In the midst of all this we are trying to have a life so we headed over to the butterfly exhibit at our botanical gardens and took these shots.

People live like this

I am posting pictures of my kitchen remodel because a) there are a very few interested parties b) to show you that if you see me half crazed on the street you will pity and not shun me. These pictures show the before and after of my floor removal which is now completely finished. Yeah for level subfloors! The top photo shows my daughter after hearing her grandfather's constant safety refrains decided to walk around the house in full safety gear, just in case. At one point, I believe, the outfit also included sunglasses. Photo two is our new recessed lights, who knew that it was possible to walk through our kitchen without banging your head on a light fixture? Photo three is the new ceiling fan which is operated by remote. Apparently, as our daughter informs us, this is the only good part of the kitchen remodel. A remote controlled fan. So parents, save yourself a home equity loan and just buy yourself a small appliance operated by remote. Not pictured, one new window.

Late Night Drive In

Well, we have finally sent Jim on his merry way to do probably the same exact thing we did last night, flop down on the couch and not move for hours. That's when we discovered something horrible/beautiful. in the midst of all the kitchen craziness, Chad decided to change our satellite provider because he is trying to kill me, and this was really the first chance that we had gotten to do mindless channel flipping and to my surprise we have hundreds of new channels. Apparently, for the next four months we have it all, HBO Showtime, etc. People, this is huge. Chad and I gave up the premium channels right after Olivia was born so we have missed out on all sorts of business, The Wire, Dexter, Californication. Not to mention that Chad and I have seen like two movies this year.

So we peeled ourselves off the couch at 1 AM and I can now cross Superbad off my list.

Google this right now

If you love musicals, dark humor or Neil Patrick Harris you must Google Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. I have heard a rumor that soon you will have to pay to see it so do it soon.

Misadventures in Home Remodeling

It's kind of like Adventures In Babysitting except I can't get my hair quite as big as Elisabeth Shue's. I'm sure that by now you all thought that the boys had murdered me and had drywalled me in, but I live to tell the tale that seems to be summing up the current remodel situation.

I am at the lighting store, I have already purchased a ceiling fan and picked out recessed lighting and I think that I will peruse to see if I can find some really unobtrusive under cabinet lighting. The saleswoman asks what I am looking for and I tell her I want something really slim. She points to something about an inch and half thick. I say slimmer, she points out that it is plenty slim enough to go under a cabinet and the following conversation takes place:

Me: Yeah we don't have cabinets, I have done open shelving.

Her: Well even if you cabinets are open there will still be a lip that will cover the light.

Me: No, no cabinets only shelves.

Her: You mean like shelves, shelves?

Me: Yes, precisely, shelves.

Her: How big are the shelves?

Me: Shelf size.

Her: Just shelves?

Me: Do you need to sit down? You look like somebody just shaved you cat.

Her: I don't think I can help you with that.

Me: Roger that.

Our First Wii Injury

So I broke Chad's toe playing the Wii last week. It was an over-enthusiastic tennis-playing incident, totally an accident, totally not my fault. Chad should have been moving his whole body like I was, not just flipping his wrist like the game requires. Besides, the toe might not be broken, but you wouldn't know that by the bitching.

Secret Garden

SO in the midst of my father-in-law's visit, kitchen remodel, etc I decided to throw a baby shower for a long-time friend. I am estatic about my friends having kids and I would have thrown her a baby shower if I was missing the whole house. However, I recently uncovered some very telling toddler pictures of myself sitting on a six pack playing with my parents' bong that explains a lot.





But Ann is as fantastically organized and anal as I am and her wedding was nothing short of perfection and I felt that her daughter deserved the same treatment. I know that no one probably cares, but I thought that I would give my readers who be actually attending the shower a sneak peak.

The theme is secret garden and it will involve a photo booth for all attendees so be ready!