the good, the bad, and the ugly, aka home improvement...

But first, some congratulations are in order for my second oldest daughter Abigail,  she is engaged!

You never know when Mr. Right will come along, here she is with Derrick.  Aren't they cute?

The bad is truly sad, but not my story to tell, so allow me to be vague...we lost a tiny little unborn grandchild, 15 weeks.  Very sad for all of us, especially the parents.  I don't understand why these things happen, but I do know that Jesus learned obedience through what He suffered (Heb 5:8).  We also learn mercy, and to be thankful for our children.  

It's been a busy few days, had six grandchildren here all day on Tuesday, then three of them stayed for two days.  We did have fun, but oh ho is Grandma tired today!  You'd think I would have stayed home, but nope, Miss Cam and I had plans.  We had spackled up spots in the kitchen yesterday, moved furniture away from the walls, took all the mirrors and pictures and wall hangings down.  This fine morning, we sanded and vacuumed and wiped things down.  She opened up the paint, stirred it, and started rolling while I used the small brush and cut in.  Well, she did not like the foam thingy on the roller.  At all.  She said it should glide right on, and it wasn't.  She wanted a new roller cover, if possible.  I had just changed into my lovely floral painting shorts, and the green shirt with stains on it.  We're five miles from the hardware store and the car was covered in snow, so we decided that instead of making two trips out, as we were out of quite a few things, we would wrap up the paint and go to Costco...and Trader Joe's....and the hardware store.  

Sonja went with us too.  Costco:  yogurt, heavy cream, croissants ($5.99 for a dozen, Camille loves them), a rotisserie chicken, cauliflower rice, protein bars, a big package of burger, and whatever else adds up to over two hundred dollars.  Thankfully I spent considerably less in Trader Joe's.  Some dye free candy, seltzer (black cherry vanilla, yum!), the milk chocolate peanut butter cups which should be illegal they are so good, and shh, four bags of popcorn.  

The hardware store for two new tiny edging brushes and a new roller cover, then home....ahh, home.  But no time to put the feet up, no sir, put away those groceries and start painting!  

Miss Cam says she likes the ladder.  She is a very happy co-worker, cheerful and optimistic.  

Yeah, shambles.  This shows the blue still around the cabinets....and the cooler, doesn't everyone have a cooler in their kitchen?  It was actually out on the deck right outside the door, with drinks in it, but when it got so freezing, they would all explode so we dragged it in, and there it is...

Naked windows, and the line on the wall where the bench hits...we're going to add some furniture sticker things on the back edge of it to try to prevent it.

Curtains have been washed...

You can see the new color on the left, still blue around the cabinets...wish we could replace the counters but it's not in the budget or in the plans...

So, we're almost halfway done...it will need another coat...be glad to finish it up!  You all have a good day, I'm tired and now I'm cold, since I was so busy and now I'm relaxing...:)