The Wilson Avenue Adventures

The majority of things are ready for the twins.  But when you sit down and think about it there seems to be a lot left to do.  All of those little things.  They really add up.  And then I think..... is anyone ever really READY?  I don't think they are. Another thing I have been thinking about lately is the fact that I will probably have to take a pay cut to start my new career in Information Technology.  That isn't going to be easy with 2 additional mouths to feed now. Things have just been putting me into a little bit of a slump.  I will get out of it I know.  But I just felt like venting a little bit.

As of right now, except for minor things...  The renovations are complete.  And wow are they great!  Still can't believe it myself. School is done for the semester.  Just waiting to start my Summer class next week.  Hopefully get that finished up before the twins arrive, then only one class left!  Wow, never would have thought that I would have gone back to school again.  But I am glad I did.

I attended the welcome home ceremony for the Never Forgotten Honor Flight last night at the Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee.  It was a very neat experience to give the veterans a welcome home that they deserved.  I drove up there after class and met up with my family.  There were a lot of people there waiting to cheer on the veterans.  It was great to see. To Grandpa and all of the other veterans. THANK YOU.

That is all we have left to do on our current projects.  Painting and installing trim, putting up shelves in the closets.  The nursery carpet is being installed as I type!  This weekend Darlene's mother Deb is bringing over the crib and changing table.  And we will be able to start putting away the awesome gifts we got from the babies shower!  They have taken over the office area.  It is very exciting to say the least. I am getting all of the rest of my school work done for the end of the semester.  It is coming up so fast.  Hope I can get it all done! Speaking of work... I better get back to it!!

The bathroom renovation has started and is in full swing.  Overall things have been going pretty smooth.  I was hoping for more help on demolition weekend but a few people flaked out.  My buddy Mike Branstrom was there and ready to work.  Could not have done it with out Bricks and his bag of tricks.  He got the majority of the walls framed up after we ripped everything out.  We were definitely tired that weekend.  After that things progressed well.  Electrical installed, plumbing installed, new insulation with a vapor barrier.  My dad and Ron got the plumbing for the toilet relocated.  It went pretty good.  I thought we would have had many more issues, but we didn't with that.  It is mounted temporarily for now, but it really helps for all of Darlene's late night bathroom trips. Most of the drywall went up this weekend.  Ron was busting it out yesterday while I was at work.  Just have to get the tub drain to stop lea...

That's right.  The time has come.  The renovation is going to start soon...... We were able to decide on a color for the nursery.  It is a pistachio green with a buttermilk color for the trim.  It looks great!  Thank's to Sarah Meehan for painting!!  We are also going with a "pond" sort of theme.  Frogs, turtles.... things like that. Another item that my Dad and his buddy Ron worked on was getting a hole cut out in our kitchen cabinets for a dishwasher.....YAY!!  I am not a big fan of doing the dishes.  Darlene has pretty much banned me from doing them.  But with the installation of dishwasher it will help both of us out. As you can see with the title of this blog I gave a shout out to Nate Dogg who passed away last night.  Not my cousin "Nate Dogg," the real one. Bathroom renovation begins this week.  The dumpster has been delivered and is patiently waiting for us to fill it with all kinds of wonderful junk.  It w...

Darlene and I are trying to come up with some color ideas for the nursery.  So far we have picked some shades of green for the walls and a cream/white for the trim and slightly lighter shade for the closet doors.  This Thursday we should know for sure what the sexes are of the twins.  We will be able to run with our paint choices then!  I really want to get the nursery "finished" before we start on the bathroom project.  And that project is happening less than a month from now! So it looks like this weekend I will be painting something!