you are just fine in the garage...{BRAD}

We live up on a hill here in PA.  And for those of you who have been out to PA, this probably does not come as a surprise to you.  PA is full of rolling hills, much different from the flat lands of MN.  We can even see the mountains from our house.

One of the things I love about living where we do is that we have the best seats for the show.  Thunderstorms!  Because of the hill we sit on, when a storm is brewing we can literally see it roll in.

Yesterday, after a whole day out in the sun, the wind started to pick up and we could see a storm on the horizon.   We still had some outside things to do, so Brad decided we should just go into the garage to finish up.  We left the door open so we could see the storm unfold. 

Shocking GeeBee did better with the storm than Max.  He was freaked out.  I am pretty sure that Max was ready to take cover in the basement bathroom with a few days’ worth of food.  Even when Brad said…”you are just fine in the garage” Max sat with his hand on the door to the house, ready to take cover!

hey max, you are never going to guess what is over here...{JEANNI}

With warmer weather comes more outside chores.  In a 1950s world Brad would be doing all of these chores…but with grad school and traveling for work I have become the grounds crew.   Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t the work that I mind, it is that when you are dealing with “the outside” there tends to be a few more yucky things around.  (Does it come as any surprise to you that the “Easter Bunny” brought me a bug wand that sucks up spiders and other creepy crawlies so that I don’t have to get close to toughing them?)

After mowing one day, I had decided to water some of the new plants that I had planted.  The water faucet is located on the side of our house behind some rather large trees and rose bushes.  I had to go into the trees and reach back as far as I could to turn it on.  (My fear…this is where the nasties live, and I am pretty sure they are not as afraid of me as I am of them.) 

When I reached back to turn on the water there was a quick rustlings of branches.  I screamed!  After I realized what it was that scared the living day lights out of me, I said…”hey Max, you are never going guess what is over here!”

i can't believe you are repainting already...{JEANNIE GARLAND}

When we first moved into our house, Brad and I spend about 5 days painting.  We wanted to get a fresh coat on the walls before all of our stuff was moved in.  Over the next couple of weeks I finished painting the rest of the house, and by the end of the summer we had painted every square inch of our house.

Who knows if it was the rush to get everything done before we moved in, or my need to have everything look “just right”, whatever the reason, I was unhappy with Max’s play room. 

After finally deciding how I wanted the room to look, I ran a few ideas past my friend. Although Jeannie Graland talked me out of some of my crazier ideas…like adding a ladder, she was anxious to see the end result. 

Even though you said, “I can’t believe you are repainting already” this blog is post is for you Jeannie!