Nifty "50"

Today is my 50th Birthday and I got rain for my birthday. It's been a long hot dry summer. I'm hoping this rain will help to cool things down just a bit.

This morning I received a call from Karl, on his way to work, wishing me a happy birthday. I got a happy birthday text message from Jill and a few others. I also received two flower deliveries. A large bouquet from Jill and Josh and a small bouquet from the Swanson family.

Later in the day I had a web-cam date with Jenny & Makayla, talked to Jill, Jackie & my mom on the phone.

My friend Linda took me to lunch at Gloria's Restaurant (an alternative to tex-mex with a dash of Salvadorian flavor). It was my first time to visit this restaurant and I will definately visit it again and try some other items on the menu. The lunch was finished up with a piece of flan (with a lit candle) shared between the two of us.

Doug and I had a nice quiet dinner at home accompanied with a bottle of Francis Coppola chardonnay. I received a card, a Dallas Cowboys jersey (# 94 - Demarcus Ware) and a box of chocolates (Lindt..my favorite) from Doug. He has been putting in a lot of time on the kitchen so that definately counts too!!!

I received cards in the mail from Jill, my brother Garry, my church & Melvin & Lyla.

In total I have received 53 birthday greetings on Facebook (old friends, church friends, neighbors and family).

It has been a great day...and tomorrow I'm sure I won't feel a day over 50!

Kitchen Trimwork

Saturday & Sunday, Doug worked on installing some more of the kitchen trimwork.

Doug is shown here, getting a "good view" underneath
the cabinets to measure for the new moulding.

This is a close-up of the cute little moulding at the base of the cabinets.

This is a view of the base trim in the eat-in kitchen and around the island.

Truck Troubles

I should have known, that once my truck was paid for, it would begin causing me problems. On Monday afternoon, I was going to leave to do some errands and my truck would not start. When Doug got home on Monday night, he put the battery charger on it and was able to get it started. He drove it to the gas station to get some gas and then to AutoZone to have the battery tested.

AutoZone diagnosis "Bad Battery"

Doug came by the house and asked me to follow him to the Ford dealership in Lewisville. We dropped off the truck, left the keys in the overnight drop box and hoped they could fix it on Tuesday.

The service department called Doug later in the day to say. "The battery was replaced", "No charge, as it was under warranty." The battery was replaced in December of 2008 and had a 36 month free replacement warranty. It had only been 25,000 miles since then. I would think a battery would last longer than that....wouldn't you?

But I'm very happy it was fixed quickly and was fixed free of charge!

Pantry Door installed

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AFTER PHOTO:

The pantry door was installed on Saturday, complete with satin nickel hardware. Sunday the trim was installed around the pantry door and the back door.All that is left is to install the rest of the floor trim.We are almost finished with this kitchen remodel!

Happy 75th to my Dad!

Craigslist - Pantry Door

We are very close to getting our new pantry door installed. So Sunday, I posted our white - 6 panel pantry door on CRAIGSLIST for $10. Monday I had an email from somone that wanted to buy it for a rental property. On Tuesday, he picked it up in his BMW.

I had to quick take a photo from upstairs to show Doug how the buyer had put it in his car. I thought "That door will never make it to it's final destination secured like that!"


Well I guess the door will not end up in the landfill and I have lunch money. Win! Win!

Thank You Snack

Monday, I received a package in the mail from my sister Jenny as a thanks for creating her photography website. Inside was a thank you card with a package of "smarties" and 8 caramel apple suckers.

I'm not too fond of chocolate so these are definately a weakness for me. As you can see I'm already down to just one caramel apple sucker. I can't find them around here so it was a very special treat to get a couple.

Thanks Jen!!

Baby Shower Invitation

I just received my invitation today for Jill's 1st baby shower. Saturday, October 8th in Huntsville.

Jill is registered at Target, Babies R Us and Kohls.

I can't wait to see all the cute little boy things she will get. I'm sure there are a lot of new baby technology that I will be schooled in before long.

So..Jill is officially 5 months along now...only 4 more months to go until she'll be a MOM and I'll be a GRANDMA!

I'm getting very excited!!!

Tonsil Stone

Sunday, I felt like I have something stuck on the back of my throat. I kept clearing my throat, eating and drinking things to make the sensation go away. Finally, around 9pm - I used the flashlight to bet a better look. There was a white spot on my left tonsil. I felt fine. No sore throat, no fever. Just felt like there was something stuck back there.

Monday morning, I called our local ENT(ear nose & throat) doctor and got in to see Dr Bryan (she was the doctor that removed Jackie's tonsils). I explained my problem to her and she said she had a pretty good idea what it was without looking. But she looked anyway and told me I have a tonsil stone. I've never heard of that before or known anyone to have one.

If you are curious about these little nuggets - Check here for some basic info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillolith

Pantry Door & Kitchen Trim Stain Job

Doug removed our white pantry door and door jamb to make way for the new maple pantry door.
The maple pantry door and trim pieces with the wood conditioner applied.

The pantry door, read to be stained.

The wood conditioner and stain product.

In progress - waiting for the final sanding sealer finish.

The completed maple pantry door - ready to be installed.

The kitchen base moulding and casing trim pieces, ready to be installed.
The pantry door jamb. a few more casing trim pieces, as well as baseboard trim pieces ~ ready to be installed.
Installation will be coming soon. We are waiting for the finish to cure a little before handling them.

Visit from the Tooth Fairy

Yesterday, I took Doug to his appointment with the oral surgeon. He had two teeth removed under general anesthesia.

Dr Oneacre believes he will not need dental implants after all.

WHEW! That is a savings of $5,000 ($2,500 per tooth)!!

His follow-up consists of a soft foods diet, ice packs to the face, Clindamycin 4x day and pain medication as needed.

Can you guess what he found under his pillow from the tooth fairy?