Emptyknitster

Finally, a year after the big hail storm, the house is getting its make over. Hubby has been busily working hard to get a few things done before the siding goes up. We had the house built twenty years ago and there are just a few things we wished had been done differently. The two car over sized garage is now a three car garage. The new garage doors and driveway will be installed in a week or two. There is now a door in one of the bedrooms instead of a window. In the spring there will also be the addition of a Juliet balcony as well. The front door has been painted a new shade of red... Some wiring has been added and rearranged making a much easier installation since the siding is down - who knew twenty years ago, I'd have a TV hanging from the wall??  We've been going up to the Griz games in between the renovating. There was a very exciting opening game and then some very sad, mediocre games. Saturday the Griz played in Portland. It was so poorly played hubby ...

Last weekend I made the eight hour trip to see the NorDakFamily. They are all doing great and we had a very nice time. The kiddos didn't have school on Friday because it was the annual teacher's conference. The Tiger played some video games while SadieLouWho made pumpkin cookies. SadieLouWho and I were visiting about how, although I have a great new sewing machine, I just haven't used it as much as I had thought I would. Sadie said she'd like to start sewing and so off we went to do a little shopping. The Tiger picked out some great Star Wars flannel while Sadie found some bright chevron flannel. After a stop for lunch Sadie started her sewing lesson. With great results! The next day their Mom joined us for an hour's ride to Papa's Pumpkin Garden for a fun afternoon.  Kiddos played in the cornbox. Sunday there was more baking, and we were off to watch Sadie ride horses, and the Tiger carefully shot his BB-gun while I cuddled barn cats! We...