Just because I didn't show up yesterday doesn't mean I didn't pick a voting winner. Yay for Tuesday's voter Kathy Brinker and Wednesday's voter Tracy!
9.13.2012
Voting Home Stretch
You girls are so good to me. During voting week Oscar decided to go ahead and come down with the barfing bug. Selfish! Instead of diligently nagging you to vote for me, I was up to my elbows in sick stuff yesterday. Poor sweet boy!
Staying true to form, I thought, ooh I should get a picture of this to use as a plea for votes. Nobody ever said Oscar was going to live an easy life. Please vote for number 42! We really want Mandy to turn Oscar's playroom into something fabulous!
Just because I didn't show up yesterday doesn't mean I didn't pick a voting winner. Yay for Tuesday's voter Kathy Brinker and Wednesday's voter Tracy!
Just because I didn't show up yesterday doesn't mean I didn't pick a voting winner. Yay for Tuesday's voter Kathy Brinker and Wednesday's voter Tracy!
9.11.2012
Every Vote Counts
Badgering you to vote for me, here, is becoming a little exhausting, but stick with me- only 3 more full days to go. Any follower of mine must be tough! Every vote counts!
Yesterday was Oscar's first day of daycare.
It was all smiles at home in the AM....believe me when I say this little guy could really use a pick me up!
Tia wins yesterday's giveaway! Wahoo. Keep voting for #42, I am a crafting machine!
9.10.2012
We Over DIYed It
I can't even get it together enough to hop on a computer and hound you to vote for me everyday like I promised, pathetic! Is it clear that I need Mandi's help? Vote for me here, no. 42, and let me know you did, there may be a Lovely craft in it for you! Yay for Saturday's winner, Danielle and yay for Sunday's winner, Kat!
Yesterday the Lovely's experienced something that we have never encountered before...We Over DIYed ourselves! We took on too much and everyone was crankier for it.
We have been living with a roofing issue since we moved in that I have been dying (or DIYing:) to take care of. The previous owners left about a two foot strip of un-shingled roof around the whole perimeter of the house.
Ug, right? They called it an "ice dam," I am not exactly sure what that means and it certainly didn't deter our house purchase. Well, it has been buggin' me since the day we moved in. I think it is an eye sore and it looks unfinished. Not to mention there are gobs of colonials in Duluth that have shingles covering the entire roof. So, I did what I do best, I put my employee to work....and recruited a friend that I lovingly call my intern.
You can see their progress above and it makes a world of difference, in my opinion! This photo was taken last Saturday. This weekend our intern couldn't make it (I guess that's what happens when you don't pay them) so my employee took on the roof- alone, and I took on the little dude.
At noon, after working for 3 hours, Henry said it would take 5-6 more hours. At 2PM Henry thought it would take 5-6 more hours. At 6PM, you guessed it...5-6 more hours. Henry was exhausted and I was exhausted. Due to the commotion Oscar couldn't nap, no nap equals cranky baby and cranky mamma. This cranky mamma decided to whip up a pot pie for dinner...between the smoke alarms going off, Oscar wailing and the racket from the nail gun Stella reached her boiling point and took off. Seriously, I think she had a mental breakdown. Henry climbed down from the roof and Oscar and I evacuated the house and we started the search party until we tracked her down and promised her things would be better.
I love how it is coming along, but I tell you what, The Lovely's had a serious conversation last night about our 'Do It Yourself' limits! We definitely need to figure out when it is a better option to hire a professional in order to maintain our sanity.
I sent Henry back up on the roof today, but lesson learned...I am ordering a pizza for dinner!
Yesterday the Lovely's experienced something that we have never encountered before...We Over DIYed ourselves! We took on too much and everyone was crankier for it.
We have been living with a roofing issue since we moved in that I have been dying (or DIYing:) to take care of. The previous owners left about a two foot strip of un-shingled roof around the whole perimeter of the house.
Ug, right? They called it an "ice dam," I am not exactly sure what that means and it certainly didn't deter our house purchase. Well, it has been buggin' me since the day we moved in. I think it is an eye sore and it looks unfinished. Not to mention there are gobs of colonials in Duluth that have shingles covering the entire roof. So, I did what I do best, I put my employee to work....and recruited a friend that I lovingly call my intern.
At noon, after working for 3 hours, Henry said it would take 5-6 more hours. At 2PM Henry thought it would take 5-6 more hours. At 6PM, you guessed it...5-6 more hours. Henry was exhausted and I was exhausted. Due to the commotion Oscar couldn't nap, no nap equals cranky baby and cranky mamma. This cranky mamma decided to whip up a pot pie for dinner...between the smoke alarms going off, Oscar wailing and the racket from the nail gun Stella reached her boiling point and took off. Seriously, I think she had a mental breakdown. Henry climbed down from the roof and Oscar and I evacuated the house and we started the search party until we tracked her down and promised her things would be better.
I love how it is coming along, but I tell you what, The Lovely's had a serious conversation last night about our 'Do It Yourself' limits! We definitely need to figure out when it is a better option to hire a professional in order to maintain our sanity.
I sent Henry back up on the roof today, but lesson learned...I am ordering a pizza for dinner!
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