This past weekend was another “gettin stuff done” weekend. Yay! On Saturday alone, we hung blinds in our breakfast area and kitchen windows and curtains over the breakfast area window, and then we capped the day off with a 5 mile run! How’s that for progress? The kitchen looks so much more complete with the blinds and curtains up, and we actually have some privacy while we eat at the table at night now. Before, I felt like people were staring at us at night through those windows, but not anymore. Now, the only windows uncovered are the little sidelight windows on either side of our front door. I may end up putting some sheer curtains over them in the future though. Here are some pictures of our finally finished kitchen….
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| So much better! |
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| The navy valence matches the navy in our china and placemats… |
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| Matching blinds and curtain over the little window |
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| Yay! |
I’m hoping this weekend we can hang blinds in the guest bedroom and study. Those will be somewhat difficult because they’ll have to be mounted a different way, but we’ve got the hang of this now pretty well, so maybe it won’t take too long…
Gabby is the only one who’s not happy about the new blinds in the kitchen. She loves to look out of that big window, but it’s a little more difficult to do now that there are blinds in the way. Poor kitty!
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| Pre-blinds |
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| She saw something! |
Sunday, I worried about the weather all day because we were supposed to get bad storms and possibly tornadoes that night. Sure enough, I woke up around 1:15 AM to the wind blowing and rain pounding on our windows. The tornado sirens went off about an hour later(which is enough to make me freak out after last April), and we jumped up to go turn on the TV to find out that the bad weather wasn’t going to come our way. I may have gone back to sleep for just a short while after that, but soon it was 4:30 and time to get up for work. Luckily, we had no damage at our house (just a lot of rain!), but on the way to work, I heard on the radio that northeast Jefferson County had been hit by a tornado. They specifically mentioned Clay, Trussville, and Centerpoint. Well, hearing that made me panic, so I called Mom and Dad at 5 AM (sorry!) to make sure they were ok. They were, but the tornado came through only a few miles from their house. I think I heard that over 200 homes were destroyed in Clay. Very scary and sad. I’ve never heard of tornadoes in January, but I guess that’s what happens when it’s unseasonably warm outside. I’m lobbying for us to have a storm shelter put in our garage since we don’t have a basement or really any good spot to hide in our house, but they are pretty expensive. Next house we buy will definitely have to have an underground basement or storm shelter.
I felt like a zombie yesterday at work on such little sleep, and I’m still feeling like it today. I work tomorrow 5:30-2 and Thursday 6-5 and then I’m done for the week. Whew. Friday night, we’re having a few people from church over for supper. Luckily, Travis is off for the day, so he can help me cook and clean around here. I know he’s so excited! :)
Mom met with her radiation oncologist this morning, and she’s hoping to start radiation at the end of this week. She goes back tomorrow to get marked. She’ll have 36 treatments total, and they’ll be 5 days a week until she’s finished unless something comes up. The doctor told her that this is the “easy” part, so we’re hoping so!! Hopefully she’ll be done by the middle of March!
Well, that’s all the “news” I can think of for now. Not too much exciting stuff, but I guess we’re just living pretty ordinary lives. I wouldn’t change that for the world! :)
