Today Andre and I, mainly Andre, are putting the floor in for our new guest room to free up the other for the future baby room. I'm normally as hard working as Andre but these days my pregnancy fatigue and holds me back along with some of the fumes. We work well together for the most part, recently Andre has admitted that I give him good ideas and he should listen to them sooner and sometimes we just butt heads. We've been doing projects since the day I met him. I met him one week after his mom passed away and our first project was getting her house ready for sale. It was very special to me since that's the only connection I'll have to his past and his parents. I'm very thankful to have had the opportunity to help and it was a great way to get to know my now brother-in-law Steven. It taught me a lot about their character right away. It must have been such a devastating project for them both however we had a great time together, smiling and laughing through it all. Without knowing it, Steven taught me how to deal with Andre from the start. Andre is the unelected "project manager" and it's wise to not take his bossyness personally. It's a quality of his that can make a right hand man want to abort but he is a perfectionist and everything we do turns out spectacular because of him so I've learned to be thankful for this quality. I'm looking forward to these projects to be done as always but neither Andre or myself sit still well. I do like to "play" more than him but once he convinces me to start a new project I'm always very happy we did it. I think we will decide to rest after this room and the baby room are done since it'll be our last opportunity for some time. That's my hope anyway!
We live in a four bedroom, three full bath house. We just finished redoing the Jack n' Jill bathroom fit for giving baths now. We're moving one of the guest rooms into a room we used for storage and the litter box until now. This soon to be guest room/office will lead out to the pool and has a great view of our tropical paradise in our backyard. Andre finished painting it this week and we have been putting the floor in all weekend. Andre is finishing the puzzle piece floor. Next is to put the baseboards on, hang pictures and shelving, and move the furniture over. We like how the room is turning out and want to sleep in the room for a night when we're done.
We're going to practice some beach volleyball this afternoon. Andre, Darren, Steven and I have played fours for two seasons. We have been taking a break since Darren tore his Achilles tendon about 8 months ago. Being over 3 months pregnant and only growing I'm not sure I'll be much help to these boys but I'll give it a try! I'm looking forward to being outside in the nice weather and getting some exercise.
yay! i love your blog and that you're journaling here too. I'm glad you get to take a break and go to the beach today too! one thing, when editing posts, I THINK that you can click the picture then there will be a little grey area that gives you the option to make the picture small, med, large, extra large, or original size. Play with the sizes then maybe I'll be able to see your new canvas on the bright wall!!!
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