Unknown Super Powers

Lucy, our Boxer. She's always been strange!

There's been a whole lot painting going on around here. Grace and I have been painting the living/dining/kitchen area. We both agree that it has been at least 25 years since the ceiling and wall above the paneling has been painted. We rolled the paint on and it was sucked up by the paint like a sponge! During the 17 months since Brent's death, Grace and I have moved furniture back and forth doing projects around the house more times than I care to remember. Grace is a great project manager. A little here, a little there and the old home is looking much better. We painted the doors to the outside, I've had new windows installed, central heating and air installed, painted bedrooms, had an old lamp rewired, installed California style closets in the bedrooms, bought a dishwasher, new kitchen sink, some new kitchen cabinets, and decluttered. Grace and I went to Johnson's Fabrics and bought fabric to recover some furniture. There are still many things left to do, but we'll get to them one at a time.

Tae Kwon Do

Abigail tested for her brown/black belt in Tae Kwon Do on September 19, 2008. She's getting close to that black belt. The video is of Abigail doing her pattern during her testing.

Birthdays

Samuel and Abigail both had birthdays in September. Samuel requested a brownie ice cream dessert and pepperoni pizza. Abigail wanted to go to Sekisui, a Japanese restaurant. We invited Anna and Mike to come along. It was a nice evening. We all had the fried rice. Anna, Abigail and I had shrimp and sirloin. Mike had chicken and Samuel had the lobster and sirloin. I believe Samuel could eat his weight in seafood.

Brent used to take a day off from work on the kids birthdays. When the kids were younger we did not always have a lot of money to buy them gifts, so he gave himself.