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Can I take your order?

We buy them a cat condo and various cat toys... And they love this empty box. It totally looks like Darby is working at a concession stand and Jasper is ordering.

Halfway Party!

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20 weeks to go!

Yup, I'm halfway through my pregnancy. Pretty amazing. At times it feels like it is creeping by, but other times, it seems to be flying!

Baby K will be here before we know it!

Ho Ho Ho!!!

On Christmas Eve, we celebrated with Lee's family. We took all of our "family" pictures. This is our last year for just having the two of us in our "family" pic! Pretty crazy to think about.

The kids went... to... town... on the gifts. We couldn't even keep track of whether they were opening their own gifts or who the presents were from. It was mayham to say the least!

We could keep track of what gifts little Cora opened. Here she is ready to open her gift from Lee & I. (You may not be able to tell from this picture, but yes, Sonia is back to her super skinny pre-pregnancy size already, just two and a half weeks after giving birth. Lucky duck.)

On Christmas Day we headed over to my grandma's house to celebrate with my mom's family. My mom got Baby Girl a stocking. Here is the stocking with Baby Girl in Belly.
This picture of Lee cracked me up. He looks like he is ready for a good holiday domestic dispute or something. I promise though, this was his first beer!

This year was the first time that we did a gift exchange with my mom's family. It was pretty comical since no one knew what they were doing! It ended up that we all knew who had who in the exchange and everyone basically got exactly what they wanted.

I was pretty jealous, though, since everyone got the gift of booze for Christmas except me. {tear} Besides alcohol, it was a Christmas of giving ottomans. Lee, my grandma & I bought my mom an ottoman and my mom bought me an ottoman. Star Furniture in Lafayette was very pleased with that theme, I'm sure.
For some reason, our cats are pretty darn sure that the ottoman was actually a gift for them. It doesn't make much sense since the ottoman is made of the same material as the couch and loveseat, but the cats have been fighting over sleeping on the ottoman since we brought it home.

On the 26th, we helped my mom & uncle clean out my grandma's rental house in West Lafayette. The tenants just moved out and it was AMAZING how dirty it was. I just don't know how some people live like that! NO DEPOSIT BACK FOR THEM! The good news is we already got the house rented for January. And we know these people through Lee's brother, so they should take better care of the place!

It was nice to come home and have the weekend to be back here in DeMotte. The weather warmed up and we were able to clean up our yard from the ice storm and clean up our house.

And now, I am looking forward to another long weekend starting after work tomorrow! Gotta love the holiday season!

Bathroom update

The floor is done... Good work Lee! Onto the shower walls!

My winter skin

my backyard

At the beginning of the winter, I was a total wuss. After just one year down in Norfolk, I was freezing in 40 degree weather. Ugh! How frustrating. I realized it was a big problem the day that Ploth made fun of me for wearing long johns under my pants to work. (In my defense, the pants were really thin and my walk from the train is pretty long.) After seeing how quickly you can lose your tolerance to the cold, I am totally amazed at people like Michelle & Kelin that spent their whole lives in the heat and then relocated to Chicago!!!

Well, just 6 weeks later, I feel like my winter skin is coming back. Thank goodness! I realized it today when it was 27 degrees on the way to work. I had my gloves on, but took them off because my hands were sweating. Ahhhh, that's more like it.

I wish I could hibernate!

It is 4pm in Chicago and it is only 5 degrees. Um, brrrr. And it is only the 2nd day of winter. That really scares me!

Think PINK!

On 12/17, we had our BIG ultrasound... And it turns out, baby K is a GIRL! This is an important ultrasound because not only can you find out the sex (usually), but they also take measurements of the baby's legs, arms, body, head, etc to make sure that the baby is growing with the correct proportions.

The ultrasound started and Baby K was moving all over the place, so the ultrasound tech was having a lot of trouble getting the measurements that she needed. The baby did not want to cooperate at all. Then, as if she wasn't being difficult enough, Baby K then curled up in a ball. I was getting quite discouraged thinking that she was never going to show us her stuff. We got a ton of pictures of her butt, but finally, the tech got a good angle and said "Congratulations, you're having a baby girl!"

I was in shock. I was so sure that it was a boy. I have no idea why. I think the first thing I said to Lee was "We have to move somewhere that has gymnastics classes!" The ultrasound tech probably thought I was a weirdo. Anyway, all of the measurements looked good, and we have a little baby girl coming in May.

