Well, it may be March but winter shows no sign of letting us go. We have had 115 inches of snow this winter, 52 in the month of February alone! Thankfully, we have had some good thaws or we would be in a real mess.
The house project is moving along, slowly. The painting is 90% done now and should be done tomorrow. The dining room green proved to be a challenge. The first paint we picked (which was supposed to be a pale sage green) looked like mint chip ice cream green so we went a shade darker and achieved sour apple green and not the look we were going for at all! I went to Menards for the 10th time for the week Thursday night determined not to leave until I found the right green and not believing much in myself and my choices. I found a green. It's not exactly what we were looking for but it's pretty and it will work. Jeff and I painted it ourselves, I didn't have the heart to ask our friend Sue who has been doing the painting to do a third color! We are now re-evaluating the art and things we had hanging on the walls and what we want to go back up and what we don't. It's nice to have all fresh walls where there are no holes from ourselves or the previous owners to worry about.
Flooring is another subject. The bath/laundry room floor we chose is a vinyl tile and it has been installed although no trim yet. At least we have laundry facilities back and the toilet is out of my pantry closet where it was temporarily stored, it was NOT a good look. The wood flooring for the rest of the first floor has been delayed and is scheduled to arrive in NY on a boat on St. Patricks day and then ship to Michigan. Please keep your fingers crossed we can get this installed before the boys' birthday party on the 29th! We are living on particle board floors and it is messy and ugly and tough to keep the boys in slippers or shoes so we don't get splinters.
Grammy came to visit this week to help us out because Grandma Kris's mom passed away. Jane was a very nice lady and we were all very sad to lose her. Jeff really wanted to travel to the funeral in southeast Ohio to be with Kris and his dad so Grammy came to help us out. She took the boys to Crazy Bounce, again, and to their first new swim class. They have been moved up a level. She helped with letting in drywall guy, paint people, flooring, etc. Thanks Grammy!! Hayley is still annoyed she had to go to doggy daycare during the day two days while paint was going on. We chose to not have dog fur texture in the fresh paint. Hayley says next time Grammy is here we send the boys to doggy daycare and let her stay with Grammy! The dog has been doing these great, exaggerated, huge sighs all week letting us know her displeasure with all this mess and upheaval. Poor dog, tough life.
It was a big week for great grandmas, other than the sad news about Grandma Jane. Grandma Niecey turned 91 yesterday and Great grandma K turned 81 this week. The boys wanted to know what kind of theme they had for their parties, LOL.
Matthew is running a fever today out of the blue, nothing but the fever. Please don't let this go downhill, we've had enough sickies. The boys did start their new class at the Y yesterday, it's called Kickball, Gymnastics and Floor Hockey and will alternate between the sports. They loved it. The Y has turned out to be a great deal for all of us and the boys have been taking 2 or 3 classes each session. We are looking into sending them to the Y for afternoons when they start school this fall.
Love and hugs to Grandma Kris, we know she is hurting and will deeply miss her Momma. She was a wonderful lady and we enjoyed getting to spend time with her the last few years when she came to visit.
