I can’t believe I forgot to post the pictures of the basement.  Well, yes I can.  Between getting ready for Will’s birthday party and my aunt’s death, I was a rough week or so there. The difference between what the basement looked like before and what it looks like now is like the difference before and after acne treatments to your face  Its the different.  Here are the before pictures:

Here are the after:

Can you believe that this is the same basement?  I live here and I can’t!

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I just realized I left Bill in charge of the camera for Will’s birthday, and he really didn’t take any pictures. However, his birthday was a great party. Like all parties we have, it rain. We even had the tornado sirens go off! Will got a lot of really cool new toys and clothes to wear. It looks like everyone found the best buys out there.  We got to show off the basement (yes, a post with pictures is coming), and everyone was impressed with the changes that we made.

Like Madison when she was one, Will wanted nothing to do with his cake.  He didn’t even want to touch it.  Overall, the party was a success.

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I’m trying to get the house ready for the birthday party this weekend.  First, I really don’t feel like cleaning, so this makes it pretty difficult to get anything done.  LOL.  Bill had to work late last night.  He won’t be home till 8 or 9 tonight too.  Thursday, he doesn’t know when he’s coming home either.  As you can see, it is left too me.  However, cleaning with two kids underfoot is next to impossible. I can’t decide whether I should just leave everything till the end of the week or not.  At least if we do everything Friday, I don’t have to redo it if the kids trash the house again.  Decisions, decisions . . . .

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Yes, I repeat:  The basement is not going to be done today.  Yes, I am freaking out.  I am having a 1 year old birthday party in about a week with a ton of people, and there is no way it is going to be done.  None.  Needless to say, not happy here.  Several things happened that were not planned that are causing this to happen.  First, we ended up having to move some gas lines.  Second, we had to buy a new water heater and have that installed.  Lastly, the mudding on the drywall is not drying.  We can’t paint until that is dry and there are several coats that need to be applied of that.

At this point, my floor is not even half done.  We need to move the furniture back in this weekend, and I don’t even know if that is going to happen.   My stomach is in knots.  I haven’t smoked in over ten years (I think I said 5 years on twitter last night, but I actually think it’s closer to ten), and I am dying for a cigarette.  I’m trying to be good and eat M&Ms to fight the craving, but it’s really not working.  The good thing is that Bill took them to work with him.  I do know I am not about to take the kids out to go buy a $6 pack of cigarettes no matter how bad the craving is.

I just hope everyone can keep their fingers crossed.  I really need the guys to have a good day today, so that maybe we can move the furniture in and just throw it into the corner for now.  And I need to not have an ulcer or a coronary before this remodel is over.

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Most of what we needed this morning was to leave (okay, that’s what I needed).  As you may have read from my previous post, we had a rough morning here.  I brought him to the chiropractor, and she even said he seemed a bit off.  I ended up calling the pediatrician who thinks what I did:  he has a touch of the flu.  Since he seems fine between throw ups, just keep an eye on him and give him pedialyte instead of formula.  Since we have been doing this for almost 2 days, he should be on the tail end of this.

As of right now, we are still going to do Madison’s birthday party.  He seems to be okay.  The food is bought and thawed out (the ham).  We are calling everyone and just letting them know the situation.  They can make the decision if they want to come.  I left a message for my family up in Wisconsin since they haven’t left yet and just are awaiting their calls.  He could be over all of this by tomorrow, so I hate to call it all off.

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