Furniture in a Messy House

Ken royally messed with the pillows on all of our new furniture, and since he demanded I get some pictures up on the blog NOW, I didn't have time to figure out where they really belonged. Please ignore the fact that dust is everywhere, the kitchen floor and windows are filthy, and that the walls all need to be redecorated...

Center stage, Ken's new TV. Overview of the living room from kitchen.

Big couch, heavy coffee table. View from fireplace.

View of chair into dining area. Brought darker table from the dining room (which is now the computer room.)

Like a Good Neighbor...

We've got a great group of neighbors out here and you can always count on them to help you out when you're in trouble. Last night was one of those nights where Colleen needed help; the internet wouldn't come back online after I moved the modem and the router, no matter what I did.

We got ideas from the two nearest neighbors, but after hours of messing with it, it was time to call Jesse. Not only was Jesse able to diagnose the problem, he also ran home and brought us a splitter to make things even easier around here. Then he went and solved the problem of my neighbor's suffering front yard. (Hey, if you turn on ALL OF YOUR SPRINKLER ZONES, the grass might green up.) I'm thinking that if he lives long enough, Jesse will find a solution to world hunger and even better, figure out a way to stop women from automatically gaining weight the day they turn 35.

Anyhow, after the neighbors cleared out, I stepped outside and my other neighbor asked if I could do him a little favor. He was working on the sway bar of his car and needed me to sit inside of the vehicle for just a sec. I'm thinking I would just sit there and turn the steering wheel or something when prompted; hey, no problem. That's what neighbors do, right?

I get over there and all of the car doors are open. The neighbor points to the back seat and says, "If you could just sit there, that would be great." I'm a little confused, but okay, I'll sit in the back seat. I had no idea how I was going to turn the steering wheel from there, but whatever. When the neighbor crawls under the wheel just below me, it finally dawns on me what's going on.

"Wait a minute... you called me over here so that my fat butt could weigh down your car, didn't you?"

Giggle, giggle. "Just needed about 150 pounds to help line up the bolt down here, I really appreciate it, Colleen. It did the trick!" And that's how I ended up helping MY neighbor last night.

First Warm Day of the Season

The boys have been pistols lately, but here they are yesterday before the big crash and burn. It was such a beautiful day!


Shannon breakdancing. (Ha, ha, get it, his broken foot?) Riley in the road.

Corey being Corey.

Don't give up on me, everybody, school's out on June 13, and then I'll be posting more often. I'm sure that between myself and the three boys, (daddy will be back working 2nd shift, lucky guy,) I'll have some stories for you.

Current Events

Oh boy, what a week! We had two tons of dirt delivered to our driveway Monday and somebody had to move it. That job was pretty much mine. Then Monday night, Shannon decided to break a bone in his foot, just like his best girl did a week before. I guess nobody told him slippery footed pajamas don't mix with slippery slides.

I had Shannon home for three days, which is how long doctors make you wait, nowadays, before treating a broken bone in your foot. They gave me a choice between a boot or a cast for Shannon's foot. (Is that even a choice?) We went with the removable boot:

Anna and Shannon showing off their boots.

Shannon has to wear his boot for at least a month, and I am hoping his grandma gets up here so that I can get pictures of them together. Their boots are identical, and although Grandma has had hers for 1/2 a year, I'm pretty sure Shannon gets around quite a bit faster. Granted, she had surgery and all, but it still makes me giggle.

On top of this, we've had random pieces of furniture to pick up, assemble, and install, and the packaging has created quite a mess. This includes three tables an a wall-mounted 46" flat screen TV. (Happy 40th, Ken! And Happy Father's Day and Merry Christmas; hope you really really like it!)

We've also dismantled our dining room and are prepping it for yet another paint job. Then we get to move the computer room into the dining room, move a majority of the old living room furniture into the computer room, and make room in our living room for even more furniture. Ugg.

Needless to say, we've been busy around here and the chaos shows no signs of stopping!

My New Pillows and the Loveseat That Came With It

Yeah, it's BIG and FORMAL.
Not sure I like the shiny pillow like this.
The rest of the furniture in this picture will soon be in the basement where it belongs as soon as the other two pieces come in.

Today's Pictures

I needed some pictures for my May calender page. Anna was nice enough to take the first one, and nice enough to smile in the second. Wish she could teach the boys that...

Pig on the Brain

In case you haven't heard, there's a bad case of H1N1 going around, previously referred to as the swine flu. You don't want to know what I think about the hoopla surrounding this 'deadly' epidemic. My point here is that too many people have swine on the brain, my son Riley included:

The last sentence reads: "Karen flies kites in the pork."