Weekend update

Sorry, it won't be nearly as funny as SNL. Just so you know.

I went to Rob's MBA dinner Friday night. I looked fab (if I do say so myself) and so did he. He does need a new suit, though. Yikes. It's always something. No pix, though -- there was no one to take one. I will try to get both of us gussied up sometime soon so I can have a photo, though.

The dinner was nice and it was good to meet the other members of Rob's team and their spouses. Nice people. They all asked about my blood clot -- so nice of them to be concerned. After assuring them I was fine, one gal told me Rob is a statistics wiz (or is that whiz?). Anyway, I already knew that LOL, but it was good to know he is as helpful as ever. He helped me through Geometry in 10th grade, so I know he is good.

He got out of class early on Saturday (at noon), so we ended up at the Mall of America. My friend Stacy had ventured out with all 3 of our boys as well as her own 3, ages 6, 4 and not quite 1. They were having a blast at the amusement park and we met them for lunch at the Rainforest Cafe before heading back to the park for a few hours.

Today was quiet -- we hit Home Depot and Menards and ordered a new Silestone countertop for my dresser that I use as a baking cabinet as well as new hall carpet and vinyl flooring for the entryway and main floor bath. The vinyl is the same stuff I have in the kitchen but I love it and I have always hated the very slippery tile and the grout that I can't keep clean. No interest, no payments for a year on all of it, so we will just pay it off over the winter and the house will be awesome.

Rob hung the new wood blind in the egress window in the basement family room today and I washed the tab top valance (whoa, it was dusty!). The kitchen is clean, the baking cupboard is about to be unloaded to be moved outside tomorrow for sanding and refinishing, and the floors will be torn out in the next 10 days or so in preparation for the installation. Once the floors are gone I think I may paint the hallway, too.

I feel so good -- as though I am getting things accomplished and making my home a place we all want to be. It's nice to know that I'm also making changes that make things simply work better for us in our daily lives, too.

Major goal this week? Get some genealogy done to prove Rob's lineage for entrance into a family society in Ohio. Must get on that ....