “boys’ house.” I’m glad I went because I had a really nice time, but we left soon after the ball dropped. I was just too pooped to party.

I found out Thursday night that my Grandad went into the hospital with stomach pains, turns out he needed an appendectomy. Dad called me yesterday and said that he is recovering swimmingly. He’s already up and walking the halls. He’s also complaining about the food and wanting to go home, but at his age, 84, they make them hang out for several days.

Nico and I are working like mad on the bedroom. Today we painted the ceiling and the walls. Our plan for tomorrow is to put up the crown molding and the main bedroom door. Then we’re going to look into getting carpet installed. We were planning to refinish the hardwoods, but we don’t have the time. As soon as we are done with the master, we are moving out of the guest room and starting it’s renovation. Our goal is to have pretty much everything done by late March. We need to put it on the market around that time.

Nico and I are both on diets. We have a “few” pounds to lose. Our diets consist of exercising and eating less. With all the stress in our lives right now, you’d better wish us luck.

I’m headed into the office on Monday and will be spending my weekdays there until school starts on the 17th. Busy, busy!

Off to KY

We are off to Kentucky, we will return in a couple of days.

We hope that you enjoy the rest of the holiday season.

Christmas thoughts

Christmas was hectic, as usual, but full of cheer. I didn’t time things very well this year, as we had to leave Grandma’s before everyone even got there. However, we received many, many nice gifts and spent quality time with the fam (even though it was brief).

The best news is that when we got home from our travels, our house was still in order. No doggy “punishment” for being gone all day and not feeding them on time. We are so proud of our brood! A big "thank you" to Grammy Judy for the "peace offerings". Bella and Ginsy are enjoying them as I type this.

The day after tomorrow, we are headed to Kentucky for the 4th round of X-mas. The kids are staying home with a sitter (thank you Uncle Ron!). Hopefully, they’ll go easy on us and we’ll have some R&R time with my Dad and Cathy.

I hope that this message finds you and your family as warm, contented, and full of joy as we are right now.

-The Prelogars
(Nico, Goldie, Ginsburg, Bella, Venus and Jack)

Bathroom Update

The bathroom is completely finished and functional. We are actually using it. This is a picture of the vanity area.

Left: Here is the toilet... The seat, vanity, and mirror are all a dark wood. Unfortunately, they look black here. I also think that you can see some of Nico's handy tile work in this picture.

Below: The shelf next to the shower. I haven't added towels to it yet, but it should be highly functional.