Here’s a list of things I’ve done to keep busy since Mark’s been called up to active duty:

1. Bedroom redecorated. Walls/Ceiling/Curtains/Bedding
2. Studio Construction Completed. Curtains/Furnishings/Flooring/Cabinetry
3. Paintings: 64+ paintings over the course of 18 months
4. Weight Loss: 52 pounds
5. Surgeries: 2 sorta major surgeries, 1 minor.
6. Family Room: Demolish 2 closets/Insulate/Drywall/Cabinetry/Shelving
/Couch/Fabric covered panels on the walls
7. Living Room: Wallpaper stripping/painting/carpet/
doorway flooring/hallway flooring
8. Landscaping: Roses/more flowers/bulbs planted/earth movin’/
patio concrete blocks
9. Dining room & Office: painted
10. Kitchen: painted
11. Kitchen cabinets: stained
12. Dining Room/Kitchen/Utility Room flooring
13. Traded in the junker truck
14. Entertained the kids
15. Set up pool area (digging/sand)/Took down pool in the fall
16. New stove
17. New dishwasher
18. New starter on the furnace
19. New microwave
20. Website redesign
21. Blog redesign
22. Relocated piano/had it tuned
23. Trips to Chicago
24. Roadtrip to Alabama

I think that’s it…anyone remember stuff I’ve forgotten? This isn’t in order, either. Man everything broke when he left. LOL

Mark…honey… get your butt back here ok? I’m tired, need a vacation.