Mini Blinds to Roman Blinds at Dad's

There are some gorgeous picture windows at my Dad's house (now owned by the 4 of us kids). 

They face the east so in the morning when the sun rises its extremely bright and it heats the house up for the rest of the day.  They needed some blinds but regular mini blinds just wouldn't be good enough.  Jake offered to buy the supplies to make some Roman blinds out of mini blinds. I did the work.   Real Roman blinds are expensive, especially for windows this size. 

Before

After

“My body is my journal, and my tattoos are my story.” - Johnny Depp

I ♥ Pinterest.  Since Dad died I have been wanting a memorial tattoo.  Something to remind me of him whenever I'm hurting.  I knew I would put it on the inside of my right arm so I would see it all the time. (I'm right handed).  While mindlessly wandering Pinterest last week I came a cross a pin of a woman's wrist tattoos with her parents' signatures.  I instantly knew that was the tattoo I'd been looking for.  I remembered seeing a card Dad had given me for a birthday a few years ago.  I couldn't remember exactly where I'd seen it and I worried I might have thrown it out.  The next day I went through our entire filing cabinet.  It wasn't there.  Then Thursday I remembered I still had the tote of loose pictures, papers, cards, and memories in the camper from when we were at Amber's looking for pictures of Dad for the funeral.  So at 10pm in the freezing cold and knee high snow I grabbed a flashlight and trudged to the camper to got through the bin.  I nearly hyperventilated when I found it I was so happy and relieved I hadn't thrown it out.  Friday I called and made an appointment and had my tattoo done on Saturday afternoon.  A little less weight on my chest...





 

** Zoom was Dad's nickname for me since I was a baby.  The story is - when mom went back to work after I was born he could never keep up with me or catch me when I was in my walker - hence "Zoom"  He used to tie my walker to the bumper of the car he was working on in the garage (he was a mechanic) so I couldn't get into too much trouble :) **

My little grocery shopper

Danica is such a good helper.  She LOVES helping with the shopping.  She helps push the cart and gets things off the shelves and puts them in the cart.  She even likes to get in the cart to help unload it onto the belt when we check out :) We did however miss the cart with a jar of pizza sauce near the front door.  "CLEAN UP AT THE ENTRANCE"  Danica bent down and pointed - "Uh Oh!"  Mommy was a little red in the face.

Winter has finally arrived.