Ceiling

This weekend my dad was here to visit and he helped Josh put up drywall on the ceiling in the living room area. Yesterday Josh installed the lights in that section, and now we're on to some more taping, mudding, sanding and painting!

Spring!

It feels like spring has finally arrived! Today was a gorgeous day and I got to do some work outside and take a look at the garden to see what is coming up. Looks like many of my (free!) transplants from last season made it through the winter and are starting to sprout. I'm happy to see the peonies, iris, tulips, lilies and chives all doing well. They even made it through that yucky snow/sleet storm from Thursday! I can barely believe it, but Tuesday's forecast calls for temps in the 70s! (We'll believe it when we see it for real.) Happy spring!

Stave Church

Today my grandma and I got to hang out together... we did some shopping and sight-seeing in Fargo/Moorhead. We decided to check out the stave church at the Hjemkomst Heritage Center. Grandma got to show off because she was the only one on the tour that had been to Norway and seen a real stave church, not just a replica like this one. It was fun, but it was pretty chilly in the wind!

Happy Birthday Jason!

My little brother is turning 21 today! Happy Birthday Jason! Hope you have a great birthday... don't go too crazy on all those birthday drinks tonight! :)

ND Democratic Convention

On Friday afternoon, my mom and I drove up to Grand Forks to go to the North Dakota Democratic Convention at the Alerus Center. When we finally got there and parked in the parking spot that was furthest away from the doors, we caught up with Brian, Adam & Rachel in line.

Then we waited in line for about 2 hours, fearing that we may not be able to get in before the speeches started. Luckily, it was a very nice spring day outside.

We got in the doors just as Obama was beginning his keynote speech. (I'm sure his advisors told him to wait til we got in there to start, since we are very important people.)

Then we got some better seats when Obama was done, and someone passed us this Hillary sign. It made for a good picture and a good souvenir. Then we waited, and waited, and waited. The "wave" went around the Alerus Center about 20 times because we were all bored waiting. Clinton's plane was late so she couldn't get there on time. But, I was impressed to see that when she walked in the door (we could see behind the stage from our seats) she was all smiles and even waved at me (and the thousand other people in my section).

I was glad at the end of the night to be able to hear both candidates speak, even though we didn't leave the Alerus Center until about 9:20pm (about 5 hours after we got there).

After the speeches we went to downtown GF and had some food (finally!) and drinks at the Toasted Frog. They had yummy sweet potato fries.

Overall it was a very long night, but well worth it (though I'm glad I didn't come at 6 in the morning like some people). I am very hopeful for the 2008 elections and am excited at the possibility of one of these candidates becoming the next President.

Hot Water

Oh yes, we have a brand spanking new water heater. Our old one decided at about 9:30 last night that we would not be going to bed early, but we would be cleaning up water on the laundry room floor. It decided that we did not deserve to have any warm water anymore.
But, thanks to Josh and the plumber that was coincidentally coming over at 9 this morning, we now have a fabulous (actually it is the exact same as the old one) new water heater and can continue on with daily tasks such as showering and washing dishes.

Baby Boy!

Congrats to Megan and Bud on the birth of their son, Bronson Michael, yesterday, April 1! Can't wait to see him!