Mmmmmm...food

Feeling kind of lazy tonight, so I made breakfast for dinner. When Jillian came home from playing, I told her, "We're having pancakes for dinner." Her response? "Whoo-hooo! I'm making the bacon!" I had pancake duty (but an eye on the bacon) and made some cheesy scrambled eggs for us. I ended up making a McGriddle sandwich with my food (way better than McD's). Jillian ate 3 pancakes, eggs, and bacon. Whoa! Now, with full tummies, it's time to relax.

While I am on the subject of food, I thought I would surprise Roger on Saturday with potato salad. Anyone who knows me knows that I really don't like potato salad (it's the hard-boiled eggs-yuck). I do, however, like German Potato Salad. I went to my favorite website (www.allrecipes.com) and did a search. I found the recipe, went to the store for ingredients, and commenced to cooking. It was FANTASTIC! I haven't had German Potato Salad in a while (I think the last time was when I worked with a lady from Germany at Newton Furniture!) So yummy! Roger loved it.

Call me Ishmael....

and here is my "White Whale." Or should I say, "Blue Vinyl Nightmare?"

After draining the dumb pool, AGAIN, we moved a bunch of sand to help with the unlevel ground. I also vacuumed a bunch of sand from inside of the pool, also. It still isn't level, but at least it isn't leaning AS MUCH as before. Roger promised to harpoon it if we have to do this again. Did I mention that I hate this thing?? 8(

Fourth of July

Jillian and I went to the fireworks display in town. Well, sort of. We ended up in the parking lot of a boat launch because there wasn't any parking downtown. It was all good, though. We saw the fireworks, didn't have the crowds, and got home just as it started to rain. Pretty cool, I think! Hope everyone had a great day. We will do our cookout on Saturday, since Roger had to work last night.

Jillian getting ready for the show!

Here are a couple of pictures of the fireworks. I need a faster camera to do them any justice. In any case, the display was nice. There was a lot of Ooohing and Ahhhing!

Finally!

Today was the last day of summer school. The little darlings had their 3rd attempt at passing today. If they still don't pass, they could possibly be retained. As of 3:30pm, 5 of the 13 tested today passed. I will go next Thursday to help review their portfolios (student work record) and help decide whether or not to retain. Fun stuff!

I decided to take a break on the bathroom today. The paint needs another day to dry and my body needs a day to recover. I did, however, try to vacuum the sand out of the pool. What a nightmare this pool has been. We are now on our 3rd refill of the stupid thing and it's only July. Did I mention how much I hate that thing? I rarely even go in it. I swear, next year we are getting a real pool. No more of the stupid vinyl nightmare. Ugh.

Update #3

The bathroom is painted! Yay! I think it looks so awesome. I am tired and sore, but I have accomplished something today!




Ugh! Cutting in. This is the worst part, by far, of painting. I hate cutting in.



Finished product!





Now Roger has to put up the other things. We will eventually replace the sink, cabinet, toilet, and tub, as soon as the Money Fairy pays us a visit. I am happy for now. Roger wants to know what room I am painting next.

Go figure...

In the midst of redoing the bath room, I was also draining the pool with our electric pump. I always joke on Roger about his ADHD and how he can't just focus on one thing at a time. Here I am, painting walls, running outside to check on the pool, washing dishes, and who knows what else. Uhhh, who has the ADHD? I think the middle school kids are contagious!

Update #2

Yay! Progress has been made. Today I sanded the rough spots from the spackling yesterday. Luckily there weren't too many to do, which is a first. I washed the walls, let them dry, and then painted on the primer. I ended up using 2 coats. I don't think this bathroom has ever been painted, since we found old wall paper behind the fixtures. Tomorrow I will paint the walls and my part in this adventure is over. Roger will have to put up the big stuff over the weekend. I can't wait for the end product!