Hello World! Part 2

Well, Ryan and Brett are running the cable in our house so I have a few minutes. I just cleaned off the picnic table, our deck chairs, the deck, and the driveway. Looks a little better now. I was scrapping, but then I got an email from my father that made me pretty angry, so as the wife on The Emperor's New Groove says, "I gotta go wash something."

He is not coming to David's reception. I am not angry at this because it is David's reception, I am angry because it means that he just flat out doesn't care about me. He does not want to be involved in my life probably because my mom's life is so intertwined with mine. This would be the perfect excuse to come over and see the house his daughter bought and see the construction she is doing. He would realize that we did a dang good job in picking a house and that we are very lucky. He would be proud of me. I guess that is what it comes down to. I want my dad back in my life, but he is not doing his part. I sent him an invite to my house and he has refused it. I don't know who he is anymore and that hurts. It hurts a lot.

That is all for now. I must try to not cry right now as I have no place I can go in my house where it will not be noticed.

Hello World! Part 1 of 2?

So for the last few months I have been in something of a funk. I just haven't been very happy. I went day to day just doing what had to be done, but I just wasn't feeling very good about life. So when I realized this, I started evaluating things to determine why. I realized that there were some things I wasn't doing that I should be. I wasn't really doing anything wrong, just wasn't doing some right things. Anyway, I have been trying to change my attitude about life and doing what I should be doing and it is better. I am still not perfect (who is?) but I am feeling much better. It is amazing the effect of just saying that you are going to be happy can have on you. Simply changing your attitude makes a big difference.

As a result of this, I haven't been updating this blog. I have been updating my scrapping blog, but that is because I have to :) as part of my CT duties. I have uploaded lots of LOs over there, you might go check it out! I am going to fill you in on what we have been doing the last few months....

Seminary ended the first week of June. It was a really difficult calling for me, especially as I realized just what I wasn't doing. I enjoyed it, but was soooo glad when it was over! It was stressful and one of those callings that seemed never ending! I have told several people that I will not be back next year, but still haven't received the call from the high council member that would make it official. That kinda worries me....I can't do it next year though. If all goes according to plan this summer I will be pregnant next year and I don't want to do seminary and work full time while pregnant.

That brings me to the next thing. My Dr and I agree that the Clomid is not working as well as we would like it to. It has made me more regular, but has not resulted in a pregnancy. Brett has been tested and the first test came back with one part irregular. So he went in today actually for another one. The Dr wanted a completely normal test from him before we move onto artificial insemination. Hopefully we will get the results soon so that we can get started on that. Of course, I am still hoping that maybe we can get pregnant the cheap way, but if this is the way we need to do it, then that is what we will do!

Not getting pregnant earlier has definitely made it easier for us to get all that we want. We have a great new house and we are in the process of making it even better!! I am so excited for our construction to be done! We started the beginning of June with the popcorn ceiling coming down. Then the beam went up and the walls came down. When they removed the carpet, they found this fantastic turtle shell green flooring underneath. Disgusting!! And there was brown wood panelling behind the fireplace. Yuck! I have some pics below. These are the before pics.

Hate that blue carpet! It is gone now. At least from this room. The LR has it too and we do not have plans to change it out just yet. Alight, here are some pics of the progress...

This is the panelling that was behind the sheetrock on the wall behind the fireplace.

This is the beautiful piece of wood that my mom is calling Bonnie and Clyde because it robbed us blind. Expensive. Thanks for recommending it Clynn....

The temp walls

This is what I came home to the first day when they took the popcorn ceiling off. They figured they were already dirty, so they should strip the walls down. That at least gave us an idea of the greatness this room was going to have... :)

This is the ugly green turtle shell linoleum under the carpet. Beautiful huh?

We have David's reception on Saturday and unfortunately this is what the room looks like....

No Carpet and no sheet rock, exposed insulation. The only thing that is going to change by Sat is that the electrician will put in all the lights and take care of the dangling stuff. Oh well. Mom and I are planning to put some fabric up to cover that wall and we just aren't worrying about the floor. Everyone should be wearing shoes right?!? Anyway, it will be fine. I hope!

Well, this post is long enough, I think I will put everything else in another post....when I have a few minutes which might not be for awhile as we are busy preparing for the reception. Talk to you soon!