I woke at a respectable 800am feeling much better than I did the morning prior. Saturday night’s late eating drinking left me with nothing but perhaps a little gas. I felt great, otherwise! After brushing my teeth I went right for the coffee pot. However, I wasn’t sure that Mindy had taken the time to prep coffee the night before, but thankfully she had.
As I sipped the morning’s first cup, Bella, Mindy’s three year old daughter, summoned me to the lower level play room to watch Sesame Street. Comfortably, we sat and watched a show about what to do in the event of a fire. I remember thinking how well thought out it was. They had catchy songs and phrases for what to do, like, get low and go! They made seemingly scary looking firemen extra warm and friendly probably due to many children hiding form them in burin homes. Then they gave a tour of the fire house and all the gear. It was really cute! Firemen are heroes to many small children.
Soon Mindy beckoned as breakfast was ready. We enjoyed more of that breakfast casserole that I’ve come to love. There was little time to waste, however, Mindy needed to be getting ready for church. To help out a little, I agreed to get Bella dressed while Mindy showered and dressed. And that’s no small undertaking as she likes to take her time and play all the while getting dressed! At the same time, I completed my exercises. As it turned out, Mindy ended up leaving for church a little late, but better late than never!
I headed home where I immediately crafted a pot of coffee then readied for a run. I launched out the door around 1125am. It was a bit chillier than most recent days but still unseasonably warm for January. It was right about 31 degrees. And the days high was going forecasted to be around 42. My run went well. While running I remember thinking just lucky I am to have so many blessings in my life. After my run I took a few minutes to cool off then went into action with repainting my four poster bed frame. That’s right! I just completed it two weeks ago and I am already redoing it. I just couldn’t get used to the color. As I mentioned before, the tan color I used took on a green hue, especially in incandescent lighting, and I don’t’ care for green at all. I have always had a very difficult time picking light browns. What made it even worse was that I bought the new black book case, which I love, and I already have a natural pine armoire’. Having the tan bed added a third color, and that’s before considering the color of the curtains and comforter. Too busy! I was determined to go with black! Black never goes out of style, but sometimes it just seems like a crutch and lacks creativity. Nonetheless, black it would be. That way I would allow myself greater latitude with complementary colors.
Having been through this fire drill only weeks before, I knew exactly what had to be done to set the room up for painting and sleeping simultaneously. Within 15 minutes I was set to begin painting. I applied the first coat to the entire bed frame. Because the black paint is so thick, I had no choice but to thin it for easier application into the rather narrow crevices that are abundant on the bed frame. I finished up around 315pm after about 2.5 hours of painting. It was time to ready for dinner at Mindy’s mother’s.
After cleaning up my painting mess, I grabbed a quick shower then jumped into some comfy clothes. Soon I was ready to go. I made sure that I had my two new movies to tow so that Mindy and I could enjoy one or the other at her home later in the evening. I arrived at Mindy’s mom’s around 410pm, five minutes ahead of schedule. Aside from Mindy and her kids, I was the only one there. I later learned that it would be only us and Mindy’s older sister’s family tonight. Both of her brother’s wouldn’t be joining us. Too bad, because we had a most excellent baked chicken dinner, along with some slow cooked green beans and potatoes, as well as a number of other sides. For dessert we had strawberry flan cake. It was delicious too! Mindy’s son Jacob had been testing her patience all day. One of her finest qualities is her ability to constructively manage her kids behavior. Today she was being put to the test. Nothing she did was working. The long and short, Mindy was ready to head home earlier than normal. We gathered up her normal Sunday bounty, loaded her car, and headed home.
Once at Mindy’s, we quickly prepared the children for bed. Meanwhile, Jacob continued testing his mother. By 8pm we had each of them in bed and we were ready to relax and enjoy a movie on the big screen. We threw in The Forty Year Old Virgin. The movie runs a surprisingly long 2 hrs and 15 minutes and id filled with lots of sophomoric humor, which I love. Lots of hilarious twists and turns sprinkled with lots of real life situations. After the movie we snuggled for about an hour, and then I readied and headed for home. At home I walked Ykraps who had been waiting patiently since our last walk at 1030am. Immediately following, I went right for my bed where I did just enough reading to still my mind before falling asleep.
We had yet another fun, action packed weekend that flew by in the blink of an eye. The highlights were a trip to Barley’s, the Columbus Symphony, dinner at CBC, and a family Sunday dinner at Mindy’s mother’s house.
The Super Bowl is set: Seattle vs. Pittsburgh. I am predicting a Seattle victory, 27-13.
Go Vikings!
