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Archive for July, 2007

We’ve been very busy around here for the past two weeks. The giant rocks are gone, but have been replaced with the carcasses of a half dozen 50+-foot trees we had cut down. It made for great entertainment when Tino came over for my first-ever slumber party (see photo). Although the chainsaws and crashing trees were a big hit, the idea of sleeping away from home for the first time was not for Tino. He made it until 9:45 pm, and then his mommy came and got him.

Speaking of mommies, mine went away for a few days this week. Daddy and I aren’t exactly sure what she does when she goes away for work, only that she goes to the city where the President lives and does a lot of walking and talking while she’s there — all to help kids with CdLS. (You can read more about it at http://cdlsusa.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/taking-our-message-to-washington-in-comfy-shoes.)

The best things about mommy’s trips are that 1) daddy and I go up to grandma and papa’s camp and 2) mommy always brings me back a present. Unfortunately, she says, they don’t have “Hillary for President” t-shirts in my size at the airport.

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Home improvements

For those of you wondering if we survived our recent renovations, and how they turned out, here are some before & after shots. Mommy and daddy are very happy with the outcomes. I love the new swivel stools. Yippee! 

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Dining before & after — new paint, lighting fixtures, furniture, and floor refinished; still waiting for daddy to hang window treatments. 

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Kitchen-dining divider, before & after — granite bfast bar and shelves with cabinet opening on dining side. I eat my waffles here every morning.

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View from family room to new kitchen, before & after – new paint, carpet, furniture, bigger opening into the kitchen, slate at entranceway (not pictured).

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Kitchen, final — granite counter, new oak floor, plumbing, new trim/molding, bead board backsplash and antiqued paint finish on existing cabinets You can also view pics in previous posts.

Next stop – the upstairs bathroom and my room. I’ve already put in my request for a dinosaur theme.

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Sometimes Daddy does things that make mommy shake her head. And make me jump for joy. Take, for example, the rock incident. Right now, our backyard looks like a meteor shower landing site. It is, in fact, the end result of daddy offerering the neighbor a six-pack to bring his back hoe up and remove a rock that was sticking up a bit (and therefore interfering with daddy’s mowing). This inconvenient rock turned out to be the first of a dozen or so gigantic boulders now scattered throughout our yard.
The best part of this excavation project is the holes left for me to play in. (See http://www.flickr.com/photos/20816069@N00/615995835)

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Best friends

Miss Michele made this slideshow of Tino and me. Check it out: http://secure.smilebox.com/ecom/openTheBox?sendevent=4f446b774d544932664445794d4463354d44453d0a&sb=1

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