No DISH, no TIVO, no nothing...

leads to wonderful time we spend as a family. Don't get me wrong I did miss our favorite shows that were still going on (Lost, Chuck, Gossip Girl (Brandy), Human Target (Mike) and Fringe) , we just watched them online a few nights later. Not having the tv going non-stop in the evenings has lead to..

Mike built a bench for our mudroom. I will post a final photo of it.

We have painted some of the downstairs.

Lots of playing outside - even in the rain.


Mike refinished the table. The children had so lovingly antiqued it for us with sticky messes, forks and cars. I asked Mike as he was starting to sand the table down, "Have you ever done this before?" He said, "No, and I had never built a mudroom bench either until a couple of weeks ago!" He never ceases to amaze me.