Remodel Week Three

So here we are at the end of the third week into my little project ... And I'm so close to having my room ready to move into now!!! Hopefully by the end of next week it will all be finished and I'll just be settling things into their new homes ;) I have finished painting the room ... (I still need to find the closet which is FULL of Mom's junk .. Mom isn't helping out very much because its spring and she has planting to do), I'm almost finished painting my daybed frame (it was a pastel pink ... didn't work with my plan).

Here's what's left on my to-do list:
1. Finish painting my bed frame
2. Clean out the closet so I can remove the ugly baseboards and carpet strips, then paint
3. Hang the mirror and shelving
4. Figure out how to temporarily cover the floor (Dad is going to eventually re-floor the whole house with wood planks)
5. MOVE IN!!!
Oh yeah and I need to get Dad to cover the hole under the window. And trim the windows and door

That's all, I think I can do it within the next week ... But I work all of next week at both of my jobs, so we shall see :)

As soon as I'm finished I will post before & after pictures :)

Room Remodeling ... Week Two

I know this is the first post on this project ...
I am in the midst of re-doing MY bedroom! Mom and Dad moved into the master bedroom (formerly our living room -which is now downstairs where it belongs) It is a ... process ... Since I am at work or on the road for 12+ hours a day, there really isn't much time to do the work in my room.
I have accomplished a little bit though, such as pulling the carpet staples out of the wall (carpet should NOT be put on a wall, never, ever!) And I pulled the floor-to-ceiling paneling off two of the other walls, all the trim is down, carpet is up off the floor and out of the room. And there is so much left to do.
Be prepared for future blog posts (hopefully with pictures) as this chaotic process continues :)

SNOW, SNOW GO AWAY!!!!!

I'm so sick of the snow already! Why can't it be spring?? Just last week I was driving with my windows down because it was so nice ... and now I have temporarily  killed my car because of the snow! Poor car :( I was trying to stop at a red light in East Lansing, and my poor car slid across two empty lanes of traffic (a one way road) into a parking lot, hit the unlucky car parked there, and kept slidding to the sidewalk on the crossroad, where my car died. Praise God! I only bumped the other car doing minimal damage to him, I ended up in the hospital parking lot so security filed the report and no ticket was necessary, and Dad was working nearby so he could come help my car.

Okay I think I'm done ranting about snow for now ;)

Long Time

Wow it's been a long time since I last posted. I just don't ever have anything to say.

Not much has happened; I started work at Dairy Queen again, not getting a lot of hours yet. Still working at MSU too. It's still disgustingly white with snow outside. I hate driving in it, but there's not much I can do about that, because I have to work.

Only "new" thing is my phone ... Mom randomly decided to upgrade our phones, and somehow convinced Dad to get unlimited texting on the plan ... something I've been asking for for oh about 4 years ...

and Mom gets it in a random visit to the Sprint store.

That's really all ... so now you know why I haven't posted ... my life is boring :)

Holiday Season

I just love this season!!! All the family-time, relax-time, doing-nothing-time, it's the greatest! We have our traditions (just like everyone else) Christmas is split into 3 "parties" ... the Bishop Party Christmas Eve night --Family who tends to only show their lovely faces at this time of year -- BLTs (oddly enough this is about the only time of the year that I eat BLTs ... I ate 2 this year! -- Aunt Jill's Lemon Poppyseed Bread, the Winebrenner/Norton (immediate family)Party Christmas morning -- Orange Cinnamon rolls (I set off the smoke alarm while baking them this year) -- Opening presents in order of age Willie-Mom one at a time (actually Willie, Stevie & Tommy opened their without the "rotation" kinda hard to make a 2-yr-old wait til its his turn again),  the Winebrenner Party whenever it fits into the majority's schedule (this year it was the day after C-mas) We missed out this year due to sickness ... usually its a lot of sitting around doing nothing,  not being talked to (fun ... not)--  We take up an "offering" for a family in need, it's really a great idea. -- Aunt Sally's cheesy potatoes.
New Year's Eve/Day -- we rent a bunch of movies usually all featuring the same actor/actress (kids, chick-flick, drama, thriller) and watch them way into New Year's morning. Of course we take a break right before midnight to watch the ball drop in NY. This year we chose to watch Robert Downey Jr movies, but then switched to Sandra Bullock on New Year's Eve when we went to rent the videos ... but we couldn't find a thriller or kids movie with her so we really only had 2 with our "feature actress".

Blessings from God

Two weeks ago was my last day of work for the season at Dairy Queen. I was prepared to be without a job for the next two months of "Dairy Queen Winter Break", with the way the economy is I just didn't expect to find anything to fill the gap. But last week I was called for an interview for a clerical position at MSU. It's really amazing to see God working sometimes! I recieved my final Dairy Queen check on Friday, and I started my new job today! Just thought I'd share my little blessing with all of you :)

Christmas Decorating

I love Christmas Season! Mostly for the meaning behind the celebration, but also because I get to use my talents most during this time of year. I love the decorating part, making the house look pretty! Our first Christmas living w/ G-ma and G-pa we kinda over did the lights ... hahaha! This year we went for classic, simple.

When we all "grew up" I told Mom it was time to quit using all of the nasty, falling apart, school craft ornaments. Of course we saved them, because they are memories, but we quit putting them up. That year I bought Mom a set of new decorations, which I have added to every year since. Tommy and Stevie helped decorate the tree this year, so most of the ornaments are on the bottom :) They have colds, so the look sad, but they had so much fun helping.

 

Usually there aren't presents under the tree until maybe the week of Christmas. Mom is a slacker! HAHA! But I did my shopping before December this year, so there are a few there ... and amazingly Mom has a few wrapped already too!

The wonderful photographer for this was of course Valerie, she's amazing! I will probably be adding more pictures as we decorate more in the next few weeks.