Notre Maison

One post in September, wow I am lame. What the heck have I been doing? I think school is sucking out my brains.

I got the remodel bug again, the bathroom has been done for months, so on to the kitchen. I only intended to pull off wallpaper and paint BUT that is not what went down. We found paneling under the wallpaper so we spent a week removing wallpaper paste, mudding and sanding. Yuck. Plus I had timed it right before Ben's parents were due in town so we were in a rush. We ended up spraypainting the stove (almond to white), painting the trim and baseboard heaters, changing the light fixtures and putting in a new sink. Okay everything but the kitchen sink! We actually got most of it done, I still plan to paint the cabinets and do a few things but fresh paint and a modern light fixture made a huge difference. Who says $100 can't get you far these days!

When I bought paint for the kitchen I also bought new colors for 3 of the bedrooms upstairs. That did not thrill Ben as he hates to paint but my friend Lisa loves to paint so I have a great helper. Bedroom #1 was painted from peach to maroon while on a break from scraping wallpaper paste from the kitchen. But bedroom #1 also turned into a massive project when I was coerced by the neighbor to pull the carpet and refinish the hardwood floors. The first 2 feet of the floors looked great but after that were just plain bad and I now understand why once upon a time people had put down carpet. Well the carpet is gone and if you plan to stay with us you better bring slippers because we won't be finishing this one for awhile.

Beijing 2008

If you know me at all you know I love the Olympics, alot. This year's olympiad was like every other in the fact that I intended to watch every minute of it but pretty much missed it all. But the swimming, I saw the swimming! Way to go Phelps, Crocker and man god Lochte. You guys were incredible.

One way we did celebrate was to hold our own Beer Olympics Maine style.I know the beer olympics is not a novel idea, in fact if you google it you will see that every bar, fraternity and serious drinker in the country has been involved in beer olympics. Still it was a first for all of us and we had 5 teams, 5 events, opening cermonies, the medal stand, a keg of Bud Lite and one fun night. Too bad we got last place and 2 losers were the winners. Oh the irony!

Although summer was sad to let go fall is pretty sweet too. The leaves are starting to change and it is football and harvest time. We had an awesome garden season, here is one day's picking. Nice veggies huh?

Too bad fall also means school, because going back to school is a real drag. The first 2 weeks are past and I survived but it has not been fun. Plus I am teaching freshman engineering majors, physics. Oh boy they are full of excuses for why they don't come to class or turn in their homework. I don't care if your roommate wouldn't give you a ride to campus or you got locked out of your dorm, I am not your babysitter. Jeez, 18 year old boys, they are annoying!