We have still been working hard to finish painting our guest bedroom. Unfortunately, deep red and blue are very hard colors to cover with beige! There are still parts that need a third coat so the room is still not 100% finished.
Yesterday (Saturday), my parents and brother and Grandma & Grandpa Seitz came over for lunch. They came bearing all sorts of goodies: a couple housewarming gifts (you can't go wrong with an electric skillet, Kroger gift card, or movie theatre gift certificates!), food to contribute for lunch (7-layer pasta salad from mom and lots of yummy desserts from Grandma), and a bed for the guest bedroom (donated by Mom and Dad's neighbor, Cathy Beadle)! The bed is currently being stored in pieces in our guest bathroom until we can get another layer of paint on the walls.
Lunch got off to an interesting start yesterday. I had worked until 7:30 am and started the crock pot for pulled pork as soon as I got home at 8. When I woke up at 11:30 to finish preparing, the meat wasn't nearly cooked enough. Apparently 4 hours is not enough time to cook a 5 lb. cut of pork, even if there is a 4-hour option on the crock pot! As Matt finished picking up the house and vacuuming (he had done a lot the night before while I was at work, but there were still little things to finish), I quickly went to Target for plan B: cheeseburgers. Everything worked out just fine, but now Matt and I have LOTS of pulled pork for sandwiches. If anyone wants some, feel free to stop by!
When I got home from work yesterday morning, not only was the house nearly spotless, but I had a bouquet of beautiful pink roses and orange lilies waiting for me. Thanks, Matt!
After everyone left after lunch, Matt and I opted for a nap since I had only had 3 hours of sleep that day. When I woke up, the clock said 7:30 and I got really nervous because I thought I had slept until 7:30 in the morning on Sunday! I frantically texted my friend Alyssa to apologize for missing her birthday party (we were all supposed to go out to celebrate on Saturday night) before I realized that it was still Saturday and I hadn't missed anything! Matt and I went out to Indianapolis to a town called Broad Ripple for the night to celebrate Alyssa's 22nd birthday with friends. Broad Ripple is a little section of town mostly occupied by young professionals and is known for unique shops and restaurants, as well as a couple blocks of comedy, night, and dance clubs.
The big news in the Draper family is that they have a new addition! Matt's parents are now the proud parents of an American eskimo puppy named Tinkerbell. Unfortunately their oldest dog, Polly, passed away a couple weeks ago at the ripe old age of 18. We hear that Tinkerbell is getting along with the other two dogs (Ariel and Aladdin) just fine, but she is very curious and likes to try and get into everything!
That is all for now! We are hoping to have a fun-filled (or at least more relaxing) week coming up. After Monday I don't work again for 5 days so we are planning on possibly making a trip to the Indiana State Fair for some sheep and pig petting, ferris wheel riding, and deep friend food eating. The delicacy this year? Deep fried butter. I think I'm going to pass on that one, haha. In just a few days my brother Eric will go with friends to the fair to see comedian/ventriloquist Jeff Dunham perform with his unique cast of puppets. The tickets were a birthday present back in February, so I know he is very anxious to finally use them!
Oh, and I just noticed but unfortunately the Colts just lost in their first preseason game to the San Francisco 49ers. Of course, this will be no reflection of what the real season will hold since they didn't even play their starters (at this point the Colts are still trying to figure out which rookies they will keep for the season). We are looking forward to a great season of Colts football coming up!
Have a great week,
Stacey and Matt
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