Step In The Right Direction...

High: The guys came to work on the dining room :)
Low: Claire had school today and I missed her like crazy :(

So, this morning Mark got a call from Wayne Newton, our fix it guy. Well, his name is not really Wayne Newton. His name is Wayne and he works for Newton construction. Mark and I just call him that. So anyway when we moved in about a year ago we both agreed...the dining room had to go! While beautiful in its prime, it was waaaayyyy too much for us. It had layers (yes that's right.. layers) of crazy wallpaper. So my husband decided to start tearing it down and it turned out to be a way bigger project than we thought it was going to be. So we had to hire help. Wayne is awesome and reasonable. Problem is...you have to wait until he is available. But today...HE CALLED!!!! YAY!!!! We still have a ways to go but this is definitely a step in the right direction!!!

Here is the dining room before Wayne Newton got at it. I will keep you posted as it progresses!!

As for my low, Claire had school. Now I shouldn't say this is a low. The only "low" thing about it is that she gone all day :(. We keep her in daycare two days a week over the summer for a few reasons. 1. To keep her in a routine so that in September she is not a mess starting over, 2. She LOVES it! Claire asks us at least once a day "I go school now?" and 3. It really helps us to get stuff done. While we are off for the summer, Mark is still selling real estate. So he just tries to do the most of it on the days Claire is in school. I, on the other hand, get the house cleaned, shopping done, go the gym, dentist appts, etc.

On the days that Claire has school, she is BEAT when she gets home. And I mean BEAT! Which it is funny that I chose to say that she was beat because apparently at school she kept singing Beat It by Michael Jackson (may he rest in peace).

All she wanted was her Claire chair, her silky, and a little bit of Elmo to unwind after a long day.

So we decided to start "Tubbie Time" a little early tonight.

We began with going potty. Claire enjoys reading while on the throne :)

Then Claire read me some books to get ready for bed.

Then finally.....
sleep.