Randy's Nesting Project

With the anticipation of our baby, both of us have taken on "projects" to get ready for the newcoming life in our family. While my projects have been sewing quilts in anticipation of converting my quilting room to the baby's room, Randy's projects have involved using crowbars, drills, saws. The first project was to add shelving to our upper attic space. The second project was to add shelving the garage. The third project which is still in process is the biggest of them all! It involved taking our master bathroom down to the studs and rebuilding it. Randy took out the bathtub-which we gave away on Craig's List- the shower, the sink and finally the toilet! He installed a pocket door frame
The intent of the project was to get it done during vacation time in December, but due to the blizzard in December and then flooding, materials were not arriving in the time frame we had set for them. Last weekend, Randy finally was able to place the new bathtub and then the Wedi board could be installed. Now we are waiting for the rest of the tile to arrive. Randy will put that in himself and I will vacate the house due to the fumes in the grout.
Today's adventure involves picking up a bathroom cabinet. In the end, we will be happy with the final project when it gets done.

Found it!

After searching for days on my computer files, I finally gave up and looked on Randy's computer file for the picture of Grandma. Voila' ! I found it and sent it to my computer to post. In the picture, Grandma was 96 and looked great! Since her death, I have been searching for photos of her and rebuilding my strong good memories of her. One photo I found is of her and my dog, Sierra. They were good pals and Sierra always remembered Grandma for her kindness in letting her stay at Grandma's house when I was working on my Master's degree. (Since Sierra was a puppy, we were afraid that Blitz might hurt her accidentally when they played.) That summer in 1995, I would take Sierra to Grandma's were she would hang out for the day while I was in class. Then I would pick her up in the evening. Sierra always remembered Grandma and would greet her with a tail wag and kiss any time she saw her. I like to think of them reunited in Heaven. Grandma and Sierra.

The search for a picture...

This morning I continued my search for my favorite recent picture of my grandma. It was on our wedding day and it was a nice picture of her. No luck in finding it, but I did find one of my favorite candid shots of me and some of the bridesmaids hiking our dresses up and strolling through the rose garden of Avery Park for the photo shoot.

Pictures of Family and Grandma

Right now our thoughts and prayers are going to Julie's Grandma. At 99, she is a true marvel. Its amazing to think she grew up in a time and place with no electricity or running water. Her love of animals was passed on to her family. In fact, one could say she has been the matriarch of the family and has been a lady of grace and love.