HOME WORK

Well, in anticipation of Tina and Martin visiting with the family from Germany in a few short weeks, Kristen decided that all the work has to get done now on the house...so, she has torn out all the baseboards and started taking everything off the wall in anticipation of the painters that should be coming in a couple weeks.

She also wants wainscoting through a whole bunch of the downstairs that I am now going to try to do on my own...wish me luck...


some what I hope will be before pictures:

How can you not love that floral wallpaper that we uncovered under the badly put together under the crown molding?












Yes, that floral print continues...and you can also see just a few of the numerous holes I need to fix from all the stuff we had up on the walls....

Kristen LOVED this coffee swirl type of painting when we first moved in...now, 11 years later I think she believes it is swirly dirt.  To say she is ready for a change is probably an understatement.

Jude got teeth pulled

We had tried previously at our current dentist to get 2 of Jude's baby teeth pulled.  They had tried but were unsuccessful at keeping him calm enough to do anything.

Hence bringing us to today...

Jude was calm to the dentist and did very well right up until the needles went in...at which point we were very close to not being able to finish up.  After about 5 minutes or so of calming him back down and convincing him that we had gotten the worst part over they were able to extract the two baby teeth despite some screaming on his part as it happened :(

NOT easy to be a part of it...but glad that he was able to soldier on...he even says he wants them as his regular dentist despite going through that with them....

Boys working out together

Was really neat this morning....
Jaden wanted to take some drone shots for his summer reading project at the high school and asked Jacob to come with him.  I didn't even think they would get up....but they did.  They were on their bikes and on their way at 5am...right as I was getting ready to leave for CrossFit.  I will try to get some of those shots too maybe...but what was neat was not only were they KIND to each other but they went to breakfast together after and then came home and did a workout together!  I only wish this would be the norm :)

Happy 17th Anniversary

Spending an overnight in Hull, MA with Kristen was a wonderful way to enjoy our anniversary.  Too much food for sure, but enjoyable.  The Beacon Luxury Waterfront Inn was very comfortable but gave Kristen way too many ideas on updates for our home!

A nice dinner at a local Italian place,









breakfast at TOAST,

a walk along the beach and quality time together made for a fantastic day.

New Car

Somewhat reluctantly...and I can only say that because I still went along with it...Kristen got a new car today as part of getting ready to start her new job.  She said it was a "requirement" so that she could drive int he snow and feel safe.  I hope that is the case.  It is a pretty car and I can honestly say I wasn't sure I was ever going to buy "New"...but here I am.  11 miles on the car when we bought it.