Today...

... Samuel took a long nap and Ben and I painted primer on every paint-able surface of the downstairs bathroom. Yeah! This past week Ben made major headway by completing the paneling, baseboard and chair rail. One year into the project and we're finally beginning to feel like there's some progress. Pictures will come when it is finished (hopefully before another year passes). It was fun to work together. So many days I try to work on projects like this, but my window of opportunity is small because when Samuel is awake he is into everything and wanting to play (which is great fun!), and when he is asleep there are so many different things I'm trying to do that it's hard to get out the paint and supplies and actually get something done before he wakes up again.

When Sam woke up early this evening, we packed up our dinner and went to the borough park to get out of the house and away from the paint fumes. We found a great bench on a little hill under a tree facing the sunset. It was a picturesque moment. We enjoyed our sandwiches made with potato bread from the Amish store, ham, sweet bologna (in PA you say, "ba-lone-a") and a real vine-ripened tomato from our garden. Samuel made his customary sounds, letting us know that his pureed fajita was delicious (Ben thought it looked so gross he wouldn't taste it, but it really was good!). Good times.

At home, Ben did the dishes, I bathed Sam and put him to bed, and we've been surfing the web. We have two days (one night) set aside for a vacation before the cold weather hits, and we really want to go to Assateague Island, MD to see the wild horses and camp on the beach but just realized that it takes almost 4 hours to get there. Our friends Mike and Kristi are our "Camping Concierge" and they gave us tips on these sites as well as another state park that sounds really nice (closer, but no ocean). We need to make a decision soon...
We also looked at Ben's facebook site. Honestly, it was my first time on facebook! It was really neat to see everyone on his friend list -- people he knew before we met, and other folks that I know but haven't seen in years. I've been making fun of him for having a facebook because it seems like that's the cool thing to do now, but it really is an ingenious way to network.

Now, here I am, left alone on the couch with my carrot sticks and PB while Ben catches the end of a football game. I'm here and he's there because he said it's my turn to blog.

lbn