Looks like Lee better get on Reuter's workout regimen to buff up before the boys start coming 'round.

Encapsulated

Thursday night we were hit with a big ice storm in DeMotte. Lee and I had already gone down to Lafayette, so we weren't around. We came home on Saturday night to check out how things looked. Everything is in about an inch of ice!

We lost some really big limbs from our trees. This one just missed our house by about 2 feet. Thank goodness!

Our pine trees are all weighed down. This one is about to have its tip broken!

Look at this poor little guy. I'm amazed that we have kept our electricity on with ice weighing down the power lines!

It is really pretty though!

Windmills

This weekend, Lee & I had his Gma Puetz' Christmas party. Gma Puetz lives out in Fowler, IN. This is near where Lee grew up and went to school until he was a freshman and moved to my school. It has always been just a lot of farm land out there, but now they are starting to farm something else too... WIND.

Look at all those windmills. Really changes the look of things out there.

The windmills are HUGE. I never realized it until being up close to one.

This is Lee's old school, now surrounded by windmills!

I think it is really cool that we have these windmills going up so close to home. It is crazy for rural Indiana to be on the cutting edge of solving the energy crisis!

Biggest Loser Finale

CONGRATULATIONS
MICHELLE!

Michelle lost 110lbs to be the Biggest Loser!

Some highlights of the show:
* America ignored Ed in a landslide votin him into the finals over Heba. Awesome!
* At one point Lee said "I think Heba thinks she's a lot hotter than she is."
* There was a fan in the audience with a sign that had a blue t-shirt on it with a big X through it. NO BLUE SHIRTS! It was hilarious.
* Vicky said that she got advice from Phil that really helped her. What? I thought Phil was such a bad guy...
* People that looked really good: Stacey, Amy, Shellay & Jerry
* Phil & his wife Amy both looked AWESOME! I was really hoping that Amy would win the at-home prize to shove it in Heba's face. But..

Some low-lights of the show:
* Heba won the at-home $100k. You could tell she was trying really hard to be a good sport about not being in the finals, but I saw a glint of brattiness. Her inner toddler was dying to throw a tantrum.
* I was not as impressed with Coleen as I thought I would be...
* I was really hoping they would address Vicky being the antagonist of the show. You know, like they do on Survivor.

They showed some previews for next season, and I have to say... WOW. The oldest couple in the history of the show, the fattest guy in the history of the show... And I swear, in one scene it looked like the old guy died. Season starts January 6th, so set your DVR!

Vote for Ed!

The voting is now open between Ed & Heba for the final spot in the top 3. You can vote 10 times from a single email address, so get going!

Here is a quote from Clint. He has voted 10 times from his work email and will vote 10 more times from his home account:

I love abusing the system. I can't believe I care so much about this show.

So, here are the TOP FIVE reasons to vote for Ed:

5. Ed is such a nice guy that he actually asked everyone to vote for Heba.

4. Ed got voted out and went home for a few weeks and still managed to make it to the final 4.

3. Bob thinks that Ed threw the weigh-in to ensure Heba made it in to the finals. (+2 lbs on the last week? After falling below the yellow line in the previous week? Something smells fishy.) If we vote Heba, we are condoning cheating on the Biggest Loser.

2. Heba is a BIG girl with a LOT of weight to lose. Having her in the finals hurts Michelle's chances at winning. And we're all cheering for Michelle!

1. We can't vote off Vicky (DARN) so we may as well do the next best thing!

VOTE NOW!!!!!

P.S. They should have voted that devil woman off when they had the chance. Amy C, I curse your name!!!

Welcome to the World - Cora Rose

Today Lee's family grew a little bit bigger!

Sonia & Wyatt welcomed Cora Rose.

Born today, 12/9/2008, just one day before her due date! Good timing...

Cora is the 5th grandchild of the family and the 2nd girl, YAY!

She weighed 7lb1oz and I can't wait until I can meet her!

Last week's Loser (for Jess)

I actually had to look back and remind myself what happened last week on the Biggest Loser...

Oh yeah! Makeovers.

