Why, yes....

Bella! I put those clean towels right there so you could nap on them.

3.5 layers deep

With our kitchen construction starting tomorrow, it's high time to clean out the cabinets. The 16x16x16" box is full of coffee cups. Sadly I have a hard time parting wih any of them because they all have a story. So for now.... All 27 of them are staying

What's missing?

Please disregard all the grossness in this pic (hey- I atleast mopped the floor). Today my friend brook and I ran 22 miles in the sweltering heat (feeling as if we were about to melt and die). Then Dallas and I successfully moved the fridge to its new resting spot in the garage. I'm quite the weenie-armed girl but we managed as it had to have doors taken off and the taken thru the front door, around the house to the garage. Remodel party starts in 60 hrs.

Moron-ism

Doing something really dumb. Ex: Andi exhibited moron-ism when she set her favorite hoodie on fire while wearing it.

Fwd:

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Last project

For our last class we had to tweak our last projects style and additionally imitate another artist. I chose Kandinsky. Last project (tears) "Ezra" 8x8 mixed media (mostly paper)

Perfect day for a game

Andi

I was wrong. Our remodel starts not this coming Monday... But the Monday after! It's almost relieving knowing I have a bit more time to prep. Today we are cleaning. I had to laugh... D had on his normal boots but had to change because these boots were better suited for mopping.

Bella bean mixed media 8x8"

Just call me Ruth jr.

My mom is excellent in the kitchen. I am starting to take after her in the baking department (although much less experienced and not as good or well rounded). But like her, I have been baking nonstop. There are about 5 different kinds of cookies in the freezer, ready to go for the contractors as our remodel starts Monday (!). I've got to sweeten these guys up. (When I did contract work m fav spots to go we're those that had a soda fridge and yummies!) Tonight was peanut butter with chocolate drizzle. Need an easy milk chocolate drizzle for cookies? Melt a good cup of milk choc chips in a glass container. Begin adding vegetable oil but the teaspoon, stirring well after each addition until you get the consistency you're looking for. Once I got mine there I Put it in a ziplock and cut off a corner. Yummy!

Bon jovi rocks

Best concert.

Is it just me?

I always think I have plenty of stuff to make dinner. I thought that until today, when, I cleaned out the fridge and realized we were down to wilted peppers, heavy whipping cream and eggs. We got qdoba instead.

where in the world is andi burnum?

she's been at home, drowning.  a sincere apology for lack of blogs.  we had a rather nutty week here.

dallas was gone monday- wednesday enjoying a GPS conference in san antonio.  they have it pretty easy there and you don't really feel sorry for him.  (truth be told it's been the only nice place he's been all year and he's probably been gone for a combined total of close to 2 months).

bella got fixed monday.  i thought--- phew!  the little puppy will be drugged up for the next couple of days.  wrong.  when i picked her up monday afternoon i couldn't tell they even did anything to her.  she's not supposed to roughhouse, run, do anything for a week.  very funny, vet place.  i know when i left there they were laughing at me.... knowing it was a tall bill to fill.  (we really failed on this)

also on monday, i got a call from the casting director on shark tank (the tv show).  i had forgot that months earlier i sent them an email, but didn't expect any response from it.  surprise.  i get nailed with a 15 min intense phone interview.  somehow i passed.  onto round three:  completing a 27 page application, sending product and a 5 min video about my product.  it has to be in CA in one week.  (WHAT!?).  every plan i had for the week drastically changed to get this done. this doesn't guarantee that i make it onto the show, but i'ts just the next step.  if i make it i will be in CA for up to 5 days sometime in june or july.

meanwhile, i'm trying to get my picture done for the next art class.

and i got keys to the commercial kitchen.

and i sold into marchzyk's fine foods in downtown (YAY!).  this sounds easy but this week i also had to figure out how to generate bar codes to fit on the chocolate box a they wouldn't take them without them.  as soon as they have some shelf space you will find them there!

oh, did i mention that we are re-doing our kitchen?  we pulled the trigger on it and construction starts the 22nd.  it seemed like a long time away a few weeks ago.  now that i'm prepping for it, it's another story.  you see...the knee bone is connected to the hip bone, and so forth.  so we started by cleaning out our garage pantry.  that way we can put the stuff from the shelves in the garage into it.  then there will be room for the fridge.  i have to get rid of furniture...this open concept thing is going to be quite the kicker.  and cleaning out all the shelves (you'd be surprised how much crap you can cram in places---ugh!).  our kitchen will go like this:
week 1:  tear down wall
week 2: install cabinets
week 3:  install countertop
week 4-16: repaint, sell and buy furniture, re-do hardwood floors, etc.

a rendering of what our kitchen will look like in one month!

right now our house is a giant wrecking ball.  aunt cindy came over yesterday to bring us boxes (thank you!) and i didn't even care how bad it was.

also yesterday the marathon training continued.  i do my long runs with my friend brook (who writes a very funny blog.  read it here).  she's a morning person, i'm more on the night owl side.  we leave the parking lot running at 6:15.  yesterday it was 18 miles.  so glad to almost be done with these!

i'm really looking forward to tomorrow:  bella is allowed to run again.  ez and i couldn't be more relieved.  time to burn the energy off this dog!

Fritz

"Peeved". (Because when I was taking his picture his tail was going nonstop)

Not this year

It is unfortunate that our plum tree decided to start blooming yesterday before the big freeze gets here. Looks like there will be a lack of plum wine this time around.

It won't last long.

Little bean can still share the front car seat with ez. She's growing like a weed and I don't see this lasting too much longer

It's hard to recover from being a weekend warrior farm dog.