Remember the old grape border in the dining room? Well, it finally came down and I started to paint over the old glue. (Too lazy to remove all of it.) I just slapped it up, and Lloyd said, “That looks cool. You should leave it that way.” So now I’m trying to make it look like a strip of parchment.  (It has a few more steps to go through to look finished.) We’re trying to think of a good quote to write on it. We’ll take any and all suggestions into consideration!
Reunion – Check!
Lloyd’s family gets together every year around the Fourth of July at a Lutheran camp in Missouri. We’re leaving Friday morning and I was going to write down a list of things to take on a piece of paper, but I’ll just list it here. Make sure we get it all in the car, ok?
- clothes
- swimsuits
- floaty things
- towels
- sheets, blankets, pillows
- sunscreen
- bugspray
- folding chairs
- beer cooler
- some stuff to eat
- cameras, phones & chargers
- ukuleles
- shower present (Lloyd’s cousin Steve’s young bride is pregnant.)
- Brad
I think that’s it. See y’all Sunday! (Or maybe there will be some time-delayed posts???)
For Deborah!
It’s not often that I post twice in one day, but here goes. This morning I had to get ready in a rush, so I posted a back-up post (one written several days ago). We have had lots of delightful company in our fair town, and the best of them all – except for Santa – is the Gebhardt Family!!!! They arrived last…… Friday? Saturday? The days blur together now. (As you may remember, I surprised Deborah last May by showing up on her doorstep to celebrate IKEA day.)
Their girls are cat-deprived, as mama is allergic, so they fawn over Pfennig – lavishing her with yummy crunchies, and avoid Cricket ‘mean mean kitty’ like the plague.
I bring you photos!!!
I don’t have one with Macy in it! I’ll have to take one on the Fourth.
Happy now, Deborah? Sheesh, you’re so demanding!! 😀
Stool softener
It’s not what you think.
With so many computers around here on the countertop, our old hardwood stools just weren’t cutting the comfort mustard. Since this is where we’re spending 90% of our waking time, this had to be changed.
Did you know that if you buy something at Slumberland Furniture they send you a $25 gift card on your birthday? We play this game well. The first time I got a card we got two lamps for $7 each and walked out of the store with ten bucks still on the card! This time we bought a $36 stool that turned out to be 20% off, so after my new $25 gift card, I paid a whopping $4.07!!! Rock on, bargain shopper! For the other stool, we just bought a little stool topper, the ‘stool softener’ aforementioned. (C’mon, it’s funny.)
This is how we brought the Slumberland stool home. All the way from Lincoln.
Like a Rock Star…
…but with longer hair.
We went to our godson Brighton’s birthday party in Lincoln yesterday.  I have to say – the Raquetball Club is the perfect place for a party! The boys got to ‘play’ tennis (which was adorable – mostly running around to gather the balls with the ball-collecting gadgets), swim, and use the big play space with basketballs, trikes, and a huge climber! They also completely set up the party for you. They order the cake, make the punch, set out the plates, cups and balloons – sweet! None of my ‘action’ pictures turned out, but I do have a good picture of Brighton with the present we gave him – a voice changer! You’re welcome, Stephannie…. you’re welcome. 😀
We had a bunch of errands to run afterward, and one was to get a sleeve-thing for Lloyd’s iPhone so I can drop it with more confidence. Brad and I looked at regular phones while Lloyd was at the desk with four employees and a security guard hovering around him like they were hummingbirds and he was a delicious flower with ridiculous hair.  iPhone royalty, that’s what he is… for just a few more weeks.
Christmas in July
Well, June, really. Lloyd got his iPhone! He was 13th in line on Friday, and at 6:24 p.m. it was in his hot little hands. (I’ll let him go into the details of that.) He hung on to it for 24 hours to be sure he didnt have buyer’s remorse, and even put it up on ebay to see if he could make a little profit. (It didn’t sell.) So last night at 10:30, he finally opened it up. Great for him, not so great for Brad and me, who were pretty tired and did not completely share in the iPhone experience. (Really, only one person can hold it at a time. It’s like being 7 and watching the birthday boy drive his cool truck around the carpet. Fun for one.)
It is pretty dang cool, though. Once I got to hold it, I understood the hype. So – Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas for the next three years, Lloyd!