Basement is finally finished!

Hey guys, the basement remodel is finally finished. Here are some before and after pictures. Quite a difference huh? You'll all will have to come and see it in person if you already haven't!

Howdy Ya'll

What's up everybody? We've been really busy. We've put up recessed lighting in the basement and removed all the carpet tiles. We have bought the tile that we like and so we have 750 sq ft of tile sitting in the garage. We are not looking forward to carrying it all to the basement. Once we have the basement tiled (which will take awhile) I don't think we have too many other big house improvements to work on. We've also painted the deck, two coats and all, we had to work around all the rain and bad weather men. One day they said it was supposed to be clear and sunny for 3 days, so we painted on the first day and that night it rained. Another time it was supposed to rain for three days and of course it was clear. Anyways. We've been having alot of fun playing in the pool. I'll try to get some pictures up of our newly painted deck and pool and you all have to come jump in sometime this summer.

Well, we are leaving for Florida with Jeremy's parents tomorrow to go to Lynn's graduation from residency. We're excited, we got a hotel right on the beach in St. Petersburg. Toby is staying with mom and dad this week while we are gone and I can't wait to see him again next week. Well, that's all for now. Later.

The pool is open!

The pool is open and ready for swimmers. :) Doesn't it look pretty? And no need to worry about chlorine, we got chlorine free chemicals for the pool. No more itchy dry skin. Anyone is welcome to come jump in, but looking at the temperature of the water, you may want to wait. The water temp is only about 54 degrees.

Jeremy-master carpenter

Hey, does anyone remember that ugly thing that the people before us had over in the side the yard. They used it to stack their firewood. Well, we wanted to move it anyways, so we just took it apart, powerwashed the wood, which was amazing. We've been looking for a cheap patio set, but couldn't find one that we wanted to pay for, so we decided to build our own. What could be cheaper than that. Now we have plenty of setting outside and a nice big table to entertain all of you folks that will be coming over to swim in the pool this summer! :)

Look, we pulled a Rocky!

So, Rocky let us borrow the power washer to clean the deck, well, we also cleaned some boards that we made the table and benches out of, we cleaned them on the concrete patio in the backyard. And so we ended up with really clean parts of the concrete and really dirty parts. Now, we call this a Rocky because he did this to his drive way, but he has little squiggly lines on his driveway that looks like a little kid was playing with chalk. :)

Scrapbooking

Hey all! I'm asking around to see if anybody knows someone who would want to pay for some scrapbooking done for them. They would pick out the pictures and I could do individual pages or whole books. Please ask around and let me know or have them email me if you find anyone with interest. I'm trying this out to see if I can find anyone who would want this service. Thanks guys!

New Job

Hey all. i got a new job. It's with Drag Racing Online Magazine. I will be doing copyediting, web design, hopefully some ad design, and alot of other things. Everyone is really laid back here. It's my first day here today, but I'm waiting for some work, so that the lady that is leaving Friday can show me how to do some of the stuff that I will be doing. Sorry if that sentence didn't make sense. anyways. Just thought I'd let everyone now. Wish me luck!

Happy New Year

For New Year's all our friends came over and we grilled, played games, and ate way too much.....again. Joe and Amanda, Brent and Katie, Erin and Adam, and Jeff all came over. The next morning we all went to breakfast at Denny's. Then everyone went home and me and Jeremy took a nap until 5 p.m. Ahh....we felt so much better afterwards. :) Hope you all had a great New Year's too! Happy 2006!

Full House

Well, we had Mama and Papa Gaither, Amanda and Jeff, Grandpa Gaither, Mama and Papa Herndon, Karissa, Toby, Tinker, Graham and Mace all at our house for Christmas. We had lots of fun and ate alot of food. Jeremy smoked his first turkey. It was 20 lbs. It turned out great. We can't wait until the summer to smoke some ribs. Mama Gaither brought two huge pans of stuffing and Papa Gaither brought two bowls of chex mix (that we are still trying to finish by the way). Amanda brought a lovely broccoli/rice casserole and Karissa made little appetizer wraps. Mama Herndon brought corn and tried to cook it like my Grandma Herndon......did pretty good, I think grandma just must use a ton of butter or something. Anyways. All the food was wonderful and hopefully everyone can come to our house again. We like having company....especially when they bring presents. Hehehe. Just kidding.

Merry Christmas Toby

Toby loved Christmas. He got to play with Graham and Mace and had so much fun. And then when everyone opened presents he got really excited because he had all these papers and bows to chew on. Some how, he still found Jeremy's Santa hat.

Here's Graham and Mace in their cute little Christmas sweaters that Mama Gaither got for them. Graham doesn't like his at all. Once Amanda put it on him, he wouldn't move, not even for some people food.

And lastly, here is Tinker, before everyone came. After, she could be found under our bed. When she ventured out of the bedroom she got chased by Mace and Graham, so she didn't come out all day, actually she didn't come out for quite a few hours after everyone had left, and she walked into the living room very very slowly.

Friends Forever

Here's Toby and Tinker sleeping together.....or rather, Tinker sleeping and we placed Toby down beside her and took a picture really fast. :) We have decided that they actually do like each other because we have caught them sleeping on the same pillow before, but when we walk into the room, Tinker wakes up and acts like she doesn't like him.