Belt Testing at Tae Kwon Do

She had her belt test yesterday and moved up to a 'low yellow' belt. She looks more than a little proud in the video.

Diving.... No make that jumping!

We watched the class before us conclude with diving. And then Kat's class did the same. Except the girl in front of her took her time....and eventually settled on jumping instead. And then Kat jumped! I think she would have tried the dive, if not for the other girl chickening out. I was really excited to see (and record) it. Next time.

Summer.

Well, you can see who else is happy it's summer(like) out there. And, btw, I cut the grass today. It's been taking off with all of this crazy sunshine, so I had to cut it. I power washed the patio today ... We are ready!

Who needs spring?

Look who else thinks it's summer!!!

Well, I think we are in week two of summer! Spring...who needs it? I have the patio stuff out, the grill (used it twice already!), the shorts & flip flops are all out an in use! If, after this next warm week, spring does arrive with cold and rain, I might be crushed! I slid right into summer mode....we will see what the weather gods bring us....I know we are not the only ones enjoying pre-summer. Much of the country is, but the other side of the Rockies might not be. Dan talked to someone in Seattle recently and they had snow! While we had 70s or something crazy like that!

Summer?

Well, it sure felt like summer here today. It was 73 degrees when I went to pick Kat up! Then I decided that it was way too nice to go to swimming inside and we met Derek and the kids at the playground! Course I took the video at home before we left, so don't have any pics of the others.

The new improved DiningRoom....It's FINISHED!!!

This is the dining room when we moved in and up until January when I finally decided that I couldn't take it anymore. I know, it will be sad to not see that wallpaper anymore. And the light. Some poor blind schmuck burned some rubber to come and get it for free. And I got rid of the hideous curtain rods and posts (you can see the huge round things in the pic below) also. I don't know who would want those, but I have gotten rid of so much CRAP on craigslist (for free)! The only thing that I couldn't get rid of was all of the original molding from the DR & LR. I don't know who wouldn't want 45 year old molding, complete with nails and the original lead paint. Pansies!





And the AFTER pics..... all that's left is to put a few more pics up in the rails, as well as a small mirror of some sort and to paint a few wooden chairs to match something else in the room. And to try to find someone to cook some dinners......

The latest

Though she has one more ski lesson, they were awarded their medals last week. She is on the far right hand side.



She was having a great time making her hair even harder to comb out. She loves 'crazy hair'!

Here are the 3 stooges. Sadie (the boxer) is a loaner....I dogsit/walk her frequently. When Kat is counting off members of our family, she always counts Sadie along with her own doggies and squirmy Hermy. And today, somewhat related, I heard her tell Ben to stay away from her stuff like this 'Not your business Benji-Sue'. No idea where she heard that....... I say it to both of them. Frequently. And I don't know which one of them walks into more poles/doorways/trees and various other things that they don't see because they are minding someone else's business!