February

February stuff....

Castle with fighting knights by Campbell

Zebra by Blake

Getting our couches cleaned up and ready to sell. Since I'm writing this after the fact, I can say this about the couch ordeal. Sold them quickly to Gabe's coworker because he needed them & we had a new sectional scheduled to come in a week. Coworker let us keep the love seat for now so we'd have something to sit on. New couch delayed 3 weeks. Not gonna work. We're putting our house on the market and need to get it staged and professional pictures done soon so that it can be on the market for the Parade of Homes. Arg. Looked into renting a couch. Cost as much to rent for 1 month than to buy one, so we found a small one that would work from World Market (love that place, so happy they are back in Minneapolis!). It all worked out in the end, but oh my goodness.

Lest I forget the rug ordeal. Been looking forever for a rug for our living room. Just something simple in the size I wanted is hard to find. Finally found one online. It has a strong odor, so we bring it to the basement to air out for a couple months. Fast forward to today where I fall asleep on the couch while Blake is cuddling with me watching a show. I wake up and see this HUGE welt on his face. And lots of little hives on the other side. I about have a heart attack wondering what happened. All I can think of is that he was playing on that rug for an extended period of time. Of course now it's beyond the refund period, but after several phone calls, they are going to let me return it - for a full refund and pay for shipping, which I can't even imagine how expensive that is. I can barely lift one end of that thing. Phew!

Smashing pillow arms

Blake took this picture of Campbell

Took the kids to a little photo shoot for Valentine's Day. Campbell came home and set up her own little shoot. 

 

Kitty Kat & I had fun at the Hooked on Books fair. So many crafts and fun things to do!

 

Went Up North for the Bobber Stop Ice Fishing contest. We got skunked, but enjoyed a nice sunny day with great friends out on the ice.

 

Campbell found this icicle somewhere on the walk home from the bus stop. Wowzers!

Saw this when I was picking Campbell up from school. All the kids did these and they were out on display.

Funny Blake-ism: He was watching a show on the history of monster trucks. He comes running up to me: "Mom! It said mid-seventies! That's when you were born!" I don't remember telling him when I was born, but must have talked about it before.