Stomp!
Took the girls to see Stomp! over the holiday.
They loved it.
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Cookies
This is just cute.
This is just cold.
Though we screwed up. They should of had long johns on and winter boots. They only lasted about 20 minutes in the 16°F cold before having to go in.
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The Sick that Keeps on Giving
Still sick after 2 weeks.
It changed last night. Feels different and slowing me down more.
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Dumpster #2
Filled the first dumpster (nearly) and got a second. The second one is half the size, and we’ll likely fill it too.
I’m still amazed that after the amount of stuff we’ve given away, sold, or thrown out, that the house isn’t starting to feel empty yet.
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ps. sold the tractor and all the accessories last week.
Progress
Filled the dumpster.
Not in that picture, and most of that was from the decking we removed from the house and pool.
The bedroom and office downstairs are cleared out.
And we’ve made a number of trips to Goodwill.
Busy, busy
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And Away We Go!
Tube slide and a lot of the climbing wall is gone.
Whoever installed the tube slide meant for it to stay.
The paneling and chair rail in the hallway were a different story. It was all staked out from the wall, and then the door casings installed over top of the stack. Removal was straightforward, but we’ll need new door casings.
Abigail was not pleased with our progress.
Today we’ll try and do better Peanut. Maybe get out on the bikes for a little while.
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Mouse Wars
For whatever reason we seem to have more mice than usual this year.
They also are more bold and more destructive.
They also escape the traps.
I didn’t keep it this way, but I’d definitely trying lots of different things.
Like this new style trap, which is so far highly effective.
It’s funny. One of my big thoughts around moving is “wonder what the mouse situation will be like?”
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Cute Butterflies
Since Abigail basically got a whole bike upgrade, I figured it only fair to do something for Lauren.
Looking at the options, I decided a custom graphics kit and “pinkifying” her bike would do the trick.
I found this and thought the pink butterflies were perfect.
But looking closer now, I see there’s something way cooler going on.
Those aren’t flowers the butterflies are traversing. They’re skulls!
So cool!
Unfortunately not everything will be in for Christmas, but it will be close. It should be a fun time putting it altogether for her. She’ll have a total bike transformation.
Can’t wait.
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First Sick of the Year
The kids have had a few episodes, but I just got my first.
Obviously not fun. Hopefully over quickly.
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