Finally!!!!

I made a hair appointment and donated my old hair to "locks of love".

Feels so much better.










Next up-- working on that double chin.  :(

Farewell old friend

We are saying good bye to a long time friend. She has been in our lives for 9 years. For many years of schooling, she was invaluable to me.




I used her as a copier before we even had a computer.



Unfortunately... she has become too expensive to maintain.



Here is her replacement-----(insert ooo's and ahahh's here)

15 YEARS!!

June 17, 1995-   I married my wonderful husband.

I was a thirty year old bride.

In my 20's there was an old joke about once you were 30 you had a better chance of being captured by terrorists- than to get married. I am pretty sure that that joke is not used as much these days.


This was our engagement picture--------->
(Our orthodontist's office  is in the background across the lake. Just a bit of trivia for you.) Weren't we cute and young?(That part of my dress that is sticking out by my forearm is called a peplem- Yeah, we wore dresses with shoulder pads and peplems in the 90's. Now our bodies just have those parts naturally.)
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ANYWAY- I know that God had a plan in the time that I waited for my wonderful Hubby. 1. He was is 4 years younger than me. 2. He did 7 years of school to get his Bachelors and Masters. 3. I was a poor Christian school teacher for 8 years. I learned lessons in frugality and also waiting on the Lord. I am glad, now, we had those years of maturing and growing.


"We love each other more and more each day/week/month/year." 
 I remember hearing people say that kind of thing- and I couldn't understand how that could be. I thought when I married him that I could not possibly love him more than that. However, now I see that as you travel together through life's experiences, you appreciate and are in awe that this person will sacrifice and be willing to endure the good the bad and the ugly.  This is the glue that cements us to each other and makes us love each other more and more. I also think that the lack of that togetherness can push people apart.

I wrote Chris a poem while we were engaged (I know, I had time to sit and think of rhyming things back then :/)    

                               Wait! It's Great!

                       God promises to bless abundantly,

                       if on Him we wait.

                      As a living example, I assure you

                      the results are great!

                     It isn't always easy,

                    we think we know what's best.

                    We try to do it our way,

                    waiting is a difficult test.

                   But when the time has come,

                   and God reveals His reward.

                  We shouldn't be surprised

                  at the abundance of the Lord.

                 For on His overwhelming supply,

                 we can definitely rely.

                We'd be content to settle,

                for dry old peanut butter.

               But the Lord wants to give us,

               juicy steak and lobster.

              I love you Chris B____

             not a minute too late,

             your God's steak and lobster blessing,

                on my 29 year wait!!

After 15 years of marriage, I am more than thankful for the Steak blessing he is in my life. (I actually have never eaten lobster.)

I love you, honey.

It is always something--

We are waiting on the company that manufactured the glass doors to send us replacement parts. That is the major hold up on completing this bathroom project. Estimated completion time was one week- by contractor. However, we were more realistic and expected it to be 2-3 weeks. Today is day 39 :{

The shower doors really are our fault. When we picked out the doors at Lowe's, they only had one set of the doors we wanted in stock. The box was a mess when they pulled it out and it had "20% off" scribbled on it. We looked into the box and it was then determined that the only thing that was wrong was that the blister pack, that had the installation hardware, was missing. The man explained that we could call their 800 number and get a replacement one and his manager said that he would give us a 40% discount. I quickly did the calculations and then we checked over the doors once again before we agreed to the proposal. I saw that the top header  had a scratch from where the employee had cut into the box to inspect it. I realized that the scratched side faced the ceiling so no one would ever see it anyway. But I decided to ask for 50% off to see if they would go for it. They did.
We went away thinking that we got a great deal. Well, we actually did. I called the company and they told me the hardware pack was back-ordered for 28 days. It came in 7 days. Whoo hoo we were so happy. However, when we went to have the contractor put them in, he found that the top and bottom header were both twisted and did not lay flat. I was going to return the doors and get a new one but it seemed that they said the parts were expected in 7 days. Since the other parts came so quickly, I expected these to be Fed-Exed just as quickly. OK- that has not been the case.

The new toilet was taller so we needed a different length "thingy" to attach it to the water supply. The new vanity was a different size so  the water supply was not attaching properly. The new door hinges were brass and our whole house was silver- so that was changed out with the old door- however one of the hinges has gone AWOL. I bought the wrong threshold.  I originally was going to paint our old vanity and we would reuse it. But the paint that was recommended to be quicker (had primer in it already)- took so long to dry and it was still tacky 5 days later when I returned it. I sanded it down to do it over and then realizing we had 50 other things to get done- we bought a new vanity instead.

We just wanted it done!!