Sunday, August 05, 2007

We're still here!

So...hello again! Allow me to summarize our spring and summer.

- We spent a lot of time working on disassembling, sanding, priming, sanding, painting, reassembling and changing the hardware on our kitchen cabinets, as well as painting the kitchen walls. Everything looks a lot better now - we've got lot of before-and-after pictures to post, but I think we'll wait until we've replaced the floor and the whole thing is completely finished.

- Abby came for a visit, decided not to move here after all, and went home. We still had fun.

- Two weeks passed, and Abby (along with my parents, grandparents and the rest of my dad's side of the family) came back for a visit/triennial family reunion thingy. We did lots of touristy Chicago things and had a nice time, but I think the best part was having everyone over to our house, where we ate ice cream and played with the Wii. There's a game on Wii Play where you use the remote to steer your cow through an obstacle course, knocking over scarecrows as you go. Everyone (even Grandma and Grandpa) gave it a try, and we had a lot of fun.

- I'm in the process of applying for a different job in the same department at work - it's full-time and more responsibility and best of all, no evenings or weekends. I am so excited about it. My interview was today. Please cross your fingers for me!

- I read Harry Potter. No spoilers here!

- Randy turned 30! We went to Galena, which is a small town in the northwest corner of Illinois, for a long weekend and had a really nice time. They have a historic downtown with a lot of really neat little shops, and we also went canoeing on the Galena River and hiking in Apple River Canyon State Park, which was very pretty.

- And finally, and most importantly of all: We bought a coffee table and end table for our living room! We have been looking for, honestly, almost a year. I don't know why it was so tricky, but we finally found ones that will both fit in our living room and look nice with what we have. They won't be delivered for another week and a bit, but we've been without them for so long that another little bit doesn't really matter.

What have you all been up to for the past four months?