The 5 remaining contestants went to NYC and got hair, makeup & clothes done and then got to show off their new selves on the Tyra Banks show. I wasn't all that amazed with the makeovers this season. I think because Michelle & Renee were already really pretty and the other 3 didn't have much hope anyway. That was mean.

1st & last nice comment about Vicky: I really liked the hair color that they gave her during her makeover. It looked pretty good.

Anyway, on the Tyra show, each contestant got a visit from a loved one then they got to hang out with them the rest of the time in NYC.

Once back at the ranch, they had to do a competition. They were hanging in a cube over water and they had to hold themselves up. Vicky was the first one out, but she refused to drop the 10 feet into the water. Not so tough now, are you devil woman? Everyone dropped out one by one and Michelle ended up winning the spa package. Vicky STILL refused to drop into the water. Finally Ed swam back out to the cube and she finally dropped in. It was like watching a parent get their kid to jump off the diving board for the first time. Pathetic.

At the weigh-in, it was Ed and unfortunately Renee to fall under the yellow line. The Alliance of Annoyance stuck together and Renee went home.

The most important part of the night was at the very end... They announced that AMERICA would decide who the 3rd finalist would be to go to the final weigh-in. This is a blatent way for them to get fan favorite Michelle into the final round no matter what. This also gives me great hope that Villian Vicky will be below the yellow line and America can finally tell her to stick it where the sun don't shine.

I can't wait!!

So, after tonight's episode, don't forget to go online and vote for NOT VICKY!

The fireplace saga

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Our house was built in 1974. Over the years, parts have been updated. The people before us updated most everything. However, there are still random hideous gold stuff. Which looks extra bad since a lot of things have been updated to have brushed nickel. So, we have been slowly getting rid of the gold crap left around the house.

Last week, we turned our attention to the fireplace. Lee is going to be building a mantel for the fireplace when he is done with the bathroom, but the doors of the fireplace were that hideous bright gold. We started looking into how much it would cost to buy a new set of doors. Turns out, it would run about $300 for a cheap set! That hurts the ol' one income bank account.

So, Lee decided that he would paint our current doors. I agreed since worst case scenario we just have to dish out the $300, which is where we basically are now. So, he got some grill paint that withstands heat, and painted it black. I was nervous to see it when I got home from work, but I must say, I am quite happy with how it turned out!

However, Lee got greedy and decided to try to paint our fireplace tools as well. It was going fine, until he tried to tighten the stand and broke it. Whoops.

Now, we just have to figure out how to get our gas fireplace to WORK!

We bought our first onesie

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And it is quite appropriate for a child of Lee!

Now, if only we could find one that says "Daddy hearts Jameson" for Baby Reuter!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

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Yes, Lee and I have started our decorating around the house. So far, it is just a 3 foot tall tree, some stockings, a nativity scene and some outdoor lights with issues. But, hey, it's more festive than past years!

Lee put the outdoor lights up while I was at work. He checked the strings of lights to make sure that they worked. Then he strung them up to our roof and porch. Plugged them in and it was a total Clark Griswald! Yup, one string turned out to be bad and won't work! DOH!

Need some dating advice?

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Try How to Talk to Girls, by Alec Greven.

What sets this book apart from the others? Alec is only 9 years old and in 4th grade.

Though, he seems to have a lot figured out:

"Pretty girls are like cars that need a lot of oil."
"comb your hair and don't wear sweats"
the best way to approach a girl is to keep it to a simple "hi."

Genius!

Happy Turkey Day!

ENJOY!

Top 6 GOOD things about being preggers

As I head into a long weekend of being the designated driver at loads of Thanksgiving events, I thought I better go through the GOOD things about being pregnant. Just a little morale booster! So, here is my top 6:

6. Since getting pregnant, Reuter no longer smacks my ass as hard as he possibly can. This means no more handprints on my rump!

5. No litterbox duties. Pregnant women aren't supposed to be around cat poo. So, Lee has the complete litterbox duties for the next 6 months. Awesome!

4. My long fingernails! I normally have super brittle fingernails that never grow. But now, they are growing longer than they EVER have before! It is awesome!

3. Weight gain is ok? A few weeks ago, I went to the doctor and she said I had gained two lbs. Then she said "I would have liked to have seen you gain a little more." SWEET! I feel like I've been eating constantly, so this is pretty awesome.

