I like Craig’s List May 9, 2008

Have you ever heard of Craig’s List?  If not, you should.  It is a wonderful FREE internet classified, and is city specific.  That means no shipping charges, like Ebay.  I can pick Kansas City and it will only show me results in the KC area.  Let me list all of the wonderful things we have bought and sold.

1.  Josh sold his table saw, within 3 hours of listing.

2.  Josh sold some walnut unfinished wood.

3.  Josh sold a drill and a jigsaw.  (He had duplicates of some tools.)

4.  Josh bought a weight bench with the weights and leg attachment for $100.

5.  I bought a bench, which I LOVE, for $200.

6.  I bought a kitchen table and 4 chairs for $100.  Need to be refinished, but a great price for a solid oak table.

7.  I sold our stove.  Yes, our electric range in the kitchen - we are right now stoveless.  Josh saw that the kitchen looked so nice, and that the range really looked out of place since everything else is stainless.  So, he mentioned that we could get a new range for our anniversary next month.  He then said that if I could sell our range on Craig’s List he would buy the new stove the same day.  Well, Wednesday I was exhausted and stayed home from church, planning to sit on the couch the entire evening.  I remembered I had a picture of the range still, so I put it on CL.  Not even 45 minutes later, I had sold it, and she wanted to come get it that night.  Well, I didn’t want to refuse since I was promised a new range, so she came.  Yesterday we bought the new range, and it will be delivered tomorrow.  Now, the only thing really left to replace is the ceiling fan in the dining room…I ordered a really cool pendant light for above the sink. 

So, I like CL.  You should look in your area.  People try to sell anythin on there, and you can really find some good deals.  I am still looking for a specific type of dining chair for our kitchen table, so I check for that periodically.  The chairs that came with the table work ok, but they are a little too country for us.

Oh, and hopefully I will have pictures of the kitchen/dining next week.  The cabinets are almost finished, and then all I have to do it paint the walls.  (One is already painted, the “mojito lime” color from mom’s teapots she sells in her store.  The others I bought too dark of a color, but will be able to make it work by lightening it with white.)

So, check CL out!!  www.craigslist.com

Oh Happy Day! April 28, 2008

Today is a very happy day.  Probably one of the happiest days of my married life.  Not the happiest, but I must say that it ranks very high.  What has caused this supreme happiness?  Let me enlighten you…

About two months ago, we began a kitchen renovation.  No it is not finished yet, so this is not the cause of this extreme happiness, but it coordinates with it.  Josh first tore out the soffets, and then he became the assistant pastor at Faith Baptist Church, so things were put on hold.  A couple of weeks ago, he sheet-rocked the wall and ceiling behind the soffets, mudded the seams, and scraped the ugly popcorn ceiling.  However, due to the ceiling being previously painted, it did not scrape cleanly, and we had to skim-coat the entire ceiling, and then sand it, before applying the knockdown spray.  Well, due to a house appraisal coming, this weekend we made a major dent.

I started repainting the cabinets, Josh put crown molding on the top of cabinets, and started it around the kitchen/dining room.  Then, today, my dad came to help.  Why?  Well, the reason for my udder happiness, of course!!  We installed a dishwasher, new countertop, sink, faucet, track ceiling light, and garbage disposal.  Now, some of you know this, but I have not had a dishwasher since we bought our house, 4 1/2 years ago.  Over a year ago my garbage disposal stopped working, so I have been without that.  It is like Christmas!!  I think that this is the first night that I will go to bed without dishes sitting in the sink or on the countertop waiting to be washed.  Complete happiness!!

The kitchen and dining room will look so wonderful - I now can see the future.  There is still more work to do:  lots of painting, finish the crown, change other counters, tile backsplash, pendant light, and ceiling fan.  But, that will come, and probably pretty quickly due to the appraisal.  Yippee!!  I will include pictures at the end, because it is right now still messy.

Oh happy day!!

Garage Sale April 25, 2008

Today, I am sitting here in the garage, watching our garage sale.  I have been here for 2 hours so far, only 4 more to go!!  We have done pretty good so far, most of our big ticket items have been sold, which makes more room in our garage - just what we need!!  As I sit here, pretty much doing nothing, I decided that if I brought the lap-top down I could at least play a little.  So, here I am, blogging about nothing.  I still need to do the song list for May, but that is done easiest without the computer to start.  I kinda hate sitting here doing nothing, because I know that there are many other things that I could be doing, like painting, cleaning, washing dishes, and so forth.  But, I guess I should just enjoy an excuse to just sit here.

The Lord’s Prayer April 17, 2008

My new tables!! April 16, 2008

Here is a picture of one of the matching two end tables that I refinished.  I LOVE THEM!!

Oh, and I’m so excited that wordpress has changed the picture upload, so I will no longer have to mess with huge pictures to try to size down!!

Sickness April 15, 2008

The last three days Caleb has been sick.  He has had a fever of 99.5-100, and has been coughing with a runny nose.  With this being the case, he has been extremely cuddly.  For those who know him, he has always been a cuddler.  But now, being sick, this is all he wants to do.  Now, while I do love cuddling with him, by the end of day number three I am ready for this to be over!!  I have not been able to do much of anything, because the moment I put him down he starts to cry and whine, and begs for mommy to please pick him up, or “hold me and stand” as he puts it.

I am thankful that this is the first sickness he has had this year - we have been able to avoid almost everything else.  Josh was sick a couple of months ago, but Caleb never caught it thankfully.  Hopefully this will all be over soon.

Potty training April 6, 2008

I am in need of potty training suggestions, from the very beginning.  I think Caleb is ready to start trying, and I have heard many suggestions, but I am not sure what would be a good way to start the “project.”  Anyone have any ideas?

Oh, and for a kitchen update, Josh got the ceiling and wall sheetrocked above the cabinets, and scraped the ceiling.  After he muds the patch work, he has to respray the ceiling, and then it will be my turn to take over.  I did start staining my end tables, but it will take many coats to get them like I really like them.

Sorry, this post is kinda boring.  My brain isn’t functioning too well right now.

I’m Back! April 4, 2008

Ok, so it has been a while since I have written anything here.  March has been a CRAZY month!!  But now, the musical is over, and life is kinda getting back to normal, so I will try to start writing once again.  There are many projects that I need to get done before baby Grace comes, so I have decided that I need to pick a “project” for each day.  For example, Wednesday I went to pick up a kitchen table and chairs; Thursday I taped Josh’s office at church for painting; today I am going to finish sanding, and reassemble the end tables that I am refinishing.  I also need to head to Walmart, and work on sweatshirts. 

So, this was a boring blog post, but hopefully there will be better things to come!

You did not obey March 5, 2008

Yesterday morning I was sewing in the basement.  Caleb came down to visit me, and as he is not tall enough to close the door from the stair-side, Ebony, our cat, came down as well.  They played a little bit, and then Ebony headed back to the stairs.  Caleb followed, and said “Ok kitty.  Let’s go upstairs.”

 I continue sewing.  A couple minutes later, when they had almost reached the top of the stairs, the rest of the conversation went like this:

“No, kitty.  I said no.  What did I say?  I said go upstairs.  I said go upstairs.  You did not obey.”

Joy in Christ March 1, 2008

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.  For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.  For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.  But God commendeth his love for us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.  Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.  For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.  And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.”  Romans 5:5-11

The Gospel Song - Jones & Kauflin, Sovereign Grace Music

Holy God, in love, became

Perfect Man to bear my blame

One the cross He took my sin

By His death I live again.