WW: Duct Tape Room {Linky}

We ventured out of our home to go to two gallery closings. With gallery openings and closing most of them you have to call to make appointments to go to them. We ended up having the spaces to our selves. Certainly distancing! We still wore masks. 

This one was pretty cool. The artist's name is Nick Miller from Omaha, Nebraska. He built the entire room out of Duct Tape. 

Cool, trippy, and fun!

Random Tid Bits

1. Mica had his routine check-up with the doctor yesterday. The boy is almost 6 foot. Because he grew so fast, he has some stretch marks. He's never been fat; in fact he's slimmed down his tummy. He just grew oh so quickly. Doctor Harrison doesn't think there's anything that really works for stretch marks. Have you found anything that does?


2. Mica failed his Scoliosis test. I was and still am a little worried about it. It helped when my sister told me in regards to Evan (my nephew Mica's age), "Evan failed his too. I think he just grew so fast. His body was catching up somehow." Today Mica got his scan. Oh joy - more expense. I do want to make sure he's ok.


3. Isaak and I have been watching the old show Lost. Isaak and I seem to have the same taste in shows. We both liked Medium. Travis and Mica could have cared less, for both of them. Travis and Mica like documentaries. Isaak and I are like, "Really? Documentaries! They are boring. I feel like I'm in school!" I like some documentaries, but not a lot of them. 


4. We're in the process of redoing Mica's room. Because I work some of the weekend, it's taking for-ever! I spackled, sanded, and primed. Then Travis taped, and painted. We still have painting to do though. Mica's bedroom is infringing on our living room, so I'm ready for it to be done!


5. I'm tired like 90% of the time. Waking up at 4:30 AM to go to work by 5:30 is rough. I have successfully opened up. My trainer said she has faith that I'll get down closing as well. It seems intimidating. I don't mind the job. I just don't like when asked - "What do you like about this job the most?" She answered, "Going home." Most designer/marketing jobs around here have about 50 applicants on the low side, so that's a challenge. I keep trying. Each time I get shot down, something else pops up that I'm excited about. Something, sometime will happen.
   
   This old song from Sesame Street keeps popping into my head:

Random Tid Bits

1. Today is my last day of classes. It's the boy's last day as well. Kind of odd feeling!


2. It took me for...ever to write my final exams! Getting used to google forms wasn't that big of a deal. Except I kept forgetting to make questions mandatory. Why do they even have that feature? If you didn't want them mandatory, just don't assign points to those particular questions!
   
   I wrote about 300 questions in total, 100 or so for each of my 3 classes. Of course I've changed things being all online, so it really was new everything.





3. I decided to go to get my allergy shots yesterday. I was in a rush because shhh I was supposed to be working. Hey some nights I've been working in the evenings writing tests.
   
   Off I went. On the way I realized the main street that takes me to the clinic was closed, due to construction. I'm not complaining about them working on the street. I just don't know the area well, or what way to turn. Off I went into a neighborhood  I was hoping would take me to the clinic. Instead I got lost. Finally I got out. I decided to use Waze to take me to the clinic. There were a lot of roundabouts the way it took me. I finally got there.
   
   Afterwards I got home, and was all wheezy. This is the third time I got like that after shots.
   


4. The boys are getting a fresh coat of paint, for their birthdays. Isaak's getting triangles. Much like this image. Except he's getting an undercoat of cream, and red-orange and blue-green triangles.
   
   
   
   
   
5. Now I'm being all indecisive on his bedding. I have so many in my shopping cart, just sitting there. I don't know that I want to give him new bedding now, maybe for Christmas.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   I think this is my favorite! BUT I'd have to get a duvet. It's just a cover. It looks like Isaak, considering he loves to draw.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   These are at Target:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Room

I don't normally post about movies we watch, but we watched a really good one. It's called Room. If you have Amazon Prime it's free to watch. 

My husband laughs because he generally picks out movies that he doesn't even like. He asked a few co-workers what movies they would recommend and Room came up.

I loved the movie! It's from the novel Room.

It is really similar to Jaycee Dugard, or Elisabeth Smart stories. More the Dugard story because this girl was locked up for 7 years, and had a child.

It has suspense, creativity, happiness, and sadness all wrapped up into one movie. There was only 1 actor I recognized, which maybe why I've never heard of it. It's also why I loved it. I like seeing new talent.

I loved how creative the boy is in Room. He reminded me of Isaak at the age of 5.

What's a movie that you love? I'm looking for movies that are not mainstream.

Random Tid Bits

1. One night this week we played a game called Family Talk. I strongly recommend it! It takes up very little room, and gets your family talking. I won it sometime, somewhere. Mica's answers to the questions were cracking me up.
   
   
   
   Question: What's the highest compliment someone could give you?
   Answer: How smart I am. *Note: Mica has a crush on a girl at school that's new and in the other class. Why does he like her? Because she's gotten a Principle's Award twice this year. That must mean she's good, and smart.
   
   Question: What's your favorite food that your Grandma makes?
   Answer: Those mini pizza's she gives us. *Note My mom buys those mini pizza's. She makes plenty of home cooked meals. I had to call her and tell her Mica's answer to that one. Her response: "Yuck!" 


2. I've been trying to help Isaak clean his room. He had a lot of stuff, and I have to say that I found out it was mostly papers that were taking over his room. I filled up 1 paper bag full of papers.


3. Dad was convinced Isaak could clean his room by himself. Sometimes kids need help with an overhaul. Isaak's room needed just that. I got rid of 2 bins. Dad said, "Are you sure he doesn't need them?" I said, "No because he just stuffs them with papers." 


4. I said to Isaak, "Can we put your glitter glue here?" pointing to where his craft stuff is at. He said, "Mom there's gold in there. I like that, so maybe we should leave it out, so I can look at it. He's so silly!


5. Mr. Potato Head, Joey, a put it together airplane, and a mosaic tile picture set went to my co-worker that has newish grandsons. Isaak just wasn't playing with them. I happened to like Joey, the airplane, and the tile set. Mr. Potato Head was just ok. Isaak never did play with any of those toy sets very much. If you have kids, what's something that you liked, that they never really played with?

WW: Locker {Linky}

We got another big project done!

For years we've had a locker storing paint. I got it when a gym nearby was getting rid of it. I knew one day I wanted it to be in Mica's room. I wanted to wait until he and Isaak were past the slamming door/being rough phase.

I knew it would go perfect with his locker bed.

 

We've never done a project like this. At first I read that you have to get a locker sand blasted to repaint it. I was unsure of the cost. It is heavy to! Then I read that you just have to sand it. 

I sanded and sanded it.

Then Daddy primed it.

I kept having to go get more primer, and some Dukes of Hazard Orange (Mica's request).

We cleaned his room off and on all weekend. Here's the final result:

He's happy with it. Not so happy having to clean, but happy with the locker.