Window well covers

Nathan and I have been working very hard in order to get our home ready for our adoption home evaluation.  One of the requirements that LDS Family Services has is that we must have safety covers over each basement window.  We have know about this for a couple of months and Nathan wanted to build them himself but has been busy with other projects during the summer and fall.  Now that we have finally scheduled the day for the Case Manager to come out to our home it is crunch time. 

Nathan spent two days cutting, bending, and welding these wonderful window well covers for us.  He only has one more to do and then we will be ready.

Large cover

Small cover

Both of them side by side.

And for your viewing pleasure, Here is a sweet picture of Jasper.  This picture makes him look like a little puppy, so peaceful.  This dog really does make me smile most days.

Happy Thanksgiving Ya'll!

Halloween

At work this year we decided that we would have a Wizard of Oz themed day on our hospital floor.  We sent out an email to all staff inviting them to join us in the fun.  My good friend Sharon always dresses up as a witch and so was cast in the role of Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West, I on the other hand was assigned the role of Dorothy. 

I was given a month in which to put my costume together.  After sending out a plea on facebook asking if anyone had a Dorothy dress I could borrow I was lucky enough with the help of my friend Callie and her Mother to get my hands on a dress that was the perfect size.  All that was left was finding the all important ruby slippers to make everything complete.

Being as I am not a big shopper, and dislike spending too much money on items that I know I will not be using very much it was important to me to find a cheap way to get shoes.  With the help of my very intelligent mother we came up with the perfect solution.

I ended up going to DI and buying a $5 pair of black shoes and a couple of cans of spray paint.  Nathan is a master spray-painter and I think that he had just as much fun seeing how they turned out as I did.  Each shoe got two coats of red, two coats of silver glitter, and one coat of glitter sealant.

I think they turned out great, and for one day of use they were perfect.



Nathan painting



Waiting for them to dry.



Finished product




The Whole Surgical Trauma 'Wizard of Oz' Team
Back Row L-R: Sharon as Elpheba, Me as Dorathy, Ariel as The Good Witch, George as the Tin Man, Kristin as the Wicked Witch of the West, and Vicki as a Kansas Cowgirl.
Front Row L-R:  Gloria as Toto, Jen B as a Flying Monkey, Tracey as the Yellow Brick Road, and Kim as a Munckin.
Not pictured: Brent as the Scarecrow.

Happy Tuesday!