Rain, Rain....and Rain

I am at home for a few minutes since I brought Audrey back from the campsite to get all cleaned up for her birthday party tonight. During which I am sure, she will get all icky and muddy again since it's a teeny bit wet out there. Ah but still fun. Jeff talked me into camping last night and I swear that the minute we pulled into the park it began pouring rain. Thankfully it didn't last and we actually had a very peaceful night with a small bit of rain. Of course, this morning was a completely different story as it rained HARD. But it wasn't windy and we had a shelter, so no big deal. No more rain in the forecast either.

I started my census job this week. Well, I trained last week (BORING), but actually started doing the job this week. Unfortunately I found out that they may not have any more work for me after this week. That really sucks. It's a great paying and easy job with flexible hours, so I hope they find us some new areas. We sure could use the money.

So, I got some bad news last week about my Mom. She has been having alot of health issues and in the process of doing tests for other things, the Dr.'s have found a spot on her thyroid and a tumor in her lung. She will have an ultrasound of her thyroid and a CT scan of her lung next week to gather more information. Plus, she will get the results of the blood work they did last week. I was pretty upset when I first heard those new issues. But at this point, what's the point of worrying? There isn't anything I can do about it, so I guess it's just wait and see. I am just trying hard not to think about it much, but that isn't working so well. Sigh...

As far as our fight goes, well, it went the way of so many....suddenly she started talking to me again and we never talked about the issue at all. I would like to talk about it, but at this point, with all she has on her plate, I will let it go. Too much stress already.

Lastly, here are pics of the latest home improvement project. My favorite so far. The Dining Room! I am going to see if I can find some of the "before" pics so you can see the difference. Unfortunately, this is the only picture I could find, but it will have to do. Just a boring plain room. In this picture we had just ripped up the carpet.

In total we spent about $50 on this room, but I think it looks like we spent ALOT more! The first thing I did was get some Rustoleum metal paint and painted the light fixture. It was an ugly brass fixture, but with a new coat of paint and some lampshades I bought at IKEA, it's a new fixture! Next, we ripped out the carpet which cost us nothing but some elbow grease and time. We bought the red paint for $5 at the Habitat For Humanity Restore. Then we bought some trim and stain at Home Depot for the back wall and also concrete stain. Violla! We have a brand new, rockin dining room!