Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Size 10

Yesterday, I bought my older son a new pair of shoes . . . in a SIZE 10. I almost fainted! His father wears size 10! I just cannot be that this baby I held in my arms less than 13 years ago, now has feet as large as his dad's. This was a jolting, heart tugging moment for me. Wow, does time whiz by or what?


But he's also a really great kid! We met friends for lunch at the mall, and while his brother went home with the friends we met, he and I went shopping. We had a really great time! Sorry to sound so surprised, but "shopping with my adolescent SON" probably isn't topping most people's lists of great ways to spend the afternoon. He was reasonable about the purchases he wanted to make, asked my opinion on the fit of a few things, and helped me carry the items I purchased.


The most amusing part is watching him begin to care what he looks like. A few years ago, clothes were clothes. You needed pants, shirt and shoes. Matching?! What's matching? LOL Now, however, his hair has to be "right" and he is beginning to want few items from particular stores. I'm not against this as long as it's not an attempt to boost his self-esteem or popularity, and doesn't become an obsession.


Sunday, July 1, 2007

Whew! What a Month!

The month of June has been a whirlwind. I can hardly believe it's July 1st already!

During the month of June, I've been busy remodeling. Our homeschool group uses the Jackson family homeplace as our Resource Center. The original two rooms are more than 100 years old now. This year, I decided that the carpet MUST be changed while we were closed for our annual June sabbatical. That snowballed into new desks in the office, painting in four rooms, stripping and repainting wood trim, putting new vinyl and quarter round in the bathroom, repainting and changing hinges on several doors, installing a new front door, building and hanging a 4x8 bulletin board, installing an almost 4x8 dry erase board, hanging a new projector screen, painting two filing cabinets, re-topping some tables, and recovering some chairs. Whew!

We've were on a tight timeline because July 5th we re-open to enroll new families in our group, and I'd rather their first impression NOT be chaos!

Here are some pictures of the remodel:
BEFORE


AFTER




You can view all the progress pictures in my Image Event album. http://imageevent.com/tams2inal/resourcecenterremodel

The password is 'homeschool.'

Drop by and tell me what you think.