There were really 4 little pigs..

Not many know that there were not 3 little ones but 4 little ones and his house was made out of wallpaper!  I will quit with the wallpaper tangent shortly as I am almost done taking all of the horrible stuff down. Still can't find my camera cord to upload pics as I would love to share that hard work.  It is coming along nicely with a few glitches. 

The chicken in the kitchen are now ripping the texture (stucco?) off of the walls so I had to stop.  I have all of the wallpaper down in the kitchen except for the walls that only had wallpaper.  So we improvise right?  My mom came up with a genius idea of crown molding.  I believe we are going to do some kind of a trim in the kitchen to just cover up the border.  So only you readers know the secret!  Shh don't say anything.  :)

The main bathroom was finished in about an hour.  The steam from the shower has been working on it for a while now and some of it came off completely in areas without even scoring it or wetting it.  I did however find a hole in the wall with a bit of mold.  I believe this is where the little drips of water are coming from in the basement when people take a shower.  So good news and bad news...I found the leak and I found the leak. 

The half bath in our bedroom is giving me a run for my money as I have been working on it in spurts for the past few days.  I am getting a bit burned out on wallpaper removal but know that if I start on another project before I am done that I won't finish my house makeover the way I would like, one project at a time.  I have have a bit of trouble bouncing from one project to another and never finishing so I take my stand now.  Mission 1 Wallpaper!

I have found a really nice product called WP Chomp that is doing a great job on the wallpaper.  If you have any to remove I highly recommend it.  I had Do it best order it for me and while I was there picking it up I found the ugliest rug that I am contemplating purchasing.  It is 9X12 and U-G-L-Y!  But it is like so ugly that it has a unique charm to it that has me drawn to it.  It is mustard yellow, slate blue, orange and some of the carpet color I currently have.  It is only $50.  That is a steal for that size you have to admit but is it too ugly?  I just can't tell.  I really need to take a pic and post to get some input as my husband is out of the country today in Canada under a load and couldn't get the "go" from him and it can't be returned.  So if you are in the area of New Albany check out the area rugs outside of Do it Best right off of State Street and shoot me a message on what you think.  Trust me you will know it when you see it. 

At least it is within walking distance

After getting convicted left and right at church tonight while listening to a sermon on taming the tongue I surprised the kiddos with dessert across the street at the fair.  We walked past the 5 rides and grabbed a funnel cake(funny cake as Addison called it) I have to say that is the most pitiful fair I have ever seen in my life.  The carni workers almost looked embarrassed to be there.  There were no animals no booths no nothing!  I am going to have to check out the floyd co schedule and see what is up with this.  I can't complain too much, funnel cake within walking distance?  Come on your can only stay disappointed for so long.  :)

Charlestown has huge bugs!

I had a ball tonight with Crissy at the Charlestown park. They apparently have a movie night every Friday outside in the park.  Tonight was Despicable Me.  They had free ice cream too!  Can you beat that?!  We had so much fun watching the people there along with watching the movie.  But I do have to ask a question.  How do you get your bugs so big?  I swear one flew by me that blocked the whole screen.  I think I heard an engine coming from it too.  Crissy joked that it was a remote control spy that the toddler in front of us hooked up because he kept coming over and grabbing Anthony's water bottle.  He was sending the robot bug over to check out our snack  bags to see if we had anything else. We got quite a chuckle out of that.  Good times.  I love me some Charlestown festivities.

Where or where?

I really wish that I knew where my cord to my camera was so that I could load photos to post on here.  I have done some work on the house.  I have no room "done" but have the rooms mostly set up and wanted to give another tour of the place.  I am still working on the border and have ordered a product called WP Chomp that I hear is a miracle product.  We will see.  It should be in on Thursday.  I hit up Grant Line nursery today and got some annuals half off.  I planted some flowers on the front and back porch.  Found some flowers called Hot Cakes.  They are so cute.  Really tall and kind of look like carnations.  I couldn't resist a flower named after a pancake.  Come on!  Still loving the house and even loving all of the extra work that it needs.  :)

Happy 4th

Watching fireworks on the porch with the kids tonight was a blast.  We had our chairs, bug candles, snacks, and drinks ready to go. We ooh and ahh at the fireworks until our neighbor across the street starts to let his 6 year old daughter light them.  "Wow kids look at the time.  We should be going in..."

Room to breathe

My parents came over to help out with a few projects.  My awesome dad helped James switch out my washer and dryer out of the basement.  We tried Vicki's washer and dryer and it just isn't big enough for my crew so we traded so that we have our own.  Thank you guys!  (Even though  it will be 2030 when my dad gets a computer and is able to read this)  My father helped James by getting up on the roof and checking out some leaks that we discovered during the past big storm.  Again thanks!

While the men were doing all the hard labor my  mom and I went to the store to get stuff to fire up the grill.  I love having a grill!  We had some Ball Park Angus franks along with smores made with the super huge marshmallows that they have now.  The kids were covered head to toe with sticky goo and it was great.  I didn't freak out once.  Anthony told me he had to go to the bathroom as he was covered in marshmallow and grass.  He stood there soaking wet from the sprinkler that they were playing in doing the pee pee dance.  I told him to go behind the bush in the back yard and do his business.  He decided to drop them right there and pee off the porch.  It was so stinking funny the first time but the second time we redirected him to ask before he just decides to take it upon himself to pee in public.

While at the grocery store I wondered around Meijer's garden center.  I found these beautiful purple plants.  I have seen these many times before but not this color. They are just gorgeous.  I am going to have to take a pic of them.  I weeded the back flowerbed and trimmed down my Azalea bushes.  I now have 3 and am in love with them.  I just love how full they are when they bloom.  While doing all my work I took a stroll across the back yard heading to the garage and rolled my ankle.  I hit the ground and was terrified as I heard something crunch.  I thought for a second I broke something.  But after a few minutes I was up and walking.  It is fine nothing major but feels like my ankle needs to poop.  If I turn my ankle the opposite way that it rolled now that hurts!  I'm going to ice it tonight and hope that all is well. 

My mother in law came over to eat with us tonight.  I believe she is starting to settle into life a bit.  She talked a lot while she was over here about Papaw.  It seems she is getting a kick out of watching me love on my new house.  She came over and inspected my weeding on the flower beds.  She said "These are the only flower beds that didn't get any attention this past year.  I was just too busy taking care of James." She smiled as I worked and has been nothing but complimentary.  It has been really nice.

It was so nice to have people over and not be stuck in a 20X14 room squeezed in and not having any room to breathe.  Kids laughing in the back yard. Grown ups laughing on the porch and in the house.  My mother in law even showed me that I could roast a marshmallow on the gas stove.  Now that is something to be excited about!!!

Things I don't want to forget about today

• Anthony saying a prayer in the middle of dinner.  "Dear God, Thank you for the Transformer Hot Wheel you are going to get me next weekend.  The one that looks like Bumble Bee and the one that looks like Spiderman.  I love you.  I know you.  Amen!"
• Addison telling me "Mom remember I don't like these potatoes (red skin potato salad)  That is just the way it is."
• Watching the kids play in the back yard with their butterfly nets.  They are butterfly nets to the common eye but in the hands of my 3 little ones they are power sticks!  Each was their own commander leading troops to war and none of them had any soldiers.  :)
• Sitting on the front porch with the glow of my flood light by my clean fountain watching fireworks.
• Watching my husband drive into OUR driveway in his semi and the kids screaming and jumping up and down.  Anthony yelled "Yeah! Daddy brought his semi home!"