Bill had all the windows cleaned this week (inside and out - which is a bonus because I thought only the outsides were being cleaned). Wow! I can't beleive the difference! Even with overcast weather, we seem to have more light coming in.I also wanted to show off my nearly stripped window frames! I just have a small amount to strip and then some additional sanding to complete.
Someday I will actually be able to stain and seal these frames! We've chosen paint colors and will redo the dining room sometime this fall (where did the summer go?!).Bill took the boat out yesterday and we are hoping for good weather tomorrow so we can take a picnic lunch and take the boat out for a family outing. I know it isn't the skateboard park but William will just have to get over it!
School starts Tuesday and we finished the shopping before the real craziness took hold. The only thing I need to purchase is a white dress shirt. Who would have thought that you couldn't find one for a teenager. Everyone has told me to shop on-line (these are the stores locally, mind you). So, JC Penney's has some nice shirts on sale for $10 each - we will buy 2 and hope that I measured correctly. William is 5' and barely 90 pounds. Offers some interesting challenges since he has his father's long legs but no waist to speak of. I think we finally got him into 12 regulars and 14 slims this year. His big thing is skinny jeans (they are the skin tight jeans that some skateboarders prefer) except skinny jeans for William still aren't skin tight - they look very nice on him because they actually fit his frame!
Well, we officially paid off the braces Friday! Yeah! It looks like William will be out of the braces by Christmas. He wears bands right now to pull his bite together. The bands are brightly colored and he can match his mood, clothes or whatever. I'm ready for the bands to go away as I find them all over the house!
