Feeling Under the Weather

A mostly cloudy forecast......

I've had a pretty nasty head cold this past week.  Starting to feel a bit better today, though, thank the Lord.

I'm sure this unusual rainy, chilly, windy weather is not helping.  I think there have been maybe 10 nice days in the past month and a half.  Very atypical.   And this weather has me fooled.  I don't believe it's summer yet.  Therefore my mind and body have yet to get serious about swimsuit season coming up.  Not good.

.... with hints of Sun....

Yesterday was a nice day. 

I potted strawberries and 1 blueberry bush.  I had 3 blueberry bushes at one time.  Between my procrastination, the bad weather, and my brown thumb..... only 1 survived.  Here is a picture of my strawberries.  

I took it this morning.... it's raining again.

Yesterday also provided an opportunity for a brief visit with Dan's Uncle Dale (pictured).  Stay with me here, if you can.  Dan's dad (Lyle) has two living brothers - Dale and Les.  All 3 brothers live in Iowa.

* Several months ago, Uncle Les called to say he and his wife were visiting distant relatives in Idaho the weekend of June 19th.  We made plans to meet up with them. 

* Early this Spring, Dan's parents (Lyle and Sherry) informed us they were going to come out for a visit the tail end of June/ 4th of July.  Great :)

* Just a few days ago we discovered Uncle Dale has a good friend and they decided to fly out and visit her family here in Idaho.  We met up with Uncle Dale and his friend last night at the park.

*Sooooo - within 3 weeks, Dan and I will have seen all three brothers (Dale, Lyle, Larry) from Iowa, out here in Idaho, but for different reasons!

CRAZY!  

Pictures are worth a 1,000 excuses.... right?!?

Well,
I didn't make my M-W-F post goal last week.
I had 3 very good reasons.  I thought posting picures might strengthen my story.
So without further ado, here are my 3 excuses for not posting last Wednesday and Friday:

1) Dan was out of country on a business trip to India last week.
     Yes, his return flight (through Frankfurt) had to be re-routed due to the Iceland volcanic ash ordeal.  But, praise God, he was never stuck in an airport and made it home only 18 hours later than originally planned (He arrived home Sunday afternoon around 2:00).  Interesting side note:  Flying over to India, Dan crossed the Atlantic Ocean.  Coming back home he flew over the Pacific.  My husband flew around the world in 9 days!  :)

2)Neighborhood Garage Sales were this past Friday & Saturday.
      And I participated.  Not only did I participate, I helped my children plan a snack shack.  They did pretty well on Friday since no other kid stands were operating that day (advantage:  homeschool).  Prepping for a garge sale / delux snack shack in and of itself is more than doable with husband out of country.  But I, in over-zealous "I can do it" mode, planned another major project for the week..................

3) A surprise master bedroom make-over!

Dan had no idea I was planning this.  Actually, I had no idea until a week before he left.   I kinda blame the Shopko ads (white dressers on  > 50% off sale) and the garage sale (hey!  I can sell the old dresser - see above pic) 

Anyhoo, the deciding factor was that our 12th anniversary is next month and I figured it was time for a grown up, decorated master bedroom.

Ta-Da!

......  Dan loved it, by the way ;)

And I cannot post this without a HUGE Thank You to my good friend, Marci.

I could NOT have completed this project without your help!

Your stay-until-3-in-the-morning-painting-putting together 2 dressers-kind-of-help.