A break in the Facts...

Just a quick blog update because I'm sooo far behind! I've been up to my neck in painting and bbq'ing with family this weekend, but wanted to update anyway.

Let me first warn you--no pics. Sorry, didn't want to risk getting paint on the camera or anything ya know. So, the 'ol camera was tucked safely away in the office all weekend.

So, let's see...

The living room is painted! Woo hoo! While it is not a dramatic change at all (in fact, it's nearly the same color), it is, CLEAN. The walls were horrid prior to painting and it is so nice to see clean, soot free walls. The prior owner burned candles--must have been 24/7 by the looks of some of the walls in our house--and despite trying to clean them, they were icky to say the least. We also have a newly painted bathroom, complete with a new towel holder and tp holder too! Yay!!! All that's left to do in that room is replace the sink and faucet, mirror and light fixture...ya know, gut it! ;)

Next I think we'll paint either the 'playroom' (aka 'future dining room') or the kitchen. We'll have to see what we have energy for. I don't mind painting at all, in fact, I rather enjoy it--but it comes down to time. It's tough to paint with 2 curious toddlers running around.

Besides that, the boys are enjoying school--Dev more so than Ry--but he's coming around. The girls have adjusted well to not having Ry-Ry and Brother around, and are just giddy when we go to pick Ry up and when Dev walks in the door after school.

We managed 3 well days after the start of school and on the 4th day we received the gift of snot. Oh joyous day. It started with Ry and made the rounds...then, we got a blessed 4 or 5 day break and now, we've got 2 out of the 4 with--you guessed it--snot. Poor Em is a mess. She also has a slight fever to go along with it. She and Dev both have stuffy, snotty noses and watery eyes. Man, now I remember what I don't like about back to school. Ugh...I hate snot...

Other than that, I'm down 15 lbs so far! Yep! Oh, and I guess I should add that I ended up getting up to 200 before I started the 'ol weight loss mission (you can blame major water retention for that!) so I'm down to 185. Hopefully that sticks, because I fell off the wagon big time tonight (Damn AF is coming soon--damn her!!)!!

Alrighty, well, nothing amazing or fantastic I know...but I'm updated now right? Right! :)

Lastly, I'd like to send well wishes to everyone who lives in the areas that were in the path of Gustav. I pray that everyone stays safe and take care!!