Getting high in the basement...

No...I'm not talking about the things that my foster kids do, it is the little "high" that we've been getting from all the painting we've been doing in our house. On Saturday we put on two coats of primer and then another coat on Monday. Then last night we actually put the paint on the walls downstairs. It looks really good! But the downfall of all of this is that our entire house smells like fresh paint, hence the little "high." We still have a ways to go in finishing the family room and my guess is that it will get worked on once in a while in between projects outside in the yard.

Summer's a comin'

You know that summer is coming when you hear the tin can sound of music driving down the street really slow selling frozen items. Yes...I'm talking about the wonderful ice cream trucks. I was outside yesterday working on my project (refinishing a dresser) when I heard the ice cream truck. Um...hello...don't they remember that there was snow on the ground yesterday morning??? Having never grown up in a city where ice cream trucks make their rounds in the neighborhoods, it is a new experience and causes a thought to pop into my head. Those ice cream trucks are like the Pied Pipper trying to lure you out to them to feast upon those yummy fattening foods. It's like...here I am...come and get fat while I take all your money. But the neighborhood kids sure love the ice cream truck.

Are you my mudder?

So for the last week whenever people have asked about updates on the basement I tell them that "our mudder is coming." And if you say that phrase, many people thought I was just talking funny and saying "mother" instead. Anyway, so our "mudder" came last Tuesday and started working on the basement. Since they had a key (which they got last Monday when they were suppose to originally come), they came in every morning or some time during the day when we were at work and would add another coat or sand it down. They finished yesterday and it looks GREAT! I'm excited now because the next step that we will start working on this weekend will be priming and then painting! I'm a pro at painting because of all the many coats and different colors that we painted my bedroom when I was in high school and then also the experience of painting the upstairs hallway and my parents' bedroom during a Spring Break in college. So...bring on the paint and let the inner Michelangelo loose!

Duty Calls

Yesterday I got a piece of mail that my husband got a kick out of...I have been summoned for jury duty. So I just filled out the juror qualification questionnaire. It claims that the jury service I would be doing would be from June 2nd until the 27th. Like I don't have anything else better to do for a month than jury duty! I have only been summoned once before and I was able to get out of it because I was going to be back in school and away from the area. I got a kick out of the letter that they send with the questionnaire. My favorite lines are "The more important reward, however, is the pride you can take in service your community" and "I hope you are pleased at the prospect of jury service" and "Our justice system cannot function without you."...Um, obviously they have no idea that since working at my job I have absolutely NO faith in the court system and that they provide justice. The courts let my kids (and people) off the hook when they are obviously guilty and are not given any consequence for it. They obviously have no idea that I have a jaded view of the court system from dealing with it on a regular basis with my job. Let's just hope that I don't end up getting called to jury duty!