Honey Do Part 3

So my pre-baby projects are getting done! And I am so tired of working it’s not funny. I am working my full schedule at work, working on the projects an hour or two during the evenings when I don’t have softball or something else, working all day saturday and working usually for  an hour or two on Sunday (gasp).  Continue reading “Honey Do Part 3” »

The Dads of Lancaster County

I am a really lucky guy. I have 4 guys that are going through this thing with me. When I say ‘this thing’ I don’t mean just being pregnant, I mean a bunch of other things as well. Two of the guys work with me and the other one I have been friends with since high school. They are great guys, and come from all different perspectives. But most important of all we all just seem to loosen up and have a good time when talking about our wives and the kids. Continue reading “The Dads of Lancaster County” »

Photography with HJB

My beautiful mom-to-be!

Ok guys, if you know me, you know my best friend is HJB. He is the owner of Jordan Bush Photography and has been my friend for more than a decade and a half. For as long as I have known him, i haven’t had the privilege of the whole JBP experience. Continue reading “Photography with HJB” »

Pregnancy Brain?

Is it bad that I heard HJ’s voice say, ‘That’s not nice’ before I even started writing this post. Yes, yes it is. But, before you judge let me get to my point. Continue reading “Pregnancy Brain?” »

The amazing people I work with!

A few days ago I had a very rare scheduled day in the office. Generally I am out hopping around all nimbly bimbly from client to client, but for some odd reason one of my coworkers who I see on a fairly regular basis needed to schedule an appointment to see me at 10:30am four weeks in advance. This was, oddly, just at the perfect time for me to not be able to schedule any client visits that day. Really, that should have been my first clue…but it wasn’t. Continue reading “The amazing people I work with!” »

Honey do part 2

I am tired. That is about all I can say about it right now. I can only imagine how HJ feels! Continue reading “Honey do part 2” »

Seriously… some people have no idea

HJ is too nice to people sometimes… actually almost every time. I am going to outline just a smattering of comments that have astonished me the past few weeks. While I am astonished, I am the lucky one. HJ has been hurt, self conscious and genuinely offended by all of them. Continue reading “Seriously… some people have no idea” »

Honeydew… definitely not the same as ‘honey do’

People at work used to ask me how the bathroom was going. I think everyone got tired of me laughing about the question. Now people are asking if the nursery is ready, I think people will probably get tired of my laughing at the question the same way. I generally respond with something “oh you must mean my work room” or if I am not being sarcastic that day a simple “ha, no its a bit too cluttered right now”.

A few posts ago, I said that I was working on the bathroom as HJ told me she was pregnant. That was true, but the fact is that I am still working on the bathroom. What I should have probably said is that I will be working on the bathroom through the entire pregnancy.

I got a ton of work done with a lot of help from my father the week she told me she was preggo. However in all actuality, we were barely able to do enough to get the bathroom functional. Through the following few weekends with help from my mother-in-law on the painting side and my dad again with the wainscoting and mouldings we got it to the 90% point. All that’s left is building and installing the vanity and installing the towel cabinet.

Thank goodness, because that is about 1% of the ‘honey do’ list. The rest includes:

  1. Mill and install the baseboard and window trim in the nursery
  2. Patch the drywall in the nursery closet
  3. Repair the walls in the master bedroom
  4. Carpet the upstairs and stairs
  5. Install the floor in the downstairs
  6. Insulate the master bedroom

So I have got a lot to-do before that baby gets home! I will be sharing some of the progress in photo form in some future posts! That baby is pretty much going to have a new upstairs to crawl around on!

In the meantime my biggest real job will be to continue to make HJ believe that this will all get done before June rolls around. I truly believe I will get it done, but HJ is less than convinced. We usually have a conversation midweek about what will get done that weekend. It involves gnashing of teeth, crying and a general feeling of hopelessness. However, when the weekend comes, I bust my butt and do work. This makes HJ happy and the world is in balance again!
Thats it for now. Stop by again to see what I am working on!
Doplic Daddy

That took longer than I thought!!

HJ has been asking me to get a picture of her baby bump for probably a month now. Boy have I failed miserably. We have tried about 100 different places out around our house with terrible results. We also tried the camera, the camera phone, interior lights on, flash off, flash on, hands on the belly, hands off, on her head, on my head and about every combination in between.

It is the most frustrating task in the world. I am the world’s worst photographer, which is funny because my best friend is probably the best. For comparison’s sake check him out here. I am sure we will twist his arm and get some professional shots from him at some point, but for now I am the photographer. Continue reading “That took longer than I thought!!” »

Cast of Characters (Part 3)

Today I am going to introduce you to Santa’s Little Helper. Can you see the resemblance between him and the Simpsons Character?

Santa's Little Helper

 

Doppleganger??

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