No, I have not 'Lost all Blogging Hope'

Instead of updating I've been working on a little project. I missed Christmas this year, and by missed, I mean I didn't have room to be all Christmasy in my house. Our refrigerator was in our living room, and thus I chose to not partake in the sending of Christmas cards. I've been working recently on getting a Valentines out.... So if you were one of those who thought we snubbed you by not sending you a Christmas card... we snubbed everyone. So what does Valentine card making require??

Water color colored pencils...
Glitter, ribbon, and glue. Because no self respecting Valentine card maker would dare make them sans glitter.
Lost of hand addressed pink envelopes. I think I need to make address labels.
And of course, stamps and ink.
Oh yea, and we picked this bad boy up on Sunday. I actually hugged the box and told this keyboard I loved it. In front of my husband. Oopies!

January Showers

Its January, and its raining. A gross, disgusting rain that makes the snow look brown and exposes the buried dog poop in my back yard.

But, a January Shower can also be for babies!

On the right side of my blog, you'll find a link to Nils Pils. If you have not yet visited is blog, and you enjoy beer, go now! Why do I mention this? Because Nils and his wife Kristie are having a baby, and I recently attended their January Shower! I have known both of them since high school, and was so excited to celebrate with them!

I of course got a gift for Kristie... but I couldn't resist getting something for Nils. Surprise, Surprise! I got him BEER! 4 beers that he hasn't tried yet! I had to baby it up a bit and included two adorable onesies.... Here it is!

The Ginger 500

Jason took the plow out back and shaved out a race track for Ginger. She. Loves. It. See below.

joy

Moving right along

Since the last update.... Jason did the electrical work with the help of his brother's father-in-law
He then insulated the walls, followed by a layer of plastic. Once the inspector gave it the A-OK, Jason headed over to the local Home Depot for the sheetrock. Since we don't have a truck, he had to rent one to bring it all home. Well, since I was the only other person available to help unload the sheetrock, I helped bring in all 12 sheets. I know, you're impressed. 

After hanging sheet rock until 2 a.m. Friday night, my dad came over on Saturday to start to mud and tape. Midway through, I hear Jason yell 'Kendra, come get your cat and clean him off!" Confused, I ran into the kitchen. GoGo had jumped up on the half wall, constructed for the bar, and walked through the fresh drywall mud. 

I had to rinse off his feet. This was not the first 'rinse' he had had that day either. Earlier, he darted into the garage, and spent a good twenty minutes playing under the car, rolling in dirty slush. He received an entire bath for that one....
Here is my dad sanding.
Walls are almost done!

Cookies!

Chocolate with Rolos
We also tried to make Green CornFlake Wreaths
You can tell by my mom's face this was just not a good idea...
...so messy....
finished!
Puppy Chow!
Nutter Butter Santas
The whole shebang!!!

Kitchen Status

Before! We are packing up the kitchen...
more before...
Jason let me kick in the cabinet! I hate you cabinet! You are yucky!!
Here is some DEMO! Bye bye ugly kitchen!!

So far to go..... but its progress!