Race to the Finish

Remember when I said I was going to stop slacking and blog regularly again? Yeah... I lied. Please don't tell Santa. Anywho, we've been super busy doing everything EXCEPT working on the house. We visited our fabulous niece...

Went to the Michael Buble concert (swoon!)...

Had a Happy Halloween...

And enjoyed some football...

 
I've been up to my usual. Running...

Crafting...

Mentoring...

Oh yes, and working. I've been at my new job for a little over 2 months now, and I still love it. I mean, at how many places do you see this...

"Bosses" Day

Bosses Day

Plus, I won $300 last week!! CHA-CHING!!!!!

As far as the house goes, well, not much has really been "going." Derek has had a crazy year at work. They've gotten some big jobs, and he's worked 60 hours a week for 9 of the last 12 months. Unfortunately those kinds of hours don't leave much time or energy for home improvement, but with our party coming up, Derek is racing to get things done around the house so it looks like we've actually done something since last year's party. Today he was a busy bee. He did some more work in the guest bathroom, which really looks like we took a step backwards because we now have no light, AND no mirror...

 And the medicine cabinet has a new home in the hallway...

I had to tell Derek that we're married, and if he wanted an up skirt view, he didn't have to demolish the bathroom to do so, but he insisted.

He's also working on patching up the holes from the plumbing he did a year and a half ago. As you may recall, Brayden tried to repair the holes with Legos (wish I could find that pic!), but unfortunately his fix didn't last. Hopefully Derek's does...

the mandatory Derek butt shot

One project did get finished though, and it will be one that everyone will see, but may not notice...

This note will be gone because...

We've got a working doorbell! Lucy is very excited. And by excited, I mean she barked like crazy while it was being installed and tested out, and will surely bark like crazy every time it is used.

So the race is on! 20 days until my marathon, and 27 until this house has to look like we've given it some attention in the last 365 days.