Piper

Hello 2010

I guess I shoudl post something on here to let people know we are still alive and almost well in Iona, ID. The holidays were good to us! We spent Thanksgiving with my family in Twin Falls, at Lacey's new home. Christmas we were able to have a visit from, yes St Nick came but so did Aspen and Troy, Tarry, and Mom and Dad with the younger Waters clan. Wes' mother, Mike and Blake came Christmas eve for pizza, Blake came back the next day for a while too. We rushed a tape and texture job the few days before Chirstmas and had a semblance of a family room where we decorated the tree and opened presents. IN THE BASEMENT! Then after Christmas with the family still with us we put them to work priming and painting the new family room. Any and all who wish to come see it is welcome to stop in and stay for a bit. I spent my birthday painting and accent wall and then New Years eve we started laying a lovely Brazilian Cherry laminate floor. Three days later and 2 swollen hand the majority of the floor is down and we have carried down the TV, entertainment center, DVD cases, and installed the surround sound system. The bean bag has found a new home in the center of the new floor. Piper loves it!

I have since carried down the double recliner so there is newly found space in our "office" up stairs and comfortable seats down stairs. I am working on making new cushion covers for some lovely wood furniture that will reside in the living room once the covers are done. Then the comfortable couch and love seat will also go down stairs.

I started back at work the first Monday after the New Year, and school started (ISU) the 11th. My classes are terrifying! I am praying to pass all 3 and working on Grad School application! This is my last semester of Pre-Professional classes!!! I will be taking fall semseter off this year to hopefully help my brain recover.

Question, how do you refer to this year? 2010 do you say two thousand ten, or twenty ten? A topic of discussion at work.

Wes is still at the credit union and we are hoping to some day soon have a floor plan to present to the owners of a specific building here in town for a future SHAKE OUT in Idaho Falls.

Piper is a delight and a challenge, We love her to pieces and enjoy listening to her chatter about things daily. She also is very stubborn and determined, where did she get that?? Just today, she wanted to go to a friends house to play and pulled me all over the house to get my boots on, her coat on, looking for her boots... Then screaming when I sat down for a minute to rest. We ended up next door for a few minutes and in that time was being bullied by the 3 year old so she bit her on her cheek! We promtly left as I lectured her on not biting. What to do with a toddler? Anyway, we are still here and that is a bit of what we are up to.

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