lovely weekend

For those of you who do not live in the area, the weather this past weekend was lovely. I was really hoping for an ice storm to tear down tree branches and power lines. I guess now I will have plenty to burn this spring in our little outdoor fireplace. We still have about an inch of ice on our driveway, streets are pretty much cleaned off now. We were lucky to not actually lose power. Sounds like some people are still without. Well, since it was so nice out, we decided to spend some time inside. Saturday we did nothing during the day, but had to get out to make it to the last UNI Men's home game this year. GO PANTHERS! Sunday we went out to Home Depot and got some supplies to do some work around the house. We finally got the water softener out. It has been there doing nothing, probably for years before we moved in. It was my first attempt at soldering copper pipes. Slightly frustrating, but it was eventually successful. The water softener is now just sitting in a closet. If there happens to be anyone who reads this blog that has a truck they would like to lend me sometime, I do have some things that need to go to the dump. Speaking of people that read this blog and have a truck... Thanks Matt for lending me the torch! :)
If anyone actually cares, we are still working on the tile project. Krystal cleaned out the closets so we can start tiling them, and now that the water softener is out, we can prepare that area for tile. We also bought some grout sealer this weekend, so we also have that ahead of us. Hopefully soon I will be able to take the toilet and sink out of the shower. Yippee.