Some quick pics from Three Sticks preperation

Weekend alone

I'm blogging mostly because I'm bored. Brian went to Rochester this weekend to get ready for the Three Sticks show next weekend (you should go!). I was planning on going with, but ended up getting a nasty cold midway through the week. I made it through my classes with the help of a lot of tea and honey, but by Friday afternoon I was totally beat. I slept through most of the weekend and now feel much better. It's amazing what a couple of 12-hour nights of sleep plus 3-hour naps will do! Now that I'm feeling better, though, I'm going a little stir crazy. Too bad Brian won't be home until much later.

On Friday night we watched the movie "Up." Has anyone else seen it? I cried at least three different times, which seems a little silly considering it is an animated movie. Brian just laughed at me, but there must be others out there who cried! Despite my tears, it was great and we both recommend it.

Happy birthday grandma Luella

Here's a photo from my (kate) grandma's 90th birthday on the 13th...She lives up in Osage, near Park Rapids, MN
That's my uncle Gary, aunt Jane, and aunt JoAnn in the back row.

Thanks to cousin Penny for sending it my way!

Brian's hair

Those of you who have seen Brian lately know that he's been a little on the fuzzy side lately. Well, I guess it was time for a change...



Hmmm...not sure about this...
Now THAT is a mullet!
I call this the modified rat tail...
Grrr, baby!

More winter fun

Brian spent about two hours on Sunday kite skiing around Lake Emily

Serious Progress!

We have made some serious progress on the house. I thought I'd throw in a few before and after shots so you can really see how dramatic the change is...

The kitchen before...
and after...

Before...And after...

The hallway/laundry room before...
The hallway/laundry room after (the washer and dryer are behind the bifold doors)...
And all the work done by a pirate...aarrgh!

Day with the dudes in the snow

Today I started the day at the cabin and skied across the lake out to the island. Just over a mile round trip. About a quarter mile away at the Shoreland Golf Club, I met up with Andy and Jordan. There is a nice trail tracked that loops around and makes up a 2.18 mile lap. I did one lap with my old skis. Andy and Jordan have newer skate skis and really move along. After skiing, Jordan and I met up with Heather and the boys at the sledding hill.
Carter did some shoveling.
Heather and Carter get a close up of snow.Not to be left out, Braxon also hit the slopes with Heather.

Another of Brax with Jordan in the back.



We all went to the cabin after to have pizza that Kate prepared for us.
Kate and I worked on odds and ends in the cabin and that's about it.
Peace!

The New-to-us Cabinets

The cabinets are almost done (hopefully we will finish them up tonight), but thanks to Laur, we have some photos from the painting process...

Here's the before shot. Cher stayed up half the night prepping the cabinets so we would be all ready to go on Friday afternoon.

Our primer coat was VERY pink!


Here are the painters, hard at work...
And the painters, hard at rest...

And here they are, on the wall! I'm so excited to have cabinets! And I love the contrast that the color brings to the black and wood finishes! Tonight we will go out to finish a few more pieces and then we should have a real "after" photo to share.

Happy Birthday Amy!

Here's a flashback and one of my favorite photos of us....yes, that's a wall of chewed gum behind us (yuck!). Happy birthday Amy! I hope you have a great day!