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I really hate zombies.  First of all, that horrible movie with Will Smith scared me so much that I still can’t take the trash out after dark. 

And second, they ate my son’s brain. 

And now he is one of them.

Actually, Jack and his friends are making a zombie movie.  And while I am truly not fond of the content matter, I am pretty impressed with what they have put together so far.  Click here to watch the trailer to their movie, The Survival. 

Good stuff!

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Because new floors and paint aren’t enough . . .  Brad decided it was time to tear out a wall. 

Not that big of a project, really.   It just cracks me up how those Molens get the bug to start a project and literally can not stop until their mission is completed. 

Then again, if it was up to me, we’d probably never get anything but the dishes done.

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Things have been going pretty smoothly around here.  Too smoothly.  Smoothly enough that we decided it was time to turn life on it’s head. 

We hired a contractor to take the wood flooring that has been stacked up in boxes in our garage – and actually install it in our kitchen, living room, hallway, and master bedroom.  The hardest part of installing the floors is tearing up the existing ceramic tile & wood floor.  Yuck.  What a messy, long job.  I was expecting maybe a week.  Right now we’re about 2/3 done, and it’s been a week & a half. 

So then, we were thinking what a good idea it would be to do some painting while the baseboards were torn up & before the wood  goes down.

And now we’re dipping our toe into the idea of painting our kitchen cupboards. 

Really, it’s not so bad.  It’s great that we hired someone to help us with both jobs.  Brad can do anything.  But he can’t do everything.  The man can only be in one place at a time.  My primary role in home improvement is keeping four eager children and two skittish cats out of the say.  (I’ve been feeling a little bit chased out of the house lately.)  And I keep the food coming.

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Picked it out himself.  Because it has a hot dog on it.  Cute!

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Sorry.  I’ve had the blog blahs.  Nothing exciting is happening.  We are going to school & work.  Everyone is fine.  Life is good.   In case you were wondering:

• Will’s nose looks great.  The stitches are coming out of his lip & I have to trim them every day.  Yuck.  But he looks good & is healing well.  Hoping to get him in gymnastics for February.
• Brad & Jack started a flag football team just for boys that go to Jack’s middle school.   Low pressure.  Should be lots of fun for them.
• Margaret is suddenly the busiest member of the family – this past weekend, she had 3 girls call her to come play all in the same day.
• Sam is potty training/not potty training.  I stopped trying about 3 days after I started.  This low-stress approach is working perfectly for us and he is doing great!
• Brad decided one day that he should build Sam a bed for his room (he’s been sleeping on a mattress on the floor).    The next day, he ran to the hardware store – and voila!  It’s beautiful, and Sam loves it!
• I started a non-diet this week.  (I’m such a freak – I gain weight any time I “diet”.)  Just trying to make some smarter choices so my pants will button again.  Love my new juicer/not so fond of carrot juice.  Yuck.

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