You've gotta see the potential

Maybe next time he'll come back with a fish...

Rich out to sea with his spear-gun

16 weeks, 1 day

Priming the ceiling

Priming the newly textured walls

Slate shower

Installing the slate floor

Framing the shower

Gutted Bathroom

'The Before' Bathroom

Naming our Pumpkins

Our garden


Brewers vs. Padres Game

More pictures, as promised. They show in random order...sorry about that.

Our pumpkins are growing nicely. We're keeping up with Rich's grandpa's tradition of engraving names into the pumpkins as they are growing. Soon we'll have a ton of ripe tomatoes, and we've had a few cucumbers as well. Not too bad for our first garden. Now we can't wait for the lemon and avocado tree to produce!

We had another great weekend in San Diego. Saturday was spent doing house stuff...our plumbers were busy underneath the house all day. Rich was able to clear another section of the backyard. Someday we'll have nice green grass... We painted the bathroom this morning and the color turned out much better than our first choice. Tomorrow the plumbers 'should' be finishing, and we'll have a running toilet and the vanity should be installed. Next will be picking out and installing the granite counters and building a little make-up vanity for me. Maybe on Tuesday we'll be able to take a shower in the full-sized shower!

Every now and then we still have that 'overwhelmed' feeling when it comes to our house. There is still so much that we would like to get done. But we have to remember, one step at a time. We plan to be here for a very long time. Many people thought we were crazy when we bought this house - but we saw the potential and we take great pride in making it our own. Now those same friends that thought we were crazy can't believe it's the same house! You've always gotta see the potential in things, right?

We went to the beach for a few hours today with our good friends Dayna and Charles and their 10 1/2 month-old little boy Brayden. He is such a riot in the sand - and isn't afraid of the waves at all. It's amazing to think that we'll have two little ones to chase after soon. We can't wait! While we were there, I realized that today I did not take any anti-nausea medication, and I also haven't gagged a single time. First time since 6 weeks. Yay!

Looking forward to the good times ahead...