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Here is the closet and shelving gone :

Basement bathroom

Here is the before :

Summer time....

And the living is....wet.

Making dinner

Leftover salmon!

Family Time...

A walk in the woods.

Had never walked thru the nine acre Meadowbrook reserve. Saw many birds, ducks, a crawdad and gigantic polywogs!

Legos

Gloria would like to help...

Crops are coming in.....

Hope to get those paths done one day.

Caroline and Viv

Go to Molly Moons and the Ingraham musical. And take excellent photos.

Playing with fire

This could end badly....her needly claws are so close to the face. Well, you play, you pay!
(he was fine)

Busking

Miles and Tai spent a couple of hours busking at Folklife on Saturday. The weather was fantastic, and they had a good time.... Some dude with a trumpet came by and joined in for a while.

Posting from phone

To continue the tradition of entertaining my children, I am testing out posting from my phone. If it is easier than my computer, I may even fire up Baker Family Trips again!

And on Saturday

I finished the upper cutting-in in the Dining Room!! YAY!! It looks pretty good, though due to the texturing on the walls, it never looks totally straight. Good thing I'm not a perfectionist.
Glad that's done.

Friday!!!

I got my new phone!! I am forced to admit that my new 'Highlight' is better than my beloved 'Behold'. Not in a lot of ways, but I do love it. Caroline immediately took it and took some self portraits, I could not resist making this one my wallpaper. She is so weird.

Wednesday was early release day.

Tai came over after school, and they played "Boomerland". This is a game they have made on about 200 index cards, they have worked on it for about two years. There are multiple dice, coin flipping, damage and turn counting tokens, and I cannot understand the rules to save my life.
The only two cards I can ever remember are called 'Spip' and a 'Slap Kicky'. It's so hilarious listening to them play, it is in a foreign language! But they play and make new cards all the time and love it.

Last Tuesday was Nick's birthday

So, of course, I made a lasagna.
And bought cupcakes at Trophy, since Tuesdays are busy busy busy around here!!

Four candles, 'cause he's 44.....

What I did on Saturday the 30th

Watched Caroline make brownies.

And ate some.

What I did on Friday January 29

I went to Petsmart and got Nick his birthday present.

Sad day though, because somehow I lost my wallet and phone in the process. I do not know if I dropped them, or they were stolen, since they were in my pocket, but whatever, it is done now, so I'm starting over with a new card in my phone. But I am using Nick's old phone from what...? 2005? It has an ANTENNA!!!
As soon as my new debit card comes, I am going for the upgrade. It's embarassing!

What I did on Thursday January 28

Went to Miles' jazz band concert and forgot my camera.

Took this picture on my phone...

That's him on the end playing the bari sax.

They sounded great!!!

What I did on Monday January 25

I took Caroline to fencing......here....