Snow, NOOOOO!

Spring has been a trader in my book. She started out so beautifully with 70 degrees, sunshine, trees blooming, flowers poking their little heads out of the barren soil, lush green starting to take over everywhere and yesterday ended as a cool evening preceded with some late afternoon showers, but giving way to this at sunset.
By the time I let the dogs out before bed I could see my breath in the fresh night air. I heard the heat kick on a couple times through out the night, it hadn't done this in a few weeks. Then this morning we awoke to this!
Asa kept pointing to the slider door saying "Whudz dat"? I said "Snow Honey" and he let out a giggle. The kid loves snow, but if he realized it was 2 days before May 1st he might change his mind.

Bonus Pic - Asa on his new playset... Thank you for helping putting it together Grammy and Grampy!

Per Requests

So, I've had some requests for interior pics of the house. My first ever post shows a pic of the inside "during" demo. After taking these the other day (moving clutter, clothes, coats, mail piled up from one room to another then back again :) I must say we've busted our asses going from what this place was, to what it is now. I was discouraged over the outside this weekend. It is just a mess, there is pine limbs EVERYWHERE and dirt piled up EVERYWHERE. I just want to plant my trees and shrubs and watch them grow. I leave the grass up to Brian, cause for some reason the man can grow some good grass... But it is just so sad that there is only one patch of green anywhere and it happens to be over the septic system, don't get me wrong it is a nice flat spot to play, but it is the ONLY spot. You know what they always say? The grass is always greener over the Septic Tank :)

So after much ado, here is Chateau De Henry:
(I'm having the hardest time getting my images to not be blurry, but who has time to figure it out - not me!)

Okay so this one's not blurry - go figure!

 

House Complete

It's appropriate timing to post the finished house pics now that we have our final certificate of occupancy. What this means is that we can now modify our construction loan (8.5 interest) into a 30 year mortgage (4.5 interest) - it can't happen fast enough! We still need to build the side and back deck - which will be all one, but it's nice to start coming out of the construction mode.

My Favorite Part of Our New House - The Front Door


And Mr. Cheesy Boy - the poor kid's been having some bad hair days lately...
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Changes

There have been some changes around our place - both for the better. We are making head way on our deforestation :-)

SUNSHINE! Glorious sunshine!

Asa and Daddy are having fun with toys! Ace was running the bucket!


And we have Graduated.. Thank you Derrick for our Big Boy Racecar Bed!

Pardon the bed head - just woke up from 2.5 hour nap. Sunscreen in the hair never makes it look very good either.

Tradition, TRADITION!

It's tradition in my family to create before each Holiday. We create carved Pumpkins at Halloween preceded with trudging through a muddy pumpkin patch to find the Perfect Pumpkin - slightly tall, full body with a crooked stem tilted to the right... We create decorated Christmas Trees of wonder preceded with trudging through a frozen Christmas Tree Farm in search of the Perfect Christmas Tree - slightly tall, no brown spots, with a round but full body that is tightly trimmed into a perfect triangle and a centered sturdy point for the star...

As Spring approaches we come to the end of our creative season - Easter. Which is preceded with going into the chicken coop with our darling baskets and hand picking our pristine white eggs out from under our beloved chickens - TOTALLY NOT! Just kidding on that one, hello Super Market hunting for the rare find of 12 dozen white eggs with no cracks or goo... As my Mother says, she doesn't need anymore stinkin' Easter eggs, but we still love to make them every year because it's Tradition, TRADITION! Our Easter baskets run-eth over with eggs of years past, Mom having the best collection...

Ashleigh, Derrick and my beloved Sister Jenna

So, I tried to be Martha Stewart with the idea she had in her Easter magazine with cut out vinyl stencils stuck on the eggs. It worked for the most part, but a after thought is vinegar and Styrofoam don't mix. Some of the egg colors got a little chunky with the vinegar eating the bowl - oops...
TA - DA!

Aren't they PER-DEE?

Weekend Woes/Bedtime Giggles

How does the weekend just fly by? First it's Friday night and you're so happy "It's Finally Friday!" Then before you know it Monday morning slaps you right in the face "OUCH!" More and more these days I'm feeling like time is going at warp speed, I'm running and running and "RUNNING" to catch up, and man I'm tired of running. I need a time out, to sit on the bench and take a swig off my water bottle cause Coach, "Don't put me in the game, I ain't ready to play". I feel like Asa is growing up way too fast, and I'm missing out on the really great things. I hate that I'm a full time working Mom, I want to be one of those Mom's who gets to do crafts and bake cookies with their kids. Spend a long afternoon lying in the grass or writing your name in chalk on the sidewalk with kitties, doggies, and flowers prancing beside it... The harsh reality is, that I am (a full time working Mom), I just wish I knew how to do it all and be it all, all the time...

Hammin' it up in Daddy's dirty Bruins Hat :-)

My Old Rocking Chair, still solid and ready to ROCK! Ace usually sits in it with his Mickey Mouse and watches Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - "Meeshka, Mooshka, Mickey Mouse!"

Joy Riding

Just had to share this pic my Mom sent to me yesterday from her phone.

Asa spends 3 days a week with Grammy while Mommy and Daddy are at work. Every morning they walk to the Post Office to get the mail and then have to sit in Grampy's (`67 convertible Mustang) car when they get back.

She is a wonderful Grammy and Asa's biggest cheer leader and supporter. I hope she realizes how much she is appreciated and cherished - love you Mom!