Granite Countertops...

Marrocco is the name of the granite we choose. A couple weekends ago Randy and I took off to St. Cloud MN to pick out the exact slabs of granite that is going to be used in our new home...Ans I am so glad we went up there to see them. It was really neat. And they very so much. I'm pretty happy with our choice. It was the first one Randy and I agreed on so we quit looking.

Silver Lake...In the Snow...

When we stopped by the lake today the sky was actually blue!! I haven't seen the sky blue in soooo long. The views were amazing. Even tho I am really tired of all this snow I thought was kind of pretty today so I wanted to share with you!
On this side of the house will be a deck and stairs down to the lower level.

Somewhere under that snow is the lake....

Our home from the road...The scene is always changing.

Drywall and Primer in Place...

The house is starting to come together...The studs are all hidden now. Drywall all up and mudding and tapping finished and now on to the primer and paint...The ceilings were all textured today when we stopped by and by Wednesday the painting should all be done.

This is the basement looking toward the hallway and bedrooms... My master bath area...Walk in shower will be all done in tile and a heated floor...I am so excited!
The ceiling will be done in a pine car siding...What ever that means...In my words...It will be a pine ceiling. :)

This is the wall where the Kitchen cupboards will be placed...The cupboards are scheduled to arrive March 17th... Happy St. Patrick's day to US!

Random Dozen

What fun...I want to play and you can too...Click on over to 2nd Cup of Coffee and join in...

1. If you could compete in one Olympic event (not necessarily winter sports) what would it be? Figure 8 Skater
2. Do remember a specific Olympic moment from the past? Nope
3. Have you ever known anyone who competed in the Olympics? Tom Brands 1996 Gold Medal in wrestling from my home area…didn’t personally know him but only lived 20 minutes away…
4. If everyday activities were Olympic-worthy, which activity would you have a gold medal in? Listening
5. Do you know anything about your ethnic heritage? Little bit
6. Do you enjoy sleeping late? Not really unless 8:30 is late…
7. Have you ever performed CPR on anyone? Do you know how? Does “Annie” Count? Then nope and yup but wouldn’t want to have to do it… 8. Name one country you'd like to visit and explain why. Canada…was there as a little girl and want to go back…
9. Have you ever fixed up a couple romantically? Uh…nope…
10. What is the last book you read? He Afflicted Me”
11. Are you sick of winter yet? ABSOLUTLY!!
12. What is your favorite meal at your favorite restaurant? Prime Rib @ Baxterz

FW: name game

LAST NAME GAME....PLEASE don't spoil it for others!
Rules: It's harder than it looks! Hit forward, erase my answers, enter yours and send it on to 10 people, including me.
Use the 1st letter OF YOUR LAST NAME to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real places, names, things,
Nothing made up. Use different answers than the person in front of you.

1. What is your last name Nieman

2. An annimal. Night Crawler

3 A Boys name... Norbert

4. Girls name... Nicole

5. An occupation... Nurse

6. A COLOR... Nuetral

7. Something you wear…. Necklace

8. A beverage ...Nestle Quick

9. A food... Noodles

10. Something found in the bathroom. .. Nail Polish

11. A place…..North Pole

12. A Reason for being late? Napping

13. Something you shout. NEVER!!

Please play along and post a comment so I can read your blog too...

My Valentine Present...11 years ago...

A very Special delivery...

Elven years ago at 1:47 am Malissa Kay joined our family weighing 6 pounds 6.5 ounces and 19.5 inches long. Here she is today...as we call her "Our Princess"Malissa wanted a Wii for Christmas but had to wait for her Birthday. Grandma made he this adorable roller skate cake.
Malissa & her momma.

Concentrate on this Sentence...

Concentrate on this Sentence

'To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.'
When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but
merely opening your hands to receive something better. Concentrate on
this sentence... 'The will of God will never take you where the Grace of
God will not protect you.'
There comes a point in your life when you realize:

Who matters,
Who never did,
Who won't anymore...
And who always will.
So, don't worry about people from your past,
There's a reason why they didn't make it to your future.

Valentine

For God so loVed the world,
That He gAve
his onLy
BegottEn
SoN
That whosoever
Believeth In Him
Should Not perish,
But have Everlasting life."

John 3:16

The Cabinets...Sneak Peek...

Here is a drawing of our future Kitchen...I choose rustic Hickory with a granite counter...Haven't made the final decision on the exact color yet. Top view of the kitchen area. The Master Bath...I'm gonna love all the storage! There will be a double sink...Picture is wrong. I choose a cherry of somesort in here. A bit darker than in the rest of the house.

The Vanity in the Master Bath.

The Boot Bench / Coat area when walking in the back entry area off the garage.

We have Dry Wall going up...

This is the Master Bath...Looking toward the built in walk in tile shower... This is the main enterance...through the garage...
This is the Master Bedroom...with a Tray Ceiling...

The ceiling in the great room...This will be pine someday...

The great room looking the opposite direction...Stairs to the basement in the corner and the unfinished wall there will be a HUGE pantry...

Homemade Ice Cream...MMM...

Randy got a Homemade Ice cream machine for Christmas...So we decided we better try it out.Mix up the milk...1/2 & 1/2, Whipping cream, eggs, sugar and a lil bit of lemon flavoring. I also added a lil malted milk and butterscotch. MMM

Out to the garage to churn...Only a half a batch...This is a huge Ice Cream Machine.MMM...MMM...MMM

If Walls Could Talk...

On January 30, 2010, Malissa hung her note up to be hidden in her bedroom wall. Years, and years from now maybe some one will be tearing down this house or rearranging the walls and find this note and learn a lil about who we were. This is actually Malissa's second note in a house wall. About eight years ago her daycare lady was building a new home and had all her daycare kids write notes and put them in the wall of her new home. So I