The last month....

This last month has just FLOWN by, and in some ways, not much has happened, but in other ways, a lot has happened. Pardon if that makes no sense at all. The month of May: Brett finished his first year of grad school with all A's and a paper accepted for publishing with some research he was working on in the journal, Nanotechnology. It hasn't actually been published yet, and he is not the only author. He also started taking a summer class which isn't all that exciting thus far, and is doing research things the rest of the time. I am still working, and the hospital still has really low census everywhere, with some units closing at times because they have no patients. On the 26th we celebrated our 4 year anniversary. I worked the night before, so I slept all day while Brett was at school. That night we went out to eat and then relaxed at home the rest of the night. Brett got me these beautiful peruvian lilies. They are still blooming and are gorgeous!


The month of May also brought on more bathroom renovations. We (and by we, I mean Brett) were trying to finish what we started in the bathroom last July.


We tore out the whole floor and wall paneling. To make the floor actually level, Brett used shim type things to level it from wall to door. Then put a new floor in, and then what is shown in the last picture is glueless linoleum. It is so weird to walk on that floor and not have it squeak! Currently the bathroom has a sink/vanity, mirror, toilet and cupboard in, and the existing shower - I just don't have a picture of that yet. There are a few wall pieces that are not in yet, but we ran out of time to finish before our company came Memorial Day weekend. It needs those wall pieces and trim left and then I think that it is! Brett is kind of waiting until it is not 90 degrees outside because to glue the wall paneling on we need to have the windows open so we don't get high/pass out :) I'm so glad to have a handy husband like Brett. He also put in an exhaust fan, switched the outlets, moved the toilet back about 3 inches (to remove the silly little thing that was behind the toilet which served no purpose), and moved the sink plumbing just a tad to work with the new vanity. Who knew I married a chemist AND a plumber and electrician. When it is all finished, I'll be sure to take more pictures. I also planted a few flowers in the backyard. I WAY underestimated the amount of space I had for plants/flowers. I only used about 1/4 of the space in my little "flower garden". But what is there looks nice so far! Next year I suppose I will expand it a little more. Dan and Kiki Jongewaard and baby Gabriel came to visit over Memorial Day weekend and I only have one picture to prove they were here! It was a lovely visit. We spent time snuggling and playing with Gabe, showing them around Normal, just visiting, relaxing and playing games. So thankful they took the time to visit us all the way in Illinois!


Since this post has gotten entirely too long, I will have another post about our Starved Rock State Park adventure next!