No Shadow!

Funny joke for the week: Grampa J tells me that if the Groundhog sees his shadow, we're in for another six weeks of winter. If he doesn't then we're in for a month and a half more.

Guess who's taking over the kitchen while the table is getting refinished?

This is snow candy! Jamie, Z and I boiled down molasses and brown sugar poured it over snow. Tasted as yummy as it sounds (not very).

The Fight Fest Ben and I went to for my birthday! All the "Instigators" from Victory School of Martial Arts rocked! Our martial arts instructor helped train them, and they were undefeated that night!

Random cuteness....(I think he was smiling at Aunt Jamie here, he's always flirting with her.)

My little experiment...V8, Razzmataz, Carotine oil, and mustard

This is a sample of frieze carpet (the newest invention since Berber), it's supposed to be as durable as Berber, but softer. So, I thought I'd see just how stain resistant it was! From top left, clockwise we have: V8, mustard, oil, and Raspberry stuff.

This is just after running hot water over the carpet! After this I tried Resolve carpet cleaner and it didn't budge the stubborn oil stain. Two applications of Gain detergent later most of it had come out. So, even though the oil took a little work, most stains took no work at all, and I'm sold! Our next big project (after the table), is to tear down the wall in our living room, and restore this 115 year old house to it's original state of having one big living room. So, we'll have some frieze carpet bound to act as a large rug over the maple floors. If only we could decide on the colors for the wall!