Archive for August 22nd, 2008

See, I come through! And eventually I’ll get the Pancake Puffs post written. No, really, I will. Someday.

I couldn’t find any pictures of our crapalicious patio, and I went back two years in PSE. My eyes are bleeding by the sheer numbers of photos I have…and my brain hurts by the thought of getting all those printed. So just believe me when I say that it was messy, ugly, and not fun to be outside.

Introducing our all new and beeeyoutiful patio:

This is looking straight at the patio. We covered the existing cement slab (ugly gray slab with cracks, thankyousomuch builder!).

This is looking a bit to the right. You can see how the path, the lovely lovely path, continues past the house to the front. The small shed there is new; we had a slab installed so we could be one there. It holds the lawn mower, the boys’ bikes, and the boys’ scooters.

This is looking from the back door (you know, the one the boys never close and now the screen is just a suggestion to bugs? Yeah, that one). You can see the uber-cool detail in the pressed cement.

This is looking back up to the back porch. Like the color? Me too. And the surface is so soft and smooth. My favorite part? See that step? Yeah we never had a step there before, just a huge 18 inch leap or heave-ho. A step. Mmm…hey, if you went five years without a step there, you’d be pretty happy right now too! : )

So there ya go. Our new and improved, make mama happy patio. How many times have see sat out there to eat dinner. None. Yeah, we’re a work in progress.

I’m sick of sitting on top of my cell phone, waiting for the text from Obama and instead getting oh-so-hilarious prank texts from my husband. Doodoohead. So I was thrilled to get a lurvely award from the delightful Mrs. V (who looks remarkably like my mom of 30 years ago) at Don’t put boogers in your neighbor’s cereal (the most amusing blog title I’ve heard in awhile).

Ooh, something shiny! To go with my “something shiny” week! (Seriously, my attention span has been about 30 seco…hey a puppy!)

Sharing the love:

Christina Downloaded. Go give this girl some love. And stay and give her more. She has a very challenging son and needs her peeps.

Cake Wrecks. Okay, I haven’t commented on this blog yet, but I read it and laugh. And who doesn’t like guffawing at pastries gone terribly wrong? Wonder if a cake could be made to look like the blingy award?

Hula Doula. She lives here in Denver and I swear, if I could make things better…let’s recap. An illness, a long-awaited vacation during which she learns her house has completely flooded, a return to a rental home, and cap it off with a very serious car accident (thankfully she and her kids are okay). Go give her some lovin’ too.

And I think I’ll wrap it up there before I give the whole internets a big hug and start singing Kumbaya. Have a great weekend.