Laurie's World

Oh Yeah…I forgot to put up the pictures of the grouted tiling i finished up in the kitchen last weekend…I just need to remember to call the plumber to get the pot filler tap installed and then I am golden

Oh yeah…and put one more face plate on that outlet!!

OK…as promised Mom…here are our snow pictures! Yes, it is April 18th, 2008

Man oh Man! A few nice days and the weeds go WILD…so I had to do something about it. So I spent Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday weeding, planting, transplanting etc etc etc. Here are a few shots of what is left after I rototilled a good chunk of it underJust too many weeds!!!

Here is my new collection of Black Mondo grass under the Blue Spruce at the front porch…they are small, but they are will grow–I am a patient gardener

Here is the bed up by the street that I had Manuel build a retaining wall around…

and the other one that started the wall building

The view from the street–our yard have recovered from the reno–and looks even better for it

This is the back…the little trees look pretty scrubby…but they will fill out nicely in a few weeks (and they are white and red)

After 4 days of yard work, I decided to move indoors and get the tiling done in the kitchen! I quickly remembered why I dislike tiling (but also how rewarding it is). This is the darndest thing…it does not look like much, but this is 2 long days of work! Maybe I am just slow…

I decided to go with a large 12×12 point to point framed with 4x9s. So this is where it sits as of tonight…it is all in, but not grouted…so disregard the white lines. It really changes the look of the kitchen…I do NOT miss the bright white drywall behind the range!

I also did the raised area of the island…

Jackie took some shot of Nicki’s bed and I thought I would put them up here so all could see how great it turned out. Troy made the bed and Jackie and i made the bedding (mostly jackie)

There is even some room for Coconut…

Ahhh…it is a good life…

March 30th was Rachael’s level 7 state meet. Her Momma (that would be me) did a GREAT job of the hair…she managed to get the lucky breakfast made and everyone down to Auburn for 1:45pm. Not such a great job of the video taping (long story) and/or picture taking…but here goes.

Vault–8.875
Bars–8.625 personal season high
Beam–9.20 (placed 7th in state–WAHOO!)
Floor–9.175 personal season high
AA–35.875 personal season high (placed 12th in state)

So it was a great day…

This is Rachael and Bailey in the morning…Bailey came by for me to do her hairMan, I am getting good at that!Yes I know Rachael’s name is spelled wrong on her coat…SIGH

Here is Rachael proud with her Beam medal…

This girl must take after her mother

Jackie was making these AWESOME peanut butter sandwich cookies…They were very VERY good…