I'm Baaaaack!

Well, it's been a rough couple o' weeks in my world.  Yikes.  We are finally all healthy again (ya-hooo).  Hubby surprised me with a new laptop and it's soooo pretty.  My little Thomas is most excited to have his own mac-book now (he received my old one).  My new one is pretty silver just like my i-pod.  Now to get my i-phone and I'll be all mac, all the time.  

So, around here...

We've been working on a few house projects.  We made the linen closet bigger which made use of some dead space behind the door in my new room and that made a perfect spot for a built in workspace.  I'm quite excited!  We've been tearing down drywall and adding some electrical outlets (back in the 70's they didn't have as many outlets as we need today).  

Things are calm and much less chaotic and I'm feeling so much better.  Thanks to everyone who send along such kind comments - you have no idea how much it has meant to me.

I've been stitching quite a bit and now that I have my new laptop, I hope to take some photos of my stitching to share.  Now if I could just get a new camera (I'm hinting to hubby nearly every day).

Lots o' decorating going on here.  Lots of decisions to make.  I need to go and pick out and order a new window for my room, we have to do insulation and re-drywall too.  I'm doing the ceiling in pine planking and I need to choose a ceiling fan too.  Yes, I know, ceiling fans are controversial, but I love them.  I love having the windows open and the breeze from the ceiling fan is somehow comforting to me.  I'm working on choosing the right paint color and I'm designing the workspace/desk area too.  Lots of fun stuff!!  I've been taking photos so I'll share the before and afters very soon.

Easter is rapidly approaching and here in Chicago we are dealing with the snowstorm we got hit with yesterday and more nasty weather is on it's way.  Ya gotta love the crazy Chicago weather!

Gotta run along now and do some housework and stuff.  Can't play on this new computer all night ya know.