Still kickin'

Hey y'all!

We are still around, just apparently radio silent.  Ha ha!  I am so lax in posting, it is almost becoming a bad joke!

Here's another recap on our goings on for ya!

January:

Our basement flooded. Twice.  So we tore the basement up trying to find a source, but determined that is was really just due to the crazy winter weather we had, so we put up gutters on the house, and things have been fine so far since then.

We added another puppy to our family.  Because we are crazy.  His name is Watson, and he is super cute, but definitely a handful.  To those who don't think that puppies are as challenging as babies, I respectfully submit my disagreement.

February:

I honestly don't remember anything terribly remarkable happening in February for us, or maybe I am suppressing some things, I honestly don't know...but it is a short month anyway, so I am not sure it matters.

Oh, we did get together with some friends a few times though, which was nice, since I don't get out much!  We had some friends over for Valentine's Day, and did dinner and dessert.  We also went to a Escape Room with a couple from our new ward, and it was fun to do that and get to know them a little better.

March:

We started putting the basement back together (yep, it took us this long to even start doing that after the flood), so Bruce patched a wall and stretched the carpet back into place.  I am pretty sure he hates the carpet kicker now.

I attempted to organize the garage a bit, since when we moved in, there were a bunch of things left from the previous owner (wood, bags of cement, tools, beer cans, random things that I cannot identify), and found, to my surprise, a full bathtub, still in its original pallet packaging!  What?!  It was covered in cobwebs and dust, so I did not touch it. Yuck!

April:

Which brings us to this month!  So far, we have gone down to Utah for Bruce's LDS mission reunion, then met up with my family the next day for breakfast and chatting.

Watson got neutered this past week, and is sporting the Cone of Shame, which, he naturally despises, but he is still as rambunctious as ever.

I took two days off this past week to deal with Watson's vet stuff, and take care of some other tasks, and wound up painting the basement.  I never really cared for the beige (some people think it looked a little green too) color, so I was more than happy to change it up a bit.  I decided to go with a cool grey color to match the color that we have in the upstairs living room, and I LOVE it!  It makes the space feel so much more open and pleasant.

Side Story:  So, back in February (there you go, another thing for February!) I met a gal in our ward named Rebekah, and she reminded me a lot of my sister Jenelle, whom I love and adore.  Her looks and personality both are so remarkably similar, that I even mentioned it to Bruce later, and he agreed.  Fast forward a few weeks, and it turns out that Rebekah and I are related!  We discovered that we are both Fairbanks' by birth, and that my grandfather was her grandfather's uncle!  Such a small world!

Back to the now:

Today, we attended the baptism of one of Rebekah's sons, and got to meet some of her siblings and other extended family, which was a lot of fun.

My parents also came up today to help us tackle the garage (ie, the bathtub and other random junk that was left in there).  They were kind enough to rent a U-Haul for us to use to remove the junk, and helped tear out the old cabinets, and load up the bathtub, broken screens, windows, doors, siding, paint, wood, and who knows what else.  Mom also helped me hem the curtains that were newly hung in the basement (and by "helped", I mean that she was kind enough to do it for me!).

It has been a busy week/weekend in our house, and I for one, am looking forward to a relaxing Sunday tomorrow.  Hopefully the puppies will comply!