I should be sleeping rambler.

It's 4:41 am as i begin this post.

This weekend was crazy busy. We started the new laundry room, it is about 60% of the way there at this point and would have been more like 75 had the rain not come today when it did.

Dean has to head back to work today so it remains unfinished, sadly. The roof, siding and interior are still left, but we have walls windows and a door!! :)

Note to self....self, if you ever plan another major home improvement in your lifetime, let's keep a few reality checks in mind.
First...things do not go as smoothly IRL as they do on HGTV, nor do they go as quickly.
2. Always always plan and budget about 20% more than you originally shoot for, as things crop up that you didn't expect frequently.
3. Never ever order pizza again for dinner...its why your awake right now thanks to that high gluten flour, um yeah.

Speaking of, before this whole weekend shenanigan took place I was on a roll with trying to figure out some stuff in terms of helping Dylan. I should post *over there* in i heart Dyl pickle blog-land but no time for that at 4 am I suppose. Anyway i read Jenny McCarthy's book about her and her sons journey and I was really inspired to do more for Dyl. Not that we don't already do a lot...we do but I definitely have felt for a long time he was not getting the social skills/training he needed. The PS is of no help, lets face it. I have turned to some outside webrings of other parents of asperger's kids and have found a new hopeful avenues to pursue. Now...to just work that into my already hectic schedule. I won't go there right now........ LOL.


I'm exhausted from these house renovations, and I'm ready for this crap to hit the road, seriously!! I have 2 major , no wait 3 to finish... 1 is painting the house trim, 2 is the gutters (more on that in a moment), 3 is painting the boys room (it is primed and ready though!). I also have window treatments to get and hang for 3 or 4 more rooms but then i'll be finished so thats good. I'm hoping to get most of this done this week as summe break begins in 6 more school days. I'm actually looking forward to this summer with my kids hanging out and having fun. The last 2 summers were not like this for me so its a good refreshing pace of mind if nothing else.

Gutters...ok so 18 months ago when my dh cleaned out our gutters (we have XL trees in our yard that dump a TON and I mean 10 MILLION tons of those stupid helicopter seeds everywhere) for the 3rd time since we bought this house, he begged me to consider gutter guards. Seeing as we pay for pretty much everything with cash (or we don't get it!!) we were running low that summer and I said *no*. Well let me just tell you, i got the pleasure of getting up on a ladder today and cleaning out 2 20 ft sections of this stuff and oh GAG-OH-RIFICAL stench from hell! *puke* It was seriously one of the most vile things i've ever smelled on the planet no joke. Well now I feel obligated to at least do most of it myself, including installing the guards so we won't have to do this anymore. So sorry Dino...should have listened to ya lol.

With that said, I think its time to head back to bed and try and sleep...if not I'll probably go put on my gym clothes and go workout. I only got 1 day in this week thanks to the projects needing to get done. Thats ok as i have a bootcamp coming up in another week , hoping to see those last few results i want come to fruition soon.

Next weekend begin baseball season games, tball, more family visits, end of school, bootcamp and swim lessons for a couple of the kids, its gonna be a fun summer :) and i think I'm finally tired........