Day 279: House Painting

Eric was back to his routine today, but I'm on spring break.  I was hanging around the house doing absolutely nothing when Katie invited me to help her and Charlotte paint.  I've never painted walls before, but I would say Charlotte and I did a nice job touching up the red and blue paint in the living room.  Katie cooked stuffed red bell pepper soup with crab cakes, which was AMAZING!  And then Katie and Joe took me out for custard afterward.  Poor Eric was stuck with a Totino's pizza for dinner, and I owe him big time!

Doesn't the red accent wall look great?  And little Charlotte is perfect at being three weeks old!

Day 158: Keeping Warm

Eric and I still haven't turned our heater up above 55!  After he got off of work tonight, we went up to Walmart and bought some things to weather proof the windows and front door, all of which have terrible drafts.  Unfortunately, it was a windy night and the drafts made it difficult to seal the windows.  The plastic kept puffing up with the air.  We'll weather strip the front door once it warms up a little bit - the instructions say it is best if the temperature is about 50 when you apply it.

Ta-Da!  The yellow tape is because the clear double stick wasn't strong enough to withstand the wind from our drafts.

The plastic wrap puffed out a good 5-6 inches when the wind blew.

Then we covered it with a sheet for a little more insulation!

Same deal with our living room window - drafty and covered with a comforter (until we buy our curtains).  Our Christmas tree is out, but we haven't started decorating it yet.

Day 125: Homemade Halloween Costumes

Tonight I worked on creating Halloween costumes for this year!  I cut up some soda cans to make Dr. Pepper earring, and name a "Hi, my name is... Pibb" name tag for Eric.

Here is a sneak preview of my Halloween costume! 

Eric's costume!