2. Maternity pants. I haven't had to start wearing maternity clothes yet, but I have bought a few pairs for that day I wake up and none of my pants fit! After trying these on, I am wondering: Why haven't I been wearing these ALWAYS? They are awesome. Elastic waistbands are awesome. So stretchy, but they look like real pants. It's like business casual sweat pants!

1. Of course, knowing that in 6 months we'll have a baby! Had to add one sappy one here at the end to let you know I haven't forgotten the #1 reason we're doing all of this!

Biggest Loser - Spoiler alert!

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(Get it? Her name is Amy C...)



We all saw this coming. Well, everyone except Amy.

Three weeks ago, Amy was the deciding vote to send home Brady, aka the Devil Vicky's husband. The following week, Amy tried to make up to Vicky by sending Coleen home and saving Vicky from elimination. Amy, like a moron, thought that everything between them was hunky dory. Do you not realize who you are talking about? Vicky is the most spiteful, evil, conniving person in Biggest Loser history. And Amy may go down in history as the most naive.

Amy got a little bit of an eye-opener in the football challenge to win a trip to Hawaii for the NFL Pro Bowl. As soon as the blue team took out the black team members, they started to take out Amy. Amy was like "I don't think there are any alliances within the blue team..." Wake up and smell the fat person sweat, Amy. You are bottom of the barrel on the blue team. You really think that Heba, Ed & Vicky aren't in an alliance?

At the end of the episode, the deciding vote came down to Vicky. If Vicky really cared about the game & the money as much as she claims, she would have voted Heba out in a heartbeat.
1. Heba has TONS more weight to lose. She is a freaking amazon woman!
2. Heba also has her husband there as a built-in ally. You aren't going to break that alliance.
3. Amy C was getting pretty small. She didn't have much more weight to lose. She is not a threat.

So, in the end, Vicky chose spite over gameplay and sent Amy packing.

And Amy has no one to blame but herself. If she had taken out Vicky when she had the chance:
1. Coleen would still be around. She's nice.
2. Vicky and her annoying forehead would be gone.
3. Heba could have been voted out this week so the blue team would just be Ed & Amy.
4. Did I mention Vicky would be gone???
5. Pretty much heaven.

More evidence that Vicky is the devil. She purposely slacked off on her first go at the football challenge because she had a feeling that they would be doing it twice and it would be about IMPROVING your time. Seriously. She is a game-player. And as we heard about 3,000 times last night, she LOVES football.

Bring on the tile!

Friday night Lee & I went to Lowe's to buy the tile for our bathroom. We are planning to tile the entire shower and the floor, so it was a lot of tile to buy! The floor came out to only 30 sq ft. But, the shower came to 80 sq ft!!! Craziness.

We spent about an hour & a half at Lowe's saying "Will this go with our dark brown trim?" "Will this go with our white shower/toilet/sink?" Holding up white stuff next to the tile, etc. We found one tile pattern that was on clearance that would go perfectly, but alas, they were out of it. What a tease.

We finally decided on the tile above. It has some white and some tan in it. And it isn't too dark for such a small space. It also came in a few different sizes, so that was nice. We are doing 13"x13" tiles on the floor, 8"x10" tiles in the shower with an accent of 2"x2" tiles.

We also found a heater vent for the bathroom and a new sink faucet and we were out of there for $360. I can't complain too much since this is the first real dent that the bathroom remodel has made in our bank account. And, aside from paint, wall accessories and a shelf/cabinet of some kind, we're done with buying stuff!

I can't wait to have a tiled bathroom! Yay!

Put another P on the ol' Oaken Bucket!

The Oaken Bucket game was an Oaken Blowout this year!

Lee and I went down to Lafayette to tailgate for the game. We had offers of tickets to go inside, but it was pretty cold, and I liked having the option of going into a house to warm up!

At the beginning of the day, a kid at the tailgate predicted a Purdue win 55 to nothing. We all laughed... And then the game started and it looked like a distinct possibility!

The Boilers ended up destroying the Hoosiers 62 to 10. Ouch! But, what a great way for Joe Tiller to end his Purdue/IU rivalry.

