I have to say, it is quite satisfying to create something that you came up with yourself.  Today I cut some lattice and cut and tacked some trim around the edges and will suspend it from the ceiling a few inches right in front of my mural and hang vines on it.  I, like mom and dad, have finally gotten around to framing the picture David and Heidi gave us.  We should get it next week.  I also found this picture someone was selling locally.  It is huge, 53"x48" and is on stretched canvas.  I think I hit the jackpot because I got it for $25.  The frame itself is at hobby lobby for close to $300.  The house is really coming together.  It's nice to enjoy my hard work.  We had a good dinner with the kids.  It has become a tradition to have a nice meal at home.  We don't even bother going out anymore.

We got a piano.  It's a digital one and I am quite surprised at how much it feels and sounds like a real piano.  So after printing off a piece that I used to have memorized and struggling to even figure out the right notes, I started getting down on myself.  I don't think people realize how horrible my memory really is when I say it's bad.  I don't even remember much about my good friends growing up.  Anyway, so I told Will that I was a little sad that I don't have a good memory and he goes, "What's 1+1?". I answered 2 and he exclaimed, " How do you know so much!", like he was so proud of me for remembering.  He is such a sweetie.

New couch that I love!!  The person I bought it from said they had it in their "home teaching" room so it was barely used.  The funny thing is that Dave wanted seating in the front for home teachers. I just need to find a good deal on some wingback chairs now.

I don't know what is going on today, but halfway through the day I started feeling a little sick.  By 3, I was feeling so nauseous that all I could do was lay down.  About 3 hours later Will came upstairs and was trying to talk me into getting up.  Then he said, "Can you at least kneel?". He said he wanted to say a quick prayer with me.  After I told him Heavenly Father understood I was sick and I could lay down, he said the sweetest prayer for me to feel better.  After, he told me he was getting me a glass of water.  Well, before he had come back upstairs, I puked.  Will gave me my water and I told him his prayer worked that after I puked, I was feeling so much better.  I thanked him for thinking to do that and thanked Heavenly Father for answering his prayer in a very literal way, for Will's benefit.  Still feeling bad, but much better.

I finished laying tiles in the front area.  I have set a day for putting up baseboards as next Saturday, so everything else has to get done on time.  I was up till 11:30 because for some reason I thought it would only take a couple of hours so I started at 4.  Sigh... Today I clean and seal, Monday and Tuesday I grout and Friday is the final seal and then I will take a couple of weeks off.  I said we could host a family dinner here, so I want the downstairs mostly looking done.  My hands were so raw, they felt like sand paper.  I moved the dining table under the chandelier and had to call Cheryl because I was so excited.  I'm beginning to realize my vision! Costco had their rugs on sale so I got a 7.5x10 for $79 for under the table.  I'm thinking about getting one more for the TV room, but we'll see.  Maddy had been getting in trouble a lot this morning and came in and said, "You just think I'm the worst ever."  I told her I don't make kids that are the worst ever, I only make kids that are the best ever and sometimes the "best ever" make mistakes and get in trouble.  She hugged me and said I was the best mom.  :). Every once in a while I feel like I handle things the right way...

Me: Maddy, Why are your barbies sleeping naked? Maddy: Because in the movie, Joseph sleeps naked. Me: What movie? Maddy: The one about when Jesus is born. lol I was thinking I had let her watch a bad movie or something. Never thought barbie's first indiscretion would be picked up from a church movie. haha

I got another big chunk of tiling laid today. Miraculously, I didn't have to cut any tiles for the top and side wall. It went rather smoothly. I will post final kitchen pictures after we get some stuff moved out of the kitchen.