I guess she was the yin to my yang....or the yang to my yin.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Remembering Wendy
Saturday, March 27, 2010
I can smell the barn!
So, this was the kitchen ceiling after it was removed and all the wiring and plumbing re-routed.
View from the library.
(Sounds so pretentious, I know. It was a little room attached onto the back of the livingroom with French door access - as a reading room. But we will need to rename it the family room. It's just hard to break an old habit.)
So, all the carpets were taken up and tiles removed so the new tile could be laid. And we decided to go with heated tiles. (Yeah!) So, while the cement was drying with the heating elements inside, we were told to not enter the house for about 4 hours. Danny was out on appointments so I took the kids out for dinner right after picking Dahlia up from school and dilly-dallied coming home. Zizi (the cat) had been shut-up in our bedroom for weeks and we were warned to not let her out during the cement drying time as she might get glued into the cement. I wasn't worried, she hadn't gotten out for....weeks, like I said.
So, after waiting the alotted time, I gingerly opened the front door and had been told to stick my finger in the cement to test if it was dry. Well.....it wasn't. They must have finished later than they had hoped. My finger went right into it (and it was 7:30 PM at that point and we hadn't done Dahlia's homework yet.)
Then my eyes lifted - and there
stood
Zizi,
feet in the cement.
She had gotten out (the only time since we started this.) I freaked a little, which didn't help because then she wouldn't come to me. She just stood there - and I didn't know if she was glued into the cement or not. I closed the door - to hide the freaked-out reaction and to think. A minute later I opened the door and coaxed her toward me. She was able to walk and when she got close enough I grabbed her head and yanked her out the door.
See her drag marks - before I actually got her airbourne. (I took this pic the next morning.)
So we all sat in the car, did Dahlia's homework, tried to amuse Milana and calm Zizi (and Mommy) and waited. By 9:00 PM - I tested the cement again and it was dry enough to get in.
Tiles installed but still dirty.
Kitchen cabinets arrived and are being installed now. I can still hear them sawing and banging down there.
We're getting there. I may have a working sink by Monday.
Oh....I can hardly wait.
I'm going downstairs right now to take another peak and ooh and ahh over the nearing completion...well.....in a few more weeks yet......
....but I definately can smell that barn now!!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Black and White Wednesday
And here are the many faces of my Dahlia.
and a few more from the Great Wall in Beijing.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
I ♥ Faces - Angles
:)
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Black and White Wednesday
It's Wednesday again and time to play around with some black and white conversions.
But first....in honor of March 17th and good ol St Paddy, I had to post a little green. These are some massive lotus leaves in Hangzhou, China from our trip last August.
Can't you imagine a little green leprechaun, popping his little capped head over the side of this leaf?!
This week my muse was at it again. Sometimes I wonder what she is thinking about when she stares at me like this. I'm crazy about the contours of her face as well as the quirky cuteness of her personality.
Threw in a color - just for comparison.
And here are some more pics of China.
This was our official adoption day photo for Milana. (Did I already post this?)August 10, 2009
My two sweet girlies!
Happy Wednesday and a Happy St. P to all the Irish.
We all have a bit of Irish in us, don't we!
Saturday, March 13, 2010
....the light was right...
(click on this button for more Ni Hao Y'all fun)
" yeah....ok.....did we say something about chocolate?"
Oh yes we did, sweet baby cheeks.
(And for those who haven't actually seen it, up front and close.....may I present the half toothless laugh. It's a once-in-a-lifetime happening!)
But the mere mention of chocolate finally undid the mood and I got the foot in the lens.
Thank you very much!
Here's a Dahlia quote of the week.
Yesterday, while Dahlia and Milana were playing after school, I said to Dahlia Me - "I think I smell poop" Dahlia - "huh?....not me....I'm used to poop!" And now for all you gluttons for punishment - here's a little shot of our kitchen floor this morning. Pretty, isn't it? When we added the loft 5 years a whole slew of rocks and Anybody want to trade places with me? :) (Time-line update for all inquiring minds - on Monday our floors are coming in, next Friday the kitchen cabinets to be installed, the following Friday the library built-in cabinets to be installed. In between all that - a whole lot of painting, pulling joints, sanding, fixing and then c. l. e. a. n. i. n. g!!!crap debris were left between the two levels so when all the spot lights were being installed, the electricien had to take down the whole ceiling and this is just a bit of what came down.