Lee and I hit two different tailgates. I tore up the beer pong table. Don't worry, I was drinking root beer. (Although I kept saying it was Guinness.) It turns out I'm a better beer pong player sober. I never would have known that before... My reflexes were much better than when I am usually playing! The 2nd game that we played, someone filled up the cups with all normal beer, so my partner Andrew stepped up and drank for both of us. It kind of balanced things out. One sober teammate and one really drunk one!

It was a fun day, but chilly!

Then on Sunday, yummy Thanksgiving at the Plothow residence. Mmmmm. I'm so ready for two more Thanksgivings!

Ok, I got my answer. THIS is how skinny you're supposed to be. I showed Lee this picture and he goes "My leg is bigger than that." Yup...

I totally hate these ads that have been all over MySpace & Facebook lately. Like we need more people telling young girls that they are too fat. I mean, look at that picture. She can pinch a millimeter of fat. Actually, that probably isn't even fat, it is just skin. If that's what it takes to be overweight, then I guess you have to be a decomposed skeleton to be skinny. Sexy.

Busy busy!

We had a really busy weekend last weekend and we have another one on the horizon!

Last weekend:
Friday - Ahow & Marlene stayed with us on their way up to Chicago. We did dinner and then us prego ladies fell asleep on the couch while the boys watched tv. Thanks again for dinner guys! And the beer for Lee!

Saturday - I went to shower #2 for my sis-in-law Sonia. It was a small deal this time with awesome pastries. YUM! Afterwards, we went in to Lafayette and my mom & I shopped while Lee napped on my mom's new couch. I bought some maternity pants for the day I pop and nothing fits anymore. Trying on those pants, I began to question my entire wardrobe. Why in the world have I not been wearing an elastic waistband all this time? It it truly a glorious thing. After shopping, we went and got my favorite pizza in the world at Arni's in Lafayette. Then we met up with Zach & hung out with his girlfriend, sister & brother-in-law.

Sunday - we went to Lee's parents' house to hang out and celebrate Lee's mom's birthday. I took a couple naps while watching football. It was pretty glorious.

On the agenda for the upcoming weekend: the Purdue/IU game and T-giving in Chicago!

Biggest Loser - Spoiler alert!

Dear Biggest Loser Contestants (Specifically Amy C.),

Way to go, you pissed it down your leg. You had the chance to take down the devil and you didn't do it. Now we all have to suffer.

Sincerely,
President of the I-Hate-Vicky Club

Lauren's Latest & Greatest Country

And the winner is............

Country Boy by Alan Jackson.

I have to say, Alan Jackson has been tearing it up lately. I have been really liking his new stuff.

I'm a country boy,
I've got a 4 wheel drive
Pile in my bed,
I can take ya for a ride
Up city streets, down country roads
I can get ya where you need to go
Cause I'm a country boy

Although, my favorite line is this one:
Bucket seats, soft as baby's new butt
Lockin' hubs, that'll take ya through a deep rut

It takes talent to fit a baby's butt comparison in a song, but AJ does it flawlessly!

Actuaries. What are they good for?

Making $80k a year!

In a CNN article, actuary was listed as the first job that you can make $80k a year at.

1. Associate actuary
What they do: Most often employed by insurance agencies, actuaries use data to calculate the likelihood and expense of an event, such as death or illness, and help formulate an insurance policy based on their findings.
Annual mean income: $81,924*
Projected employment in 2016: 22,000**
Increase between 2006 and 2016: 24 percent

Why do they always focus on the insurance side of things? Boring! (Sorry Ahow.)

Others on the list included:
2. Attorney
3. Compensation and benefits manager
4. Economist
5. Floor broker
6. Marketing manager
7. Petroleum engineer
8. Pharmacist
9. Risk management supervisor
10. Veterinarian

Don't let the door hit ya in the a$$...

Biggest Loser Spoiler Alert:

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ADIOS BRADY!

I don't really hate Brady that much. But, in case you missed my last Biggest Loser post... I. HATE. HIS. WIFE. VICKY. She is the worst person to ever be on the Biggest Loser campus. And Brady is totally her little pawn. She is evil. Please refer to my old post for more ranting about Vicky.

Anyway, I am really pulling for the black team. It was looking bad for them when the show went to singles with 4 blue team members and 3 black team members.

Then they announced that one eliminated player would be coming back. I was really hoping for someone that would be on the side of the black team. It was their only hope! But, alas, worst case scenario happened and Heba's husband slobbered and sputtered his way back into the house. If you're counting, that makes FIVE blue team members vs. 3 black team members. DOH!

