I don't know about you but we had a great weekend...Bishnu was off this weekend so we were able to squeeze in a lot of family time. Saturday I was able to get up to the museum and volunteer for a couple of hours while Bishnu stayed home with Jonah. Sandy and I were able to print, fold and stuff most of the newsletters and get them ready to be mailed.
On Father's Day, I fixed breakfast for Bishnu and we got ready to go to a birthday party in Washington. The party was for Daniel, my mom's sister's older boy, who was turning 6. I can't believe he's 6 already! Coincidentally, he had a Cars themed cake that was very similar to the one Jonah had a couple of weeks ago. We spent a couple of hours catching up and chasing the kids around the park, which was pretty crowded that day. I, of course, got sunburnt all around the back of my neck and my upper arms. Bishnu and Jonah look very nice and tan today. I've been trying not to glower at them while I scratch my neck. But it's not working...Anyhoo, Grandpa Don (mom's dad) wasn't at the party because he is recovering from a dog bite to the hand. Yes. You heard me right. It seems that Grandpa was trying to separate two dogs who were fighting over picked cherries and one of them caught his hand. Hopefully it will heal up nicely soon. We'll keep you updated.
After the party we headed back to Petersburg and spent a couple of hours with Papaw Uppey (dad's dad). Finally got home at about 7 pm or so and Dad stayed here for a couple of hours. We watched 'Night at the Museum' (very cute! I recommend it!) and vegged out for the rest of the night. Hope you all had a nice Father's Day with your families!
Oh, I'm tired. Sorry if that was jumbled and whatnot. I really need to start blogging earlier in the day before I get too pooped out...
Monday, June 16, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
A little of this and a little of that...
I don't really have anything in particular to say. Well, that's not true. There are several things that I *could* blog about but I have stayed up extremely late the past two nights reading books (2:45 am and 1 am, respectively) and I am just too tired to really think about blogging tonight. So, instead, I'll just post some pics that I re-discovered this evening that I think are good. There will be no rhyme or reason...just real randomness here. Bear with me.
Resting at Eastland Mall -
Fun day at the Children's Museum in E-ville
At least someone had fun at Louisville Airport...Isn't he adorable?!
Papa*, Aama, me, Bishnu* and Jonah
*Who else here thinks that Bishnu is a mini-me of his dad? Can I get an amen?...Amen. Thank you.*
Ta ta for now!
Resting at Eastland Mall -
Fun day at the Children's Museum in E-ville
At least someone had fun at Louisville Airport...Isn't he adorable?!
Papa*, Aama, me, Bishnu* and Jonah
*Who else here thinks that Bishnu is a mini-me of his dad? Can I get an amen?...Amen. Thank you.*
Ta ta for now!
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Oops.
Oops! See June 6th for new post. Started it a couple of days ago and finished it today but it is listed beneath my last post. Sorry for the confusion!
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Hooray for weekends!
I'm sooo relieved that its Saturday. Well, almost Sunday now. Today Mom and I decided to go yard sale-ing around the White Oak area. I'll tell y'all about that later and see if I can't upload some pics of the goodies we bought while out...
In other news, my brother and his gf are home for the weekend. They will both be leaving for New Zealand in a couple of weeks to spend a semester abroad. I'm so excited for him! He's wanted to go to New Zealand since Lord of the Rings was filmed there and this will be such a great experience for him career-wise, also. Although I'm nervous about not seeing him for 6 months I can't say enough how proud I am of him and how he has taken such control (do we really ever have complete control?...) of his life. He has become such an adult and I feel like I somehow missed the transition...of course, I am only 2 years older than him and I'm sure he feels the same way about me. When did we become so grown up? When we were making life plans I suppose...Back to original thought here - tomorrow morning we'll be going out for breakfast. I'm going to try to get a picture of all of us. I'll post it if I get a good one. :o)
In additional other news, I've discovered a great new artist today! If you can, check out Justin Nozuka at http://www.myspace.com/justinnozuka. I'm absolutely loving his music right now. He's very groovy... :o)
Ta ta for now!
In other news, my brother and his gf are home for the weekend. They will both be leaving for New Zealand in a couple of weeks to spend a semester abroad. I'm so excited for him! He's wanted to go to New Zealand since Lord of the Rings was filmed there and this will be such a great experience for him career-wise, also. Although I'm nervous about not seeing him for 6 months I can't say enough how proud I am of him and how he has taken such control (do we really ever have complete control?...) of his life. He has become such an adult and I feel like I somehow missed the transition...of course, I am only 2 years older than him and I'm sure he feels the same way about me. When did we become so grown up? When we were making life plans I suppose...Back to original thought here - tomorrow morning we'll be going out for breakfast. I'm going to try to get a picture of all of us. I'll post it if I get a good one. :o)
In additional other news, I've discovered a great new artist today! If you can, check out Justin Nozuka at http://www.myspace.com/justinnozuka. I'm absolutely loving his music right now. He's very groovy... :o)
Ta ta for now!
Friday, June 6, 2008
Summer.
Things I love about summer...
-honeysuckle
-Papaw Uppey's garden (yay for fresh veggies!)
