Zachary........

Took Nclex (state boards) yesterday.

He made me promise I wouldn't tell anyone in case he failed.

He came home feeling very discouraged.

...Convinced he didn't pass, spent all night studying again.

...But Guess what.

he PASSED!

I love projects

So I'm really annoyed that I lost my camera charger again. Could this be another one of Jonah's tricks? Probably, because I can't find it ANYWHERE.
As a result, I'm missing out on so many photo opportunities. So I appolagize for the lack of pictures.

I love makeovers. Don't you? I love beauty makeovers and home makeovers. We are going to try and save Save SAVE and live in our little Duplex until
A) We outgrow it or
B) Zach gets a new job and we MOVE!
We will probably be here for a while, and I can't help but look at all the UGLY features in our place. For example: Our kitchen,

(no, I didn't find my charger. This is just an old pic of when we first moved in.)

It's not THAT bad. But I guess I've been watching too much HGTV because I want to paint these cabinets, add knobs, and rip out that floor!! What a difference it would make!!!! You can't really tell by the pic, but the cabinets are just crap. They have permanent stains on them. It would be such a cheap fix if we painted either a creamy white or black on them and add some knobs. The only problem is:

How do I go about doing it?
I really REALLY don't want to ask the owner,
"Hey! You know those crappy wood cabinets in the house? Well.. is it okay if I paint them and screw some knobs in them?" I think the only words they will hear is PAINT WOOD CABINETS..and they will probably freak!

But if I just DO IT, maybe when we move out, they will say,
"WOW! They really fixed this place up!" Or they will say
"You destroyed our house, you have to replace ALL the cabinets!" Which I really don't want to happen. (even though I don't think it would)

So what should I do? Should I just go for it? Ask the cute old couple? Or just leave it and try not to do so much to a rental?

I'm not doing Anything until we get Jonah better. To make a long story short, It's not Asthma. We saw an awesome specialist, and she found a bunch of strange little things thats wrong with him, but she's not quite sure what it is. So next week we take Jonah up to Primary Childrens for a bronchosypy. If you don't know what that is, it's okay I didn't either. Basically they put Jonah to sleep in the Operating Room, and stick a little camera down his nose and go through his neck and chest to see whats wrong. They also stick a tube in his throat to test how narrow it is. The whole thing makes me sick to my stomach. But at least we're one step closer to getting our little boy better.

Hide and seek

Jonah loves to take random things and hide them in random places.
For example: I couldn't find my phone one day, and as I walked into Jonah's bedroom, I caught him placing my cell phone in his toy barn and closing the barn door!!! If I hadn't seen that, I probably would have been without a phone for a long time. We will be missing something for days and suddenly one day Jonah will walk in the room, holding it!
I find a pot in his toy box, or a stuffed animal in my oven drawer. One time I found an old sippy cup full of milk stuffed way back in a kitchen cabinet. I really do watch him, I just can't seem to catch him when he does stuff like this!
Last night we had friends over to watch The Bachelor, and in the middle of the show, the remote control went missing. We STILL can't find it ANYWHERE! Zach and I have searched high and low.. Including the refrigerator, toy box, garbage can, you name it, we've dug through it! So either our neighbors took it home with them, or Jonah will bring it to me in about a week or two. Until then, our tv is set up to only play movies through the remote. AGH!