So, the only real hope was for no black team members to fall under the yellow line. I was so pulling for either Heba & Vicky to fall under together. Or Brady & Vicky. Good news, Brady DID fall under the yellow line. But unfortunately, so did Michelle. Brady lost the smallest amount, so I started praying for a tie, which would send him home.

Vicky looked like her normal cocky b!tch self at the elimination. She was sure Brady wasn't going home. But, alas, Amy actually thought things through and realized that being the 5th wheel on a team with two couples was probably not going to get her too far. So, she flipped and voted for Brady SENDING HIM HOME!

I thought that Vicky might explode and murder her right then. But, she didn't. However, the scenes from next week look like she goes pretty crazy. I hope she is so crazy and annoying that they vote her off next week just to get her out of their hair.

What goes around comes around Vicky. You sent home Phil's wife, now your husband is getting sent home. It's called poetic justice... Oh, and FU!

Delicious!

I have been eating the Planters Daybreak Blend, Berry Almond Trail Mix. And it. is. awesome. It has granola clusters, cranberries, raisins & almonds. It seems like there is some other stuff in there too... Anyway, I highly recommend it. The only bad thing is, the 5oz bag CLAIMS that it contains 4.5 servings. YEAH RIGHT! That bag contains 2 servings at the most.

Waiting to meet Baby Hooker

This Sunday, I helped host Lee's sister Sonia's baby shower. Sonia is due December 10th with their first baby. Sonia & her husband Wyatt tried to find out the sex of the baby, but the baby didn't want to show the goods that day, so it is going to be a surprise! I think that they are having a girl because boys are usually showing off their stuff! Here is what the tables looked like. There were trees on each one that had pictures of Sonia & Wyatt when they were young. Here is Sonia, 8 months pregnant. She looks really good. She is lucky that she is so tall and has lots of room to store a baby in that long torso!
All the Klemme ladies: Emilee, Christi, Sonia & me.

Our niece Grace & nephew Drew. Drew decided to wear Lee's boots and dress up as a cowboy. It was pretty funny to watch him try and walk around in those huge boots!

Baby K finally makes the blog!

We couldn't let the Reuters & Ahow handle all the procreation around here!

Yes, Lee & I are also expecting. I know this isn't news to most of you. (It is hard to hide a pregnancy when you normally drink a lot!) We actually found out 3 days after Michelle & Reuter shared their news with us! (Talk about good timing!) Like Michelle & Reut, we are definitely planning to find out the sex of the baby. I think the shock of giving birth is going to be enough surprise for me! I can spread the surprise of the gender out a bit! We'll be finding out the sex sometime around Christmas.

We're due May 19th, and here are a few pics of our little bundle of joy to be! So far, the baby seems to be taking after Lee. Every time we have an ultrasound, it is in there lounging. It has had its legs crossed twice and was using the embilical cord as a pillow once. If it had a La-Z-Boy recliner in there, it would look a lot like what's in my living room right now. I don't have a problem with that, though. Lee as a baby/child was pretty much the best sleeper ever, so I will take that quality in a baby anyday!!!

Profile of the babe sucking its thumb.

Little tiny baby feet!

The baby's face & arm waving to us. It's ok if you think it looks alien-ish. Its eyes aren't quite in their final location yet!

Bathroom Update

WE'VE GOT WALLS! And a shower. Pretty amazing, really.

Here is a few weeks ago. Shower bottom is in, but no walls or plumbing.

I am amazed by the whole process. I just don't have the precision or steady hand to even measure & cut a board. Oh, and patience. I don't have much of that either...


Here the plumbing is in the shower and the cement board is in. (This is what the tile goes on.)

Working hard out in the "man garage". My Jeep is keeping an eye on him.

Lee doesn't have class this week which means he also doesn't have homework! Which means lots of bathroom progress!

Here we have the shower ready for tile, the ceiling is done, and most the walls are in. Now we just need a floor!

Oh, and in addition to the bathroom, Lee also has a 3.5 GPA going in school. WAY TO GO LEE! And the rest of his time is spent clearing the 13 trillion leaves that fall into our yard on a daily basis. Seriously, we clean them up and the next day it looks like we don't even know what a rake is! It is insane.