-the smell of Mom and Dad's house before the a/c is turned on
-sunlight until 8 pm
-library reading program
-the sun warming my face
This is all I can think of off of the top of my head right now but I'm sure I would have lots more to add given more time. It has been a wonderful day so far...We went to Denny's this morning and had breakfast with my family. I'm glad that this is becoming a tradition every time Bret and Stacey are home for a week or weekend. Came back home and did some dishes, finished putting away laundry and whatnot. There is something so satisfying about doing this little chores and feeling a sense of contentment in my home afterwards.
So yesterday, Mom and I went to White Oak for a big yard sale event. I think there was anywhere between 12 and 20 families that were having sales. However, we only saw about half this many because we 1.) Got lost within the first 20 minutes of our first sale and 2.) Ran into about 3 cousins we didn't realize lived back there and spent most of our time talking and catching up. Those Uppencamps are EVERYWHERE, I tell ya! If you have never driven through White Oak and live in the area, do it. It is beautiful. The land is so peaceful and full of trees. It feels so unspoiled and miles away from the nearest town (well, that part if doubly true since it is, really.) I think my parents would both love to move there if they ever had the chance. I would too but I don't know if Bishnu could handle being that far away from a Chinese restaurant. :o)
One more thing about Justin Nozuka and then I'm done, I promise! I don't what it is about his music specifically that I'm loving but he has the most wonderful voice. It's strong and pure at the same time. Don't you just love discovering new music and then realize that you were needing something new all along? Anyways, I love his style of rythym. And yes, I have been dancing crazy to it around the house this afternoon. Now that is the true measure of good music.
Ta ta for now!
-honeysuckle
-Papaw Uppey's garden (yay for fresh veggies!)
-the smell of Mom and Dad's house before the a/c is turned on
-sunlight until 8 pm
-library reading program
-the sun warming my face
This is all I can think of off of the top of my head right now but I'm sure I would have lots more to add given more time. It has been a wonderful day so far...We went to Denny's this morning and had breakfast with my family. I'm glad that this is becoming a tradition every time Bret and Stacey are home for a week or weekend. Came back home and did some dishes, finished putting away laundry and whatnot. There is something so satisfying about doing this little chores and feeling a sense of contentment in my home afterwards.
So yesterday, Mom and I went to White Oak for a big yard sale event. I think there was anywhere between 12 and 20 families that were having sales. However, we only saw about half this many because we 1.) Got lost within the first 20 minutes of our first sale and 2.) Ran into about 3 cousins we didn't realize lived back there and spent most of our time talking and catching up. Those Uppencamps are EVERYWHERE, I tell ya! If you have never driven through White Oak and live in the area, do it. It is beautiful. The land is so peaceful and full of trees. It feels so unspoiled and miles away from the nearest town (well, that part if doubly true since it is, really.) I think my parents would both love to move there if they ever had the chance. I would too but I don't know if Bishnu could handle being that far away from a Chinese restaurant. :o)
One more thing about Justin Nozuka and then I'm done, I promise! I don't what it is about his music specifically that I'm loving but he has the most wonderful voice. It's strong and pure at the same time. Don't you just love discovering new music and then realize that you were needing something new all along? Anyways, I love his style of rythym. And yes, I have been dancing crazy to it around the house this afternoon. Now that is the true measure of good music.
Ta ta for now!
Monday, June 2, 2008
It's hot, Don.
Don?! Who the heck is Don? Well, really, if you don't live in southern Indiana or northern Kentucky you probably won't get it (It's from a car commercial a local dealer updates every summer). But it really is hot. Last week it started warming up and today it was supposed to get into the 90s. I'm not really sure what the high today actually was but I can vouch that it was pretty high up there. So can my flowers. I think they're dying...and if they aren't yet they will start to pretty soon. It just got too hot, too fast. I sort of feel like a failure in the gardening department right now. I'm trying to keep the soil moist without over watering them and nothing is really working. I'll just have to keep chugging along and hope they stay alive. :o)
I'm really starting to feel the fact that I haven't scrapbooked in the last month. Yes, you read right. A. Month. We have been so busy since we moved into the house that I haven't even had time to set up my scrapbook area downstairs, much less try to put together a page. I'm really starting to miss it though. I think tonight I'll work on some Thank You cards and see what I can get done.
Anyhoo I'll leave y'all with some cute pics of Jonah playing with one of his many cars. Lord, we find these things all over the house...
and one more pic from Minnesota of me and Bishnu -
Hm....methinks I should start running again...I'm starting to look like a chunky monkey...I'll think more about it after I finish this here bowl of ice cream with chocolate syrup.
Ta ta for now!
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Well, I've finally got some updated pictures of the house that I can post on here. Sorry it took me so long but we've just been crazy busy! We've painted the living and dining rooms and we finally got our stove this past Thursday. We still have a lot of things to do around here but I figure if we do a major project every year for the next couple of years we'll get there slowly but surely and 
without breaking our bank accounts. Here's the front of the house...We haven't changed a whole lot up here because the landscaping in the front was already done when we bought it. We've added the mailbox and a few potted plants on the front step and really, I think that's all it needs right now. It's simple but cute. I would like to add planter boxes at some point but they'll have to wait until we get some of the major projects done. I also would like to get some patio furniture for the front porch. It is such a nice space and we want to utilize it as much as possible.
