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Window Coverings

Posted on April 14, 2006January 30, 2011 by Andi

Chuck and I got new curtains in the kitchen and living room as well as some blinds in the dining room and his office. It looks so much better and makes such a difference. I had been putting it off since we moved in. I picked out some sheer curtains for the kitchen and living room and white plantation blinds for the dining room and Chuck's office. I really like the plantation blinds. I want some more on the couple windows we have left in the house. We can get those gradually. We really needed the ones in the dining room because our house faces West and a lot of sun comes in during the day and early evening. It will help keep our house cooler, too. We also picked up a new screen/glass door for the fromt of the house to protect the door during storms since it faces West. The house looks much more home-like now and I am glad we….mostly me….got around to picking something out.

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Charlie and Dylan Willette

Posted on April 14, 2006January 11, 2012 by Andi

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I went to see my cousin Paul today and brought he and his wife some food (A pan of Lasagna, Gooey Garlic Mozzarella bread and Key Lime Pie). These little cuties are their new twin boys…Charlie and Dylan. They are so sweet. When I got there, they had just taken a bath and were getting ready for a nap. Charlie was already half asleep, but Dylan was wide awake, so I rocked him to sleep. What a snuggly little guy. And Paul and Erika's daughter, Lexi, was a good helper. She wanted to pat the babies and play with them. She's a good big sister. She's about 2. I can't believe they have 3 little kids under the age of 2. I see now why they were so excited to have some food brought over. Erika told me Paul has been talking about my lasagna for 4 days. 🙂 He's such a dork. There are a couple more pictures of the boys HERE if you are interested.

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Trading Central

Posted on April 14, 2006 by Andi

A few weeks ago we started going to a trading office to trade. There are about 10 of us from our trading chat room that have gone in there. It's been a really good experience. It's nice to have so many people around doing the same thing.

Chuck and his dad have set up a computer with 12 monitors hooked up to it for our charts. It's the coolest thing I have ever seen. Then we put 4 people on each side of the desk and use the charts. We bring in a laptop or a pc to make our trades on. We just recently got a projector to put charts and things on the wall so everyone can see it. It's turning out great. The office building just took out a couple walls so we have a large open area now. This way more people can come in and trade with us. The part that is really going to stink is when his dad leaves for his boat for the summer. It helps a lot having him around. He's very helpful and a great teacher. I think the whole office will miss having him around.

HERE are a few pictures of the trading office. I will be taking more on Monday with the walls taken out and the projector up. But you can tell it's trading central from these pictures.

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New Babies in the Family

Posted on April 13, 2006 by Andi

Two of my cousins just had new babies…well, their wives did. A new girl, Mara and twin boys, Charlie and Dylan. I haven't seen any of them yet. I am going to see the twins this weekend. I am so excited that there are twins in the family. We haven't had that before. And I am really excited they are boys. When I was growing up, I thought I had too many guy cousins because there were no female cousins near my age. Now my cousins are all having girls. And it's a good thing there are a couple boys now to balance things out a little more. And since they are twins, they will be able to pick on the girls twice as badly. 🙂 If it were just one…all the girls would gang up on them. I know that because I was the only girl cousin growing up. 🙂 I am bringing some food over to my cousin and the crew over there. Mostly because I know my cousin can't cook….but also because I really like cooking. 🙂 I'll try to take some pictures and put them on here when I get back.

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New Headboard

Posted on April 1, 2006January 11, 2012 by Andi

Chuck and I got a new headboard the other day. Here are a couple pictures of it.

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It's very simple. It's ultra suede and padded. Just something to protect the wall I painted and it's comfortable to lean on. We were going to get a whole bed and headboard, but we have a platform bed right now and it was going to be really expensive. We would have to buy some other pieces from Select Comfort and then the headboard. So this is a temporary solution we will work with. We might make a different paltform for it at some time. But I really like it. 🙂

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Game Cube

Posted on March 20, 2006 by Andi

Chuck and I got a Game Cube this past weekend and I have been playing it like crazy. He found out that the Game Cube was a good system for people with very good video game skills and those who are inept to play together and make it enjoyable for both. We got Mario Kart and Super Monkey Ball 2 and have had a good time so far. The Game Cube we got also came with a free Zelda game. I have been playing that (since it's a one person game) and I had a great time on the first section just running around. I have learned in the second level that I am just not ery good at video games at all. I can't jump real well or use more than one button at a time without getting flustered. I just wasn't blessed with any video game skills…or at least very little hand-eye coordination. Oh well. I still have fun with it. Maybe by practicing more and playing the games we have I will get better and be a better opponent to Chuck. I also want to get the Worms 3D game. If you like computer games (which this is mostly for) you should check them out. The Worms games are hilarious. 🙂 Now maybe I will practice a little bit and improve my skill level.

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Brunch & Craft

Posted on March 13, 2006January 31, 2011 by Andi

Today I had some people over for a brunch and I decided to do some crafts while they were here. It was a lot of fun. I made lots of food that turned out pretty well. I made a Raspberry-Lemon Shortbread tart that I didn't think turned out real well, but people seemed to like it. I made an egg bake as well. I was told it was good. I don't care much for eggs, so I didn't have any. The rest of the stuff wasn't real exciting. 🙂 I had some candle holders for people to paint and card stuff for them to make. I had paper, beads, ribbon, etc and they went nuts. It was lots of fun. I got some new ideas from them as well. I took a few pictures of the crafting. I also took one of each of the gals with some of the cards they made. The pictures can be found HERE.

The only person that came that had seen our house before was my mom, so it was fun to have people see that. They all seemed to like the house and the colors I painted. My mom also got a really cool vase for me (because I love them) for our bedroom. It looks nice in there.

It was a busy day, but lots of fun. I think everyone had a good time and hopefully we didn't scare Chuck too badly. 🙂 I'll have to do it again sometime!

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Painted Bedroom

Posted on March 12, 2006January 10, 2012 by Andi

I finished painting the bedroom last weekend and during the week I painted the end tables in the room. I painted it grey. The name of the color is “Anonymous”. I really like it.

Here is a picture of the room:

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I think it turned out really well. I was a bit worried about the color at first, but I love it! Now I want to paint the master bathroom. It looks dull with the bedroom done. There is another picture of the bedroom HERE.

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Laptop Wonderland

Posted on March 8, 2006 by Andi

Chuck got a new laptop today and I got his previous one. The current one I had was a bit too slow to use for work. We thought about getting me a new one, but getting him one made more sense. I love it. It's so nice…and fast. Chuck's new one does some cool stuff. I have been playing with my new one all night. I am sure I could have found better or more productive things to do, but this seemed more fun. 🙂 Back to more playing!

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Go Gophers!

Posted on March 5, 2006 by Andi

A friend of ours had a couple extra tickets to the Gopher hockey game last night and we got to go. We were in the first row! There was lots of hitting on the glass in front of us. You could even see the expressions on the players faces! It was so much fun. I missed going to hockey games. Thanks for the tickets Tim…Think of us ANYTIME! 🙂

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