workin' hard or hardly workin'?

Maybe its the fact that Justin has been working 70 hour weeks or that I am just lazy, but we have taken a serious break from doing any work on our house! (Take this picture as proof. No outlet cover, no register cover and no base board! I may have picked the worst spot in the house to showcase, but sometimes the little things are the last to get done!)


Anywho, I woke up yesterday with a little Demolition Dino in me and decided to tackle wallpaper removal (the same wallpaper I have purposely avoided the last 3 months. I was afraid it would be a sheer nightmare to remove.) Well, boy was I wrong! It came off in an hour! I just went to town ripping it down..I was so relieved it came down so easy. Now all I have left to do is remove the glue and I can paint. Funny thing, I swear the wall color below the paper is almost the same as the rest of my house.

You may ask, what is the other project I am working on? I'm painting baseboards. I feel like there is no end in sight, but I will eventually get it all painted so Justin can nail it back up. Maybe I will get it done by summer?! I can only hope.

goodbye exploder, hello pathfinder!

He did it!! He FINALLY did it! Justin bought a new car!!!! For anyone that knows us well, this has been a car search 2 years in the making! Talk about taking your time and checking out all your options. As much as I give him a hard time, the timing of the new car couldn't be better. The exploder has held up remarkably well and we ended up avoiding 2 years of unnecessary car payments. So, congratulations dearest Justin, and thank you for compromising on the color. (He told me white was his 3rd favorite color choice and the only reason he got the white was for his "wife". Either he is awfully sincere or he already knows how to work the system...)

dishwashing buds

Mommy's little 36lb helper...

first christmas tree

In true Spenser style, I spent about 15 minutes decorating our tree. Mom and Dad Atwood gave us one of their old trees and 2 boxes of lights (thanks:) and I rummaged around in the basement until I found random ornaments and a lovely tree topper. The tree was looking rather bare and sad until i received a box from the best Grams in the world. It was an early Christmas present full of ornaments! The tree is still half lit an half bare (baby Breck would destory ornaments if they were in his reach) but it looks pretty good for throwing it together! Next years tree should look a little more lively after I buy some decorations after the season is over.

I bought this as a Christmas present last yeah for Mom and she re-gifted it back to me, and I'm really glad because I love it!


Lovely little tree


Grammy's note to Breck- :)


Breck's new bed in our room. I finally gave in and gave him the blue snowflake blanket- he adores it



I was playing with him on the floor and he sat down right behind me on my legs, what a cutie!

thanksgiving 2009

Justin and I spent a glorious 4 days back home for Thanksgiving. We spent a lot of time with the Atwoods'/Huntrods/Langeruds'/Rodishs' and friends, too! Here are a few highlights of our time home...