Holy Cow!!!

There's water in the creek!

Surprise! And flooring progress.

Do you know what it did this morning?  Well, if your live in Indiana, you know.  It was so surprising and exciting!  It rained for like, 20 minutes! 

Hey, after months of not having a drop fall, this is epic, as in Noah & the flood.  There was enough that the kids could run in the gutter water on the side of the road.  Very exciting. 

Not so epic but still good, we moved the furniture out of the kids room, tore up carpet.

Of course Bry-D and his "team" of helpers vacuumed & scraped the floor so we could start painting.

He gets the tongue/picture thing from his Dad.  I have proof of this. Lots.  And lots.

Rainy Day

Thanks to Pinterest, we had something to do this afternoon while it was cold & wet outside.  Spy Training! 

 She kept 'improving' it.  Sometimes the dogs or little brother would tear through it.  She was getting it just right for someone special..

 Daddy!  Being the ultimate Spy, Bry-D was able to get through it and bring his precious Diet Dr. Pepper too!

 Though it wasn't without difficulty.

I have a rule for Pinterest-I can't get on unless I plan on doing something I see there.  I have an idea that I'm knocking around my head.  Once I figure out all the details I'll share with you.

He's dedicated to taking a walk!

Yes, I took this picture from the car while he and the kids walk in the rain.  

 Usually I'm the one encouraging the kids to be out in all types of weather.

I would say he was "Experiencing the Rain" but I think you have to be barefoot and without raincoat for that.

I'm not sure, but I think she could fit more pink into her outfit.

When I asked him why he was out in the rain, he said he wanted a different perspective of it.  Most of the time, lots of rain means lots of extra work, oftentimes, forced overtime.  He wanted to try to enjoy the rain.  And they say you can't teach an old dog new tricks!

Rainy Days

Bry-D says that we need this all this rain to clean the salt and grime off everything.  I suppose that's true, however, I haven't been very inclined to go out in it.  Not sure why, maybe b/c the rainy gloom came immediately after the snowy gloom.  We've been hanging around in the house lately, not doing anything very exciting.

Young artiste's at work.  He is constantly telling me that the white and grey crayons are "Boke". I have yet to convince that they are not "boke" they are just difficult to see on light paper.

He never says orange is broke.

Finished work

Eliz has gotten really interested in drawing things from pictures.  Though she never tries to draw the exact picture, she usually changes something about it to conform it to her personality.

She used the watercolor pencils for this Easter Basket, though I don't know if she ever painted it.

Color in motion!

Such concentration

Reading.  She's getting braver and braver about reading books herself.

She kept telling Eeyore, "Be still, I'm trying to lay on you!"  She was to comfortable to adjust her skirt when I told her it was flipped up.

A basin, two small cups, and water.  All he needs for a good time.

That towel was soaked by the time he was done.  Clean up was easy-he thinks the dishwasher racks are a train, so I tell him to put stuff in the train, and then he choo-choos it for a few minutes before closing the door.

Maybe next week we'll venture out into the mud again-if I get us rain boots.

Work in progress

So many things are in the middle stage right now. We're waiting to find out if AT&T and the union can come to a fair contract. Although I'm sure that neither side would agree on what's fair, Saturday is the final day, and if the strike happens, Bry-D will be on the picket line Sunday. Yay. Pardon my enthusiasm. Also, the house is in a state of confusion. We've been moving things around and out of the house since before Lex was born, but again, we have to wait on somethings before we can finish. We have lots of things in good condition to get rid of. We don't care if we sell them, but we don't want to throw them away. So, they are sitting, taking up precious space while we try to get rid of them. Which means there are things just sitting because there isn't anywhere else for them right now. However, happiness is shining in some areas-take a look at my sewing desk before Mom came over-

And here's after-

Yes, I know, there's a pile of fabric under the desk still, but I put that there to force me to refinish Granny's trunk, the future home of my fabric.

Then of course there's the disaster that is Lex's room, another place that had become a dumping ground while I was pregnant, this is mid morning yesterday-

Yes, that is an improvement from before-amazing!

And this morning-

It's a wet bleak day, and I'm thinking mostly about the long list of things to do that just keep getting longer. Eliz's school supplies-we had to stop school because towards teh end of my pregnancy, I just couldn't do it, and then I got behind and Eliz kept progressing(somehow), and I'd like to have something to wear besides jeans on Easter, which of course leads to I'd like to exercise again, but I'm not sure how to fit it in. I sound so depressing. Ugh. I've not mentioned this before, but I love Eeyore. I love Eeyore for the very reason most people dislike him-he's a downer. He's not a realist, he's depressing. He's also pathetic, in a most lovable way(at least to me) But what makes him so very wonderful to me, is that when this grey cloud gets happy, he stands on his head. That's just the way to express happiness - get upside-down.

So, right now, while I'm feeling very much like I've lost my tail, and that life's something of a grey cloud and there's nothing I can do about it, I'm looking forward to a few days from now when I can stand on my head in joy!