Our Saturday

I started the day wallpapering at 8:00. Caulked the logs after that (inside the house this time... weird, but had to be done) and then we had another great meal of mac-n-cheese and corndogs for lunch. We've been having plenty of those lately. Last night we had scrambled eggs with ham because... well, you see... we got a can of ham in a pounding. Let me preface this by saying that we have the BEST pounders in this church that I ever remember having in my life--and I've been a pastor's kid or wife for most all of it. They are sooooo faithful to bring groceries to us and wonderful ones--fresh fruit, cereal, milk, eggs... It's always so exciting--like Christmas once a month! Ha! But somehow in the last pounding I also discovered a can of ham. I don't think I knew that ham came in a can. Anyway, in the midst of our working, we somehow ran out of anything to eat. We had eggs, though. Lots and lots of eggs. And a can of ham. So I diced up the ham and tried to fry it, but it never did seem to get the least bit brown. Added enough eggs to give the dish some hope (ha!) and called it a meal. James wrapped his in a tortilla with cheese and green chili and enjoyed it enough to have a second. The kids and I tried to be good sports, but there sure were a lot of left-overs! Ha! All I can say is that some things just should not come out of a can. Makes me think of Spam, Sister Tammi--which I still have never seen in real life. Only the picture on the can. Which is enough for me.

Wow, I got real distracted, hu?! Okay, let's jump to some pictures. I hate to do this because the camera that I love so much tends to exaggerate when aimed at fresh wallpaper! It catches every seam and highlights it as if there's a 1/4" gap or something! Ha! So I picked the blurriest picture I could find. :-) This is what I've been working on in the boys' room. Please tell me that it looks like BROWN leatherish stuff... and not PURPLE! I was doubly concerned when Joe walked in this morning and I gave him the eye and asked what color the wallpaper was. He got real nervous (nothing like getting "the eye" and knowing there is a wrong answer out there to try to avoid, but not knowing what it is) then said, "Uummm... burgundy???" Aaaaaauuuuuggggghhhhh!!!!

And look, Mom!!! I caulked the gaps between the logs and the trim today, so we were finally able to unwrap Grandmother's mantle for the first time in 15 months and get it set up! It needs oiled and cleaned, but I didn't want to do that until we stop the messy construction in the room. You can also see the little tile step James built for it. :-)

And look!!!!! I'm hoping by the style of the stool you all realize that this is going to be a soda fountain type bar... not the saloon style bar! (I know the barnwood might throw ya'! Ha!) I love it!!! James even built a cute little swinging door on the side. Eventually this little corner is going to be sooooo cool. I'll keep you updated as we keep working. :-)

Because of my wallpaper and caulk filled morning, we didn't start school until about 2:30 today. (More Saturday school--to make up for skipping Thursday.) I was able to get some housework done while the kids were working and came up with enough ingredients to make dinner tonight: Corn, Baked Potatoes, left-over mac-n-cheese, and Sweetish Meatballs. Really, they're rather sweet. Clever name, hu? ;-) Of course, it gets the whole family into doing their best Swedish Chef impersonations. "Oond now ve're going to make zee meaty-loafer. First, zou take zee meat, zen zou poot it een zhee loafer. See, the meaty-loafer! Shlorned, a beaned-a-borned, a marked a moo mork, mork, mork!" :-) Anyway...

A few days ago Katie picked up the Pink Princess Cookbook from the library and has been dying to make all manner of girly little treats to serve at girly little princess parties since then. Difficult to pull off when you have two brothers and no sisters. So tonight after dinner I helped her make the Perfect Princess Tea Cookies or whatever they were. Girly or not, no kid can pass up a good cookie decorating session, so the boys joined in.

This is Joe showcasing my favorite flower cookie and his remake of it. The kids all go a little sprinkle happy.
Since this was a special night for Katie I told the boys they would have to dress up and act like gentlemen if they wanted to attend... even though they'd all had their baths and were wearing blanket sleepers. Of course, Katie was thrilled. Ran and put on her fuzzy shawl and boa. Sam was game--went and donned a suit jacket and tie and was every bit the gentleman. "May I please have some more tea, Katie?" Joe was less enthusiastic. He finally did get a jacket and tie, but was less than gracious about it. He was being rather creepy about the whole "girly tea party" thing and ended up getting kicked out early. He certainly did NOT want me blogging his picture at the party, so I had to crop this one. Goofy kid.

And that was pretty much the end of our day. Now I'm blogging. Which is really just stalling. I'm supposed to be proofreading. HA! And I actually just looked it up to make sure it was one word and not two!!! I am the WRONG PERSON for this job, I tell ya'! Anyway, I'm going to go... play a game. Then proofread. ;-) Have a great Sunday, everybody!