flying low

on friday frank and i made a frankenlamp. we took two lamps and forged them together. i have to admit when he first suggested that it blew my mind. i'm not very knowledgeable about electrical work and i thought he'd have to take it home and use a sauder gun or something. needless so say, that wasn't necessary. it was fun though. it took over and hour, but it worked out really well. while we worked we just shoot the stuff, it was really nice. it's been a while since we had a chance to chat like that.

yesterday i went to value village and picked up a number of new items. i recently occurred to me that if i want to dress a certain way or feel better about my style (i haven't been keeping my recreational wardrobe up because i mostly wear work clothes) then i should buy some of the clothes i want! so i did, and i'm very pleased about it.

today was the first sunday in many months that we had nothing on the docket except for church and brendan was having a driving lesson with my dad at 3. it's been really relaxing. brendan did well driving. it's been a while, but he warmed up again well. after a stint driving automatic, we took him out in my standard crv. i was worried that brendan would feel inundated by getting instruction from both my dad and me, but he did great. it was really smooth sailing. near then end he started to struggle with first, but all in all we thought he did fantastic. i think he'll catch in very quickly.

after arriving home from that, i didn't really know what to do with myself. i worked a little on thank you cards for our wedding guests, but i quickly got overwhelmed and stressed by that so brendan suggested i put them aside. i've been really putting that off because i find it really stressful, but maybe if i do a few at a time we'll get thru them asap. so anyways, i didn't really know what to do. i never have time to do nothing. so i did some painting. i've been needing to apply a second coat of paint to the birds on our bedroom wall ever since i first did them in august of '09. i was really nice! it's the first time i've painted in ages. i thought it was a good sign that i am feeling good and relaxed :D

we'd just grab a sandwich and put it in our mouths.