0 comments

Thursday Things I Never Thought I'd Hear...

Published on 9.23.2010 in , ,

Saturday night Mini #1 and I were getting ready to go to bed.

Engineering Man was at drill.

I asked Mini #1 if he wanted to call EM before we went to sleep.

"Oh yea."

As the phone was ringing, Mini #1 got a mischievous grin on his face...

"Hello."

"Hey hon.  We're heading to bed. Mini #1 wanted to say goodnight."

"Hey buddy.  What's up?"

"Chicken butt."


2 comments

30 before 30...#2

Published on 9.22.2010 in ,

678 pictures later and multiple hours spent getting paper cuts I have now crossed off...

...#2: Actually print pictures of the boys and make a photo album of them.

...from my 30 before 30 list.

I  spent many hours going through each of my photo albums and selecting pictures of the boys.

I uploaded them to Shutterfly, and using a couple of discounts, actually received all the pictures for $56.  For almost 700 pictures, I didn't think that was too bad.

The other day I received 8 bright orange packages in the mail...


















...sorted each of the boys pictures according to date...


















(yes, I'm OCD, why do you ask?)

...and then put them into albums.


















Favorite part of it all?  Comparing how mini #1 and mini #2 look so much alike in each of their pictures.


0 comments

DIY of the week..."patio" edging

Published on 9.21.2010 in ,

Engineering Man's been bitching about weed eating around the DIY patio I set up in the backyard.

So, Friday afternoon we ran to Home Depot to pick up some edgers.

$15 later, we were back home with a DIY project.


















Engineering Man started by placing the edgers around the area to get an idea of where he wanted each of them placed.

Then, using a shovel, he cut into the sod on the outside of the edger to get his edge.

Finally, he  cut out the sod around the edge of the wood chips...

























He made the cut out about the size of the stone edgers...















He then tamped down each of the edgers into the cut out area around the chips...


















Finally, he used the sod he had cut out to make the edgers look like they'd been there for more than 5 minutes.

















Unfortunately, I didn't take an after picture...

But trust me.  It looks awesome.

0 comments

Monday's weekend in review...

Published on 9.20.2010 in , , , , , , ,

This weekend included a girls night out...


















...with some fabulous friends...




































(Thanks girls for a great "going away")


...starting to climb...

























...popping a wheelie...
























...a DIY...

























...dragging our brother...


















...being annoyed  by our brother...


















...a snotty nose...

















...and a 30 before 30...


















Stay tuned this week for the DIY and the 30 before 30.