Don't you love these built-ins and fireplace? I do! I'm pretty sure these are original to the house. The fireplace is gas and we're going to have to have it inspected before we try to use it (not that we'd be using it anytime soon!) but it's going to wonderful to have during the fall and winter months. It's a shame that we have to put the tv where it is right now but we're wanting to get a wall-mounted one to hang over the fireplace. It's amazing...Bishnu and I both agree on a design/decorating element! Who knows when that will happen again....lol! Anyhoo, the couch is positioned on the opposite wall and the paint 
color actually looks darker than this. It's called 'Crisp Toast'. I haven't put any pictures or decorations on the walls yet. And <--- this is our dining room. Well, part of it anyways. There's not a whole lot in here right now because we don't have a dining room table yet. The corner that I stood in to take the picture holds our conputer desk and chair. Don't you love this blue? We do! It's not quite this intense in real life. I can't wait to get the table in here and start decorating. There is also a big bay window in this room so I'll be able to put up beautiful drapes. The light fixture came with the house. Aren't we lucky? :o) Just to give a feeling of the flow of the house - Jonah is standing in the living room in this picture. The other doorway leads to our bedroom (turn right), the upstairs bathroom (keep walking straight) and Jonah's room (turn left). Now if you were walking from the living room and wanted to go to the kitchen, you would just walk straight through the dining room and voila!
There it is! Our kitchen is a really good size considering the house was built in 1920-something. This picture was taken before our lovely stove was delivered this past week so just imagine it in the lower left-hand corner. The curtains came with the house also but I'm probably going to change them because although the kitchen looks just fine the way it is, I'm going to be painting in here too! I'm thinking either a yellow or green for the walls, white for the paneling and I haven't figured out what for the countertop yet. I'm loving the ideas of concrete countertops right now. They are pretty affordable and the concrete people can add color tinting or recycled glass for a little sparkle. The recycled glass is where I'm kind of leaning and *surprise!* Bishnu agrees on that with me too. Man, we're on a roll here...But the concrete countertop will have to wait also because really, there is nothing wrong with the one we have other than it's blindingly white.
Well, I believe that's all for now. Bishnu just brought me pancakes and they're screaming at me from the plate. Have a nice weekend all!
without breaking our bank accounts. Here's the front of the house...We haven't changed a whole lot up here because the landscaping in the front was already done when we bought it. We've added the mailbox and a few potted plants on the front step and really, I think that's all it needs right now. It's simple but cute. I would like to add planter boxes at some point but they'll have to wait until we get some of the major projects done. I also would like to get some patio furniture for the front porch. It is such a nice space and we want to utilize it as much as possible. 
Don't you love these built-ins and fireplace? I do! I'm pretty sure these are original to the house. The fireplace is gas and we're going to have to have it inspected before we try to use it (not that we'd be using it anytime soon!) but it's going to wonderful to have during the fall and winter months. It's a shame that we have to put the tv where it is right now but we're wanting to get a wall-mounted one to hang over the fireplace. It's amazing...Bishnu and I both agree on a design/decorating element! Who knows when that will happen again....lol! Anyhoo, the couch is positioned on the opposite wall and the paint 
color actually looks darker than this. It's called 'Crisp Toast'. I haven't put any pictures or decorations on the walls yet. And <--- this is our dining room. Well, part of it anyways. There's not a whole lot in here right now because we don't have a dining room table yet. The corner that I stood in to take the picture holds our conputer desk and chair. Don't you love this blue? We do! It's not quite this intense in real life. I can't wait to get the table in here and start decorating. There is also a big bay window in this room so I'll be able to put up beautiful drapes. The light fixture came with the house. Aren't we lucky? :o) Just to give a feeling of the flow of the house - Jonah is standing in the living room in this picture. The other doorway leads to our bedroom (turn right), the upstairs bathroom (keep walking straight) and Jonah's room (turn left). Now if you were walking from the living room and wanted to go to the kitchen, you would just walk straight through the dining room and voila!
There it is! Our kitchen is a really good size considering the house was built in 1920-something. This picture was taken before our lovely stove was delivered this past week so just imagine it in the lower left-hand corner. The curtains came with the house also but I'm probably going to change them because although the kitchen looks just fine the way it is, I'm going to be painting in here too! I'm thinking either a yellow or green for the walls, white for the paneling and I haven't figured out what for the countertop yet. I'm loving the ideas of concrete countertops right now. They are pretty affordable and the concrete people can add color tinting or recycled glass for a little sparkle. The recycled glass is where I'm kind of leaning and *surprise!* Bishnu agrees on that with me too. Man, we're on a roll here...But the concrete countertop will have to wait also because really, there is nothing wrong with the one we have other than it's blindingly white.Well, I believe that's all for now. Bishnu just brought me pancakes and they're screaming at me from the plate. Have a nice weekend all!
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