I'm losing my Christianity!!!

This whole remodel is making me a crazed woman. Tuesday night Darren is boxing everything up in the family room getting ready for the dry wall guys to come in and take down our popcorn ceiling. We had a table out of snacks, bread, peanut butter, those non-perishable kinds of things. Well, he boxes all that up. Later in the evening I go looking for a snack and I open a box (a cardboard box) and there are two tomatoes that are ripe and then some. I get REALLY mad and throw them out the back door. Thank goodness the doors were wide open. "Why would you pack away tomatoes..." I'm losing it. Thank goodness Darren is a VERY patient person and doesn't explode back at me.

It's those little moments that can just set me off....does anybody relate?? Am I psycho?? Please don't answer that last question!

Then I come home today and I go into the bathroom - it's covered in pee - the toilet hasn't been flushed all day - pee in the toilet, around the toilet, WHAT IS IT WITH YOU MEN??? These are men I don't know - these are men I couldn't even speak to because only one of them can speak my language and I can't speak theirs. I was so grossed out. So I yell - and I yell loud. Nothing in particular, just a big AAAAAAHHHHH. Darren wasn't home so he was spared that little explosion.

I know a lot of people have underwent a lot more construction and time than what we are, but I'm just not coping well - I think tonight I'll put myself in a Nyquil coma (can't breath at the moment from all the ceiling dust) - and know that tomorrow is another day!! Of what I'm not sure - I can only hope a flushed toilet!!!

WHAT'S A GIRL TO DO???

You've seen on my previous post pictures of what will be a second bathroom - but this is a picture of the new toilet in our regular bathroom (which we are also redoing). Do you see anything missing?? I call Darren to ask him about the seat and lid - while the plumbers are here - he says to me, "Oh yeah, I've got to go buy that." When I told the plumbers, they were holding their faces. I told them to go ahead and laugh, it's okay!! Great! Now what do I do?? Do you know how hard it is to balance AND look at the remodel magazines?!

BETCHA DIDN'T KNOW.....

• I was voted a Senior Favorite my senior year - 1984 : "Most Flirtatious Girl." I didn't know I flirted - I just thought I had a lot of guy friends. My sister was bestowed the same her senior year in 1979!!
  
• I wanted to be a TV journalist - newsreader for a "big TV station in St. Louis." Then I discovered the medical field and went that way in college.
  
• Once, on a blind date I went bike riding - first one of the season - the guy I went with was a big time biker and tennis player. We rode WAY too much (and I was even in shape then!) . We stopped at the top of the hill and the only way I could get him to stop was to throw up - which I did!! That was the first and last date!
  
• When I was little and into my early teen years I used to sing specials in church ALL the time. Then my dad said I sounded like a country singer holding her nose (I had a deviated septum which once fixed that nasal thing stopped!). I've never sang in public since. Although if I kept on singing, I could have become rich and famous!!!
• I was once a hooker - yep, that's right. For YEARS I was one. Then I got married and Darren made me change my last name!!! I went from Debra Kay Hooker to Debra Kay Williams!! My nickname: The Hook!

So there are a few tid bits about me that you may not have known!

SO GLAD FOR FOX FAITH!!

Tonight Darren and I went and saw the movie, "The Ultimate Gift."
Abigail Breslin (the adorable Oscar nominated little girl from "Little Miss Sunshine") did an amazing job. I'm so thankful for the new Fox Faith division of Fox Movies (or whatever their official name is!). It's about a grandfather trying to help his grandson - done through a series of videos after the grandfather's death. He is gifting his grandson in hopes of making him a better man. Go to the website
www.theultimategift.com and it will show you how to spend each week utilizing the gifts below. I'm actually going to start on Monday! When you go be sure to take some tissue - there will be tears. And yes, your whole family will enjoy it!

	The Gift Of Friends

	The Gift Of Giving

	The Gift Of Family

	The Gift Of Dreams

	The Gift Of Work

	The Gift Of Laughter

	The Gift Of Money

	The Gift Of Learning

	The Gift Of A Day

	The Gift Of Love

	The Gift Of Problems

	The Gift Of Gratitude

HAS ANYONE SEEN MY CAN OPENER??












Apparently Darren is too busy to help me look!! :-)












If I blink my eyes and wiggle my nose will it all disappear??










Today the kitchen cabinets and sink will be gone! Simon decided to explore the house this morning. He crawled through a hole in the floor - I just hope he doesn't find us any gifts down there and bring them up!!!

AN EMPTY SHELL......



This is the view from our kitchen to what was our living room. It will now become our new formal dining room!! We've ordered a new dining room table and china cabinet - thankfully my mom-in-law runs a furniture store. Even though we are ordering from Missouri and having it shipped - we still got a deep discount!! Yea!!!






This is the view from our family room into the torn up kitchen looking again into what was the living room. My double oven was taken away Saturday. I came home today from work and my microwave was gone as well as my stove top. I was supposed to have that for an extra few days - but we gave it away to one of the crew members - I guess he got anxious!





This is the view looking into our small dining area which will become a small sitting/office area. Walls will totally come down and an island will be placed in the middle - Wednesday I lose my kitchen cabinets, counters, and sink. I'm going to Wal-Mart tomorrow to stock up on paper plates, cups, etc. I refuse to wash dishes in the bath tub!!



So there you have it - does anyone have pity on me??!! Tonight I cooked out on my camp stove on our picnic table in the back yard. That actually was kind of nice - again, thankful for the nice weather we are having. It's pretty frustrating right now and I have my moments where I complain and whine, but then I remember that there are people who are struggling to even get into a home and we are so blessed to not only have a home, but are able to remodel and make new purchases. For that I'm VERY THANKFUL!!! So I'll stop with the whining!

STARTING EARLY TODAY BECAUSE....

Last week our contractor and his crew came early - I'm in the bathroom drying my hair (bent over to dry my hair upside down!). I turn off the dryer and I hear a loud "Hello." I lift my head up and see our contractor standing there. OH MY GOSH. I did have a short robe on - but it wasn't closed. So now I'm up, showered, dressed and ready to go HOURS before they arrive!!!! :-)

Our walls are down, no washer, dryer, fridge, oven, dishwasher - we are living out of our freezer and an apartment size fridge. So glad we live in California now - we get to grill and sit out on our picnic table in the 75 degree weather!! I'll post pictures later.