Promised Pictures

When I read the comment from Karen after the last blog entry, I realized that I HAD to post the pictures of the finished ceramic projects TODAY.  Yes, I am usually lazy, but this time I actually had a legitimate excuse to procrastinate/ignore this blog.  More on that later.  However, I can't stand the thought of Karen waiting impatiently by her computer, hoping, hoping, hoping that her mom will post the pictures.  So here they are:


The mug on the left is the one I made in Spokane.  The colors turned out just like I had hoped.  The middle mug is Rachel's.  It looks especially cool on the inside.  The Boise State mug is, of course, Adam's.  Rachel helped him quite a bit on the logo, but he did most of the rest of it himself.

 

Matt chose his colors independently from me and Mike, but our pieces actually look like they match.  (Chips and salsa, anyone?)  Surprisingly, Matt uses his cereal bowl every morning.  I think he's proud of it.



Last but certainly not least, here is Karen and Andrew's cute pitcher.  I love the colors they chose, and I like how they put Miller on the side.  I think they are proud to be their own little family.  The inside is a cool greenish blue and makes it look like the perfect vessel for a fun summer punch.  Nice work.

No, We are Not Hoarders

And now, on to the reason I could have put off today's blog post.  A couple of years ago we had the carpet replaced in the office and in the family room/nook.  These are two of the most used rooms in the house, and the carpet was looking pretty thrashed.  We were pleased to get it replaced and were happy with the results. . . until it started to buckle and ripple.  We lived with it for a while, then finally had a flooring guy come and look at it.  He said that the carpet hadn't been properly stretched when it was first installed.  So, we got to get it restretched this morning.  Awesome.

Did I mention that the office and family room/nook are two of the most used rooms in our house?  Mike was thrilled to get to move everything out of the family room and almost everything out of the office.  (The heavy computer armoires got to stay--thank goodness!)  Fortunately, Matt got home from the gym in time to help with the heavy lifting.  (I knew there was a reason I had sons.)  Adam could have helped, but he was deeply immersed in a science study session for today's test.

So, where does one put all of the furniture and stuff from two and a half rooms?  In the living and dining rooms, of course.  Then we look like hoarders.

When Adam finally came up for air from his study session, he walked by the living room and said, "Hey, Mom!  We look like that TV show now.  You know--Hoarders."  Yes, we do, son, but I can assure you that it will not remain like this.  Before I got married, I believed I was quite an orderly person.  Then I realized that compared to Mike, I am actually a bit of a slob.  I know he won't be able to live with it this way for long.  It will be clean again.  Guaranteed.

I still promise to record a few things about the best Christmas break ever, but I have some straightening up to do right now.  Think I can lift a couch by myself?  Maybe I'll wait to move the big stuff until the guys get home. . .