Bits and Pieces

This was my good morning greeting today...You can see the wall behind him is missing the border, and that's because he pulled it off the wall. It was a cute Winnie the Pooh border, and I imagined him gleefully looking at the border and talking to Pooh, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Owl, Tigger, and Rabbit. So much for that!

The work in the basement is full speed ahead! Matt finished the sheetrock, and we have painted the entire basement. Matt said that I picked too neutral colors on the upstairs, so he picked all the colors in the basement. Upstairs, I have off white, off white, light blue, cream, and the recently added sage green in the kitchen. So, to spice it up a bit, Matt picked olive green for his study, metallic silver (for Joshua's transformers room), burgundy for the bathroom, a brownish-mustard color for the living room and hall (it was supposed to be a little more "old gold" than it turned out, but oh well), and I picked ocean blue for Caleb's trucks and diggers room. So, needless to say, the basement is going to look better than the upstairs on the paint end of things. We may start painting upstairs when this is all done. Matt kept telling me not to be afraid of color! So, now it is on to hanging the drop ceiling, oh boy!

Matt's grandmother is having some trouble with seizures, so I took her to see a neurologist this week. She is now scheduled for some more tests to see what is causing them. It's causing stress for all of us, and especially Jean. She is already stressed as she is scheduled for her PET (full body) scan at the end of February. We are praying for an all clear!

Have any of you seen High School Musical 1 or 2? We now own both, and they are actually pretty good. I keep humming the songs over and over. Joshua prefers the 2nd one, but I'm not sure why. So, if you haven't seen them and want a lighthearted look at high school, try it.

We went to a homeschool valentine's bowling party yesterday, and Joshua is proud to announce that he beat me. Now, that is not exactly difficult considering my bowling ability, but he did have the bumpers (and I didn't). The boys were excited about checking out all their valentine cards. I am just hoping that we can have more get togethers with the group where the kids actually get to interact, and Joshua can make some closer friends.