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I woke at a respectable 800am feeling much better than I did the morning prior. Saturday night’s late eating drinking left me with nothing but perhaps a little gas. I felt great, otherwise! After brushing my teeth I went right for the coffee pot. However, I wasn’t sure that Mindy had taken the time to prep coffee the night before, but thankfully she had.
As I sipped the morning’s first cup, Bella, Mindy’s three year old daughter, summoned me to the lower level play room to watch Sesame Street. Comfortably, we sat and watched a show about what to do in the event of a fire. I remember thinking how well thought out it was. They had catchy songs and phrases for what to do, like, get low and go! They made seemingly scary looking firemen extra warm and friendly probably due to many children hiding form them in burin homes. Then they gave a tour of the fire house and all the gear. It was really cute! Firemen are heroes to many small children.
Soon Mindy beckoned as breakfast was ready. We enjoyed more of that breakfast casserole that I’ve come to love. There was little time to waste, however, Mindy needed to be getting ready for church. To help out a little, I agreed to get Bella dressed while Mindy showered and dressed. And that’s no small undertaking as she likes to take her time and play all the while getting dressed! At the same time, I completed my exercises. As it turned out, Mindy ended up leaving for church a little late, but better late than never!
I headed home where I immediately crafted a pot of coffee then readied for a run. I launched out the door around 1125am. It was a bit chillier than most recent days but still unseasonably warm for January. It was right about 31 degrees. And the days high was going forecasted to be around 42. My run went well. While running I remember thinking just lucky I am to have so many blessings in my life. After my run I took a few minutes to cool off then went into action with repainting my four poster bed frame. That’s right! I just completed it two weeks ago and I am already redoing it. I just couldn’t get used to the color. As I mentioned before, the tan color I used took on a green hue, especially in incandescent lighting, and I don’t’ care for green at all. I have always had a very difficult time picking light browns. What made it even worse was that I bought the new black book case, which I love, and I already have a natural pine armoire’. Having the tan bed added a third color, and that’s before considering the color of the curtains and comforter. Too busy! I was determined to go with black! Black never goes out of style, but sometimes it just seems like a crutch and lacks creativity. Nonetheless, black it would be. That way I would allow myself greater latitude with complementary colors.
Having been through this fire drill only weeks before, I knew exactly what had to be done to set the room up for painting and sleeping simultaneously. Within 15 minutes I was set to begin painting. I applied the first coat to the entire bed frame. Because the black paint is so thick, I had no choice but to thin it for easier application into the rather narrow crevices that are abundant on the bed frame. I finished up around 315pm after about 2.5 hours of painting. It was time to ready for dinner at Mindy’s mother’s.
After cleaning up my painting mess, I grabbed a quick shower then jumped into some comfy clothes. Soon I was ready to go. I made sure that I had my two new movies to tow so that Mindy and I could enjoy one or the other at her home later in the evening. I arrived at Mindy’s mom’s around 410pm, five minutes ahead of schedule. Aside from Mindy and her kids, I was the only one there. I later learned that it would be only us and Mindy’s older sister’s family tonight. Both of her brother’s wouldn’t be joining us. Too bad, because we had a most excellent baked chicken dinner, along with some slow cooked green beans and potatoes, as well as a number of other sides. For dessert we had strawberry flan cake. It was delicious too! Mindy’s son Jacob had been testing her patience all day. One of her finest qualities is her ability to constructively manage her kids behavior. Today she was being put to the test. Nothing she did was working. The long and short, Mindy was ready to head home earlier than normal. We gathered up her normal Sunday bounty, loaded her car, and headed home.
Once at Mindy’s, we quickly prepared the children for bed. Meanwhile, Jacob continued testing his mother. By 8pm we had each of them in bed and we were ready to relax and enjoy a movie on the big screen. We threw in The Forty Year Old Virgin. The movie runs a surprisingly long 2 hrs and 15 minutes and id filled with lots of sophomoric humor, which I love. Lots of hilarious twists and turns sprinkled with lots of real life situations. After the movie we snuggled for about an hour, and then I readied and headed for home. At home I walked Ykraps who had been waiting patiently since our last walk at 1030am. Immediately following, I went right for my bed where I did just enough reading to still my mind before falling asleep.
We had yet another fun, action packed weekend that flew by in the blink of an eye. The highlights were a trip to Barley’s, the Columbus Symphony, dinner at CBC, and a family Sunday dinner at Mindy’s mother’s house.
The Super Bowl is set: Seattle vs. Pittsburgh. I am predicting a Seattle victory, 27-13.
Go Vikings!
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