The Gilson Five

Thursday, October 6, 2011

WOW!

Whooo-hooo-hooo! Where does the time go?!

I can't believe how long it's been since I've posted.

I guess moving and

trying to get situated and

organized and

finishing projects and

teaching the kids and

studying up on how to keep a house and

teaching the kids how to cook and

teaching the family how to keep the house clean and

going running and biking and

prepping for a 5k and

prepping for a triathlon next spring and

trying to read more books and

returning library books (and

paying some late fees) and

preparing for Debany's baptism and

invitations and

holiday planning and

decorating and

finishing the basement and

cleaning the basement first and

wrapping up some projects and

collecting more projects and... well, maybe you get the idea.

BUT, I'm sure you want to know that you're not the only one who struggles with all these day-to-day things... so I've got to get back into the swing of things.

So, I'M BACK!!!!!!

Hold on to your britches... there's lots to come!

Monday, May 9, 2011

We Have Grass

Side yard (to back)

Side yard (to front)

Front yard (to west)

Front yard (to east)

Sprinklers not working completely yet. Hoping grass lasts.

Thankful for the rain - makes watering the lawn by hand 3 times/day much easier.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Sod Day Party

We had a big party with music, food, and drinks.

Lots of people showed up.

We worked hard.

(Knew better. Insults are like salt on a wound.)

Inspection Day

So, the inspector came and looked at all 6 houses on Thursday.

Our house. Getting inspected.

So, while we were getting ready for inspections, I had the fun task of removing all the winter snow mats (about 12 or so) from the 5 houses that had them and haul them down the street to the trailer, unroll them and fold them correctly, drag them onto the trailer and into a pile.

Nice and neat.

I felt pretty good!

... And I was there to take care of the little things that the inspector found that could be fixed right away.

(Okay, and when I had 5 mats left, 'the supervisor' moved the trailer closer to the houses that had them. - Expecting some insult soon.)

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Silly Sammy Slick...

... is sick, sick, sick.

Okay, it's really mommy.

Really feeling out of the loop.

Not able to work on the house,

or pack up the other house.

How did this happen?!

A cold that lasts more than a week,

and a stomach ache that lasts 3 days and ends...

let's just say, 'not so happy.'

*HOW MUCH LONGER?!*

May 1st is looming ever so closer.

(reaches for the door...)

Must... have... house... ready... to... ...show.

(crashes in bed.)

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Recently...

A few more stones are done-up!

Look at all those arches!

YEAH!!! Countertops...

View down the hall from the dining room.

Doors are going back in!

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Back in the Saddle Again

After a week without a working cell phone, I now have a new phone!

(and I LIKE!)

And the stockpile of AA batteries has been gone now for a couple of weeks.

SO... a new camera, I now have!

(and Walmart, I'm sorry, but your site to store was really LAME! It took FOREVER - and delayed?! Yeah, I needed it asap, and 3 days LATER than the WEEK you told me it would take to get here is 'not happy.' Sorry.)

BUT, I'm glad to have them!

And you're benefitting again now, too!

Yeah!

Closer to Home

Monday : Surprise

"We're getting carpet!"

We were expecting to be the last, so while they were putting down boards I had to vacuum all the little rocks that would've been permanently under our carpet.