Nathaniel's Grandma

On Thursday, we attended Nathaniel's Grandma's Funeral! She was 83 years old and she passed away on Easter Sunday. She lived in Hurricane on a Peach Farm with her husband. Today I learned a bit more about her. I learned that she was engaged at age 16, then her future husband, Nathaniel's Grandpa, went off too war. The Grandpa learned to cut hair during the war, so soldiers would always come to him for a haircut and give him tips. He saved the money and mailed it home in any paper he could find, which was usually from the mess hall. It was funny to know that when Nathaniel's Grandma would take it too the bank that all the teller's went on break because no one wanted to count the money because it smelt sooooo bad! (From the paper from the mess hall!) Anyway, it was a pretty good funeral- it only lasted about 30 minutes- perfect length!

Here's the link to the obituary: http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20090414/OBITUARIES/904140330/1023/NEWS17

The Spring Break Project!

Okay, so I have had a hankerin for a while to do some home improvement stuff. I got some ideas from Nathaniel's sister and then it evolved into our own. SO, I have been planning since January to do this project in the girl's rooms during Spring Break. Well, this is how it went.....

I got a little excited, so I started the Thursday before the break in Katelin's room. Here are some before/during pictures:

As you can see, there was a time that I was wondering what I had gotten myself into. However, the finish product turned out pretty good. (That was after I had to keep running in to watch little clips on You Tube on How to.....!)

So by Wednesday during Spring Break- I was pooped! I sort of had to "veg" before starting Alecia's room- but that night it began.

Before:

After:

Nathaniel was totally supportive- he was sort of excited to learn with me- Now, as we speak, he is in remodeling the girl's bathroom! Holy Cow!!! But, it is good, we need to make our little home have some more character!