First off, happy birthday to my wonderful Dad!! He is 64 today, but he certainly doesn’t look it! I’m very lucky to have such a great dad:)
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| Way back when :) |
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| Dad and me on Father’s Day this year |
Travis and I are planning to head to Trussville this weekend to celebrate my dad’s birthday a little late!
Mom had her port put in yesterday, and she’s doing pretty good. She said this surgery has been more painful than the last one (which was kind of surprising), but apparently they had a difficult time getting the port in place. Hopefully the pain will start going away pretty soon. She also had an echo-cardiogram done today. Her first chemo treatment is this coming Monday, so this time next week, she’ll have 1 out of 8 behind her!
We actually stayed at home the past THREE weekends, which I’m gonna say is definitely a record. It’s amazing how much more we get done when we actually spend a little time here! A few weeks ago on a Wednesday night, we had a pretty good storm come through with a lot of wind and lightning. The next day, we looked outside in our backyard and saw this:
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| Uh oh! |
Now, a lot of the other sections of our fence had been leaning since the April storms, but this was the first piece to actually fall completely apart. So we spent several hours one Saturday screwing the fence back together in all of the loose places. It looks much better now!
Last weekend, we hung pictures in our bathroom and some in the guest bedroom. This was the first time we’d hung any pictures since the end of May, and I’d forgotten how much “fun” we always have! Needless to say, it’s not a quick task, but it always looks good in the end!
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| The only things still missing are blinds and curtains! |
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| Pictures! |
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| Other side of the vanity |
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| I love this picture above the bed! |
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| Cute picture frame hanging in the guest bedroom |
I went to Nadeau over on Whitesburg Drive for the first time today and it is the neatest store! I was looking for some furniture for the guest bedroom since the only thing in there is the bed and a small bookshelf. I found a nightstand that I really liked that would match the picture above the bed really well. I may go back and get it later this week or next week. Hopefully it will still be there.
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| Love it! |
One room still in need of major work is the study/guest bedroom #2. Before the lingerie shower, I stuffed everything in the closet to make it look better, but we pulled everything back out this weekend to try to get it organized. There’s still a long way to go. Once we can actually walk in there again, we’ll hang pictures up too. Those Daniel Moore prints have spent too long in the closet!
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| Yikes! |
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| Double yikes! |
Probably about the time we decide it’s time to move, we’ll have everything in its place! Isn’t that the way it usually goes? :)
Well, that’s all for now. Please keep praying for Mom, especially that she’ll do well during her first round of chemo. Thanks for your prayers so far!!!!
