nothing but dust on everything!

All the drywall was taken down and Shane got everything wired!

While Shane worked on wiring Scott started getting the tile floor in my upstairs bathroom...yippy that is almost done! and he has started destruction of the main floor bathroom. 

I must share some very sad news though.  I am loosing my office.  This summer has proven that the boys need to have separate rooms.  I must have a way to sent them each to different areas when I just can take their fighting anymore.  So hopefully before the end of the summer I can move my desk back to the kitchen, get all my items back into boxes in the basement and start moving Sky into his new bedroom.

A look at the before...

So the windows are in and we have emptied the living room and are ready to start the work!  Here is my current living room and dining room...only thing we have done so far is Shane refinished the floor when we first bought the house.

Here is the new front door.  Well, it was changed last fall.

I tried to go around the room and give every section.  This is of course the front door and the large front window.

This is the corner of the house by my parents 5th wheel.  The dark paneling is going!

Here is our sad fireplace that will also be getting a face lift but probably not this year.

This is the door to Shane's office that we finished up last summer.



The china hutch Pam gave me will really look nice when the paneling is gone!

This is my giant sliding door that has a wonderful view of our property.  And the beautiful deck Shane fixed up when we first bought the house.
 

Here is the doorway to the kitchen.

Here is the hall, the end is the bathroom and on the right is the stairs going up then the door to the basement stairs and in the corner is my office.

Here we are back around to the front doorway.

Soon all my windows in this room will be replaced and I will have screens to keep the flies out!  We are even replacing the sliding glass door!

Can you see the sag in the ceiling?  Won't be sad to loose that!  But I will miss my water feature a bit.  I love waterfalls just not running down the walls of my living room.

Now the bathroom is not totally done just yet but the forecast has no rain for a while so we are hoping to get the drywall taken down and the walls insulated and then re-drywalled as fast as possible. Everything is sitting outside under a tarp and on the back deck for now...please no rain!

I have to start thinking about paint colors and new light fixtures!!!

Total Jerk...

My oldest son has become a complete and total JERK!!!

He expects everyone to wait on him and he yells orders and then gets mad if we don't jump!!!

I do not know what to do about this.  We wanted to go camping but can't until he is up and walking around on his own.  Maybe one of us should just stay home with Sky and the other can take Bray camping.  I am sick of going out of my way to accommodate Sky when he is not even trying to get better at this point.  He likes laying around not having to do any chores. 

I am very frustrated!  Everyone's summer is being ruined!

Not a good start to the summer...

So, Sky went on a class skating trip next to the last day of school and hurt his leg.  We took him to a doctor and at first they thought he might have cracked his tibia at the growth plate but now they think he may have torn his anterior tibialis tendon along with a severe sprain.  We were told it could be 6 months before his ankle is healed. 

Right now I am just trying to get him to do what the doc says and so he can get up and move.  We have the crutches for another couple days and then we give them back to the doc.  They want him up and moving on his own by then.  If he doesn't get moving it will take longer and be a more difficult recovery.

Without the built in play mate B is whiny about being bored.  I am ready to run screaming down the road.  I feel so out of control of my life!  I need to get my house really clean and organized but lets face it that just isn't going to happen with just me working on it.  Other option is to go to bed, pull the blankets over my head and ignore it.  Damn kids won't let me do that either so now what?

Hamlet....I think

Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die,
Passing through nature to eternity.

Massacre at Triple Z the sequel!

The roosters got out of control!  Starting hurting the girls.  We have 2 severely injured a pure bred Americana and a pure bred New Hampshire.  I moved all the girls into the hen house last night and left the roosters outside.  they even killed one of their own during the night.  I can hear the cries as the ax hits the wood block.  I may never get use to this part of living in the country. 

At least Sky is at school, he takes it so hard.  B on the other had will be unhappy he didn't get to help.

2nd generation...

We got our first 2 eggs from the chickens we hatched in January!  They are so little.  I forgot how small those first eggs were!  We still don't have nesting boxes in the Jr. hen house yet.  We are hoping to find homes for some of them, just too many right now and we are going to butcher some roosters.  WAY too many of them!

Gun free zone...

All over the news they are talking about how more education about gun violence is the answer to stopping these people from shooting up our schools.  This was a gun free zone, didn't he read the sign?  Or more likely that is why he chose this school instead of say the local gun range.  These cowards would not go to a school district that allowed their teachers to be armed.  And if they did, they sure wouldn't get very far now would they?

Taking guns away is not the answer because the bad guys of the world are NOT going to follow.   Instead of helping this would lead to only the bad guys being armed.  Drugs are illegal, it still is around.  Murder is illegal and it still happens.  Since the time of Moses it has been written...thou shalt not steal but that still happens too.  Maybe the addition of more signs advertising that you can easily come in and take our money take our lives because we are not armed is not the proper strategy.  Maybe more good citizens who are armed and able to defend themselves is what is needed?

Seattle will just keep advertising larger and larger gun free areas.  Guess that will help keep the bad guys there and away from my hometown though.  Our property is posted that we are armed.  Our neighbor open carries when ever he is outside.  I know if there is ever any problems around here there are 4 guys who are excellent shots between these 2 houses.   I feel pretty safe...how about you?