The tale of the never ending bathroom project continued

Alas, we finally rejoin our young prince in his struggle to finish the bathrooom project....
In a land far, far away (from Texas) the young prince has made tremendous advances in his never-ending bathroom project. With great delight he finished the first phase of the plumbing despite great obstacles thrown at him from the flaming and hissing dragon, which calls itself the propane torch. After many weeks of tortuous battles he finally was able to pressure test his copper creation. To his surprise the pipes didn't leak. Hallelujah, he thought! The last thing he wanted was to battle Poseidon in the ocean depths. With the plumbing and a few additional construction details complete, he was now ready to lay the plywood sub-floor. The young prince is now over half-way done with this epic struggle against evil. He is hopeful that unless a clan of roving trolls attacks, he will finish the bathroom..... (trolls just attacked)

This post was brought to you by the young prince (AKA Mark).

A Special Message For Grandma

While babysitting Avery Monday night we talked about Grandma & Papa Johnny. I even pulled out the wedding album so she could see their photos. (When she saw her mom in the bridesmaid dress she called her a princess.) After seeing the photos I asked if she wanted to say hi to Grandma and we recorded the video.

Buds

Sunday we enjoyed an afternoon at the Schnake home. We brought Sheba along and she and Elle became fast friends. I must admit it was a bit one sided. Elle really wanted to be friends with Sheba, but Sheba was more interested in the blue squeaky bone she found. We finally got her to sit down and take notice!

Just call me Betty

This past Saturday was Ashli's baby shower and I would say it was a success! Here are some photos from the day. (Reminder, you can click on any photo to see it larger.)

First up, the food (Mark said I should start a catering business on the side. LOL!)...


Ashli and the guests...
A family photo...

Adventures in Sewing

Sure, I'm crafty. I can make paper crafts. I can make digital crafts. I'm even crafty in the kitchen. But sewing...really?

About a month ago, I was informed at work that I would be Dorothy in the upcoming office Halloween production. Seriously? The lead role? You might be wondering why our entire office would want to dress up as Wizard of Oz characters. Well, the president and founder of our company loves the Wizard of Oz and if he is having a rough day you can be sure that we will hear the Wizard of Oz soundtrack coming from his office. LOUD. AND. CLEAR. Someone (the HR manager) had the bright idea of surprising him with this Halloween theme. And what, you ask, does this have to do with sewing? I'm glad you asked. I needed a costume!

My friend, Peeper, graciously invited me to sewing night at the Master's house. (The Master = her mom.) They both got a kick out of my sewing ignorance.

Here I am using the surger machine. I had no idea there was such a beast!
And sewing on the final button.
Well, maybe I didn't sew the whole thing by myself. Here is the real seamstress, working her fingers to the bone. ;)
And here we have the cast of main characters. What a motley crew we are!
The Master of Sewing said I am welcome to any of their Monday Sewing Night Bonanza's. Maybe our next project will be window coverings. :) Thanks Peeper!!!