Life: It Goes On - July 6

Happy Sunday! Hope you have all gotten to have an extra long weekend and enjoyed it. We enjoyed the neighbors' annual fireworks show on Thursday night then got up early Friday to go hear my dad give his annual Fourth of July speech at the facility he lives in. Then we headed down to Kansas City to see Miss H. Came home last evening so that we could have a full day at home to get caught up on things around here before we head back to work tomorrow - love when you can work both fun and productivity in to a weekend. 

Last Week I: 

Listened To: I finished Long Island Compromise and started Henning Mankell's Faceless Killers (definitely not my usual read but I'm actually enjoying it - it's the first in his Wallander series).

Watched: Friday night with Miss H we watched several episodes of Dateline and last night a couple of episodes of Shrinking. We're down to one episode and then we'll have to wait months before the next season is released. 

Read: I finally finished Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century and started Elon Hilderbrand's Summerland, expecting something light and fluffy. Nope - starts with the death of Nantucket's bright and shining teen. 

Made: Friday was Miss C's birthday so I made her a German chocolate cake, as well as a second chocolate cake (because I don't like German chocolate cake), and homemade ice cream. 

Enjoyed: Thursday we had Mini-him, Miss C, a couple of their friend, and a couple of our friends over to watch the neighbors' fireworks show and then enjoyed dessert at our place. Friday we got to spend some time with Big Guy's cousin and some of her family (they live not all that far from Miss H) - it's been far to long since we've seen them. Then we went out to dinner with our adopted K.C. family, which is always fun. 

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This Week I’m:  

Planning: I have a couple of days off this week, which I'll spend putzing around the house while the crews come in to do their part of the renovations in our kitchen. Counters, sink/faucet and backsplash should be done by this time next weekend. 

Thinking About: Paint colors. Once the counters and backsplash are in, then it's time to start painting (ok, realistically, we should have done that first, but we didn't) and I still haven't decided on colors. The cupboards and walls will all need to be painted. 

Feeling: Excited and nervous - what if I hate what I picked out once it's installed?! 

Looking forward to: Another long weekend - I have been so bad about taking time off and the burn out is  really starting to show. 

Question of the week: Have you ever painted kitchen cupboards? We are going to do them ourselves, which might be the thing I'm most nervous about.