KID, HOUSE, FUNDRAISING - this is my life

COLBY:  Doing great, thank goodness. Although I must say, since turning 13 a couple of weeks ago he does seem to have a bit more P&V to his attitude. I notice more eye rolling, more disgusted-you're-such-a-dork Mom looks. He's still my sweet boy though and always will be. And that's not a typo. Colby Michael is now 13 years old! I can scarcely believe it. We didn't have a big blowout family party this year. On his actual bday we took him to see Ant Man (that's what he chose.) Week before last we took him to a play, Peter Pan. Then last week I arranged for his high school buddies to go bowling with him. I was pleasantly surprised that all 4 of them wanted to go! They are wonderful young men, very good with Colby. Every time it was Colby's turn to bowl, all 4 of them got up and helped him. It was awesome to watch for sure. Colby starts school tomorrow. Don't think he's overly thrilled about it, but that's tough crapola. We're going to try to extend his school day this year an extra 25 minutes. This will help compensate for him missing school on Tuesdays for swimming. We'll see, all we can do is try. Might be too hard on him and he might get too tired.

HOUSE:  Happy to report good forward progress on the "get us out of this stupid tiny apartment and into a beautiful new house" project! It has been a flurry of activity at the house over the last week or so. Outside work includes siding and soffits repaired, new gutters hung and most of the old ramp removed to make room for a new deck and ramp. There were only 2 of us working on the ramp demo. I don't know how much help I was, but hey I tried. We worked 3 hours and were able to get all the boards taken down and hauled in the dumpster, along with taking out 3 of the 9 posts that are set in concrete. Super hard, put your back into it, sweaty work, but well worth it. Now if we can come up with an easier way to remove those posts, we'll be in business to start work on the new deck and ramp. Inside work recently is foam insulation sprayed, fireplace installed and hopefully, fingers and toes crossed, drywall starts this week! I've also been picking out paint colors, tile colors and patterns, etc. You know, the girly fun stuff. I want the drywall started so badly I can hardly stand it. Come on fellas, let's get 'er done over there.

FUNDRAISING:  And of course we continue with our fundraising efforts to pay for this beautiful new home for Colby and me. I'm excited to be hosting a doTERRA essential oils class/fundraiser this Thursday at 7PM. This is a 1-hour class to educate you on the benefits of incorporating essential oils in your life. One hour, that's it. Show up, learn about these wonderful products, have dessert, socialize a bit. Order if you want. My BFF Christina is a doTERRA consultant and she is donating 100% of her proceeds from this class to our house fund. Very generous of her, and I appreciate it so much. If you can make it Thursday, can't wait to see you! If you can't make it but are interested in placing an order or want more information on the fantastic-ness of essential oils, let me know.

Time to take kid swimming. He didn't get to go last Tuesday because I had to work. So I know he's chomping at the bit to get in that pool. More soon. Peace out, bros.