Covid Vaccine

 I have officialy been fully vaccinated again Covid.  Because of my work with the Pool testing as a nurse, I was eligible now for the vaccine.  I had my first dose a month ago and today I got my final dose of the Moderna vaccine.  I am so glad to have this behind me knowing that in two weeks I will be covered completely.  My parents have been vaccinated as well, so slowly but surely we are getting there!

Figuring out the kitchen layout

 For months we have been working with our architect on the kitchen project, and our start date is getting near.  We are going to start the last week of March so final plans are being made.

Today I taped up the areas where things will be because I wanted to have a bit of a visual on how the new layout will look.  It was fun, and now I have a better idea of where things will be.

Sink area with island and bar area. The window along the back wall will be staying - just being raised and reframed. The sink will be under the middle window - dishwasher to the left. Bar is there to the right - it will hold 4 chairs. And the square at the bottom of this picture is the other half of the island.

Edge of pantry and fridge and start of island. So on our current island the tape represents the end of our pantry and the beginning of the fridge. And then there is a 3 1/2 foot gap and that starts the island. The wall where the oven (in the picture) is will be GONE. Kitchen will extend into the next room

Edge of the mudroom and start of the pantry. Wall there where the shoes are be gone. To the left is a closet right now that will be turned into open lockers for coats and shoes. There will be a doorway into the mudroom, and then a doorway intothe pantry.

We are building in an area for bookcase in front of the pantry. We are putting that in ourselves (we are taking all the millwork on after the project is over so that I can see the spaces and design after the kitchen and pantry are complete) We have a large fireplace, so our architect wanted to make sure she drew it into the design so that it was positioned correctly. We are getting all new floors to match the upstairs as well.

Island, back wall of cabinets and sink and bar sink. All these walls gone

Gigi's Raviolis

 There is no doubt that my grandmother Appolonia was an amazing cook.  Her Italian food was second to none and I miss watching her work in the kitchen.

Luckily she passed some of those skills down to my mom and now my mom is passing them to me and the kids.  We have learned to make my grandmother's ravioli.  The recipe makes enough to feed a small army, so we are stacking our freezer for when our kitchen gets remodeled.

The kids did a great job and were troopers in making so many

18

 Today - Arlington turns 18.  Hos is it possible for me to have an 18 year old?  Time is going by too quickly.

We celebrated back in January before she left for school, but today we sent her treats to her dorm to help celebrate with her in person the best we could.  She has had an amazing year, and we cannot wait to see what is in store for her moving forward

Read The World Challenge Complete

 I have offically read a book that takes place in each country in the world.  IT was a 2 year project because I lost momentum for awhile due to the move.  But it is done and the shelves are in alphabetical order by country!  Pretty proud

If you want to see what I read - go HERE

Covid Pool Testing Comes to Littleton

 Our school district has decided to jump into the "pool" and start to do twice weekly Covid testing.  We have two cohorts of students, since we are still in the hybrid program, so we test one group of students on Mondays and one group on Thursdays.  We are testing about 800 kids in our district, which is about half our school population.

The nurses needed help, so I am helping with the testing those two days a week.  I am loving it.  It is satisfying to help keep track of our Covid cases, and also help our staff feel a little safer.

Right now the program is for 6 weeks, but the plan will be for it to continue until the end of the school year.  I hope it does.  There is a chance the students will go back to school full time, so with more students in the building, this will become more important than ever.

this is my outfit for the testing.  A face shield, a N95 mask, and a gown and gloves.

Scooby's Surgery

 As some of you might remember - last spring Scooby injured his back left leg, and had to have surgery.  He tore his ligament in his knee.  We were told that there would be a good chance that the other leg might eventually have the same problem, and that vet was right.  Scooby was just playing in the yard, and we heard him yelp and he started to limp.  We knew what was going on, so we got him into the vet right away.

Today was surgery day!  He had the identical surgery he had last spring, just on the right leg this time.  Poor dog.  He spent the day with the surgeon and is home this evening resting.  IT will be a slow recovery - the doctor said that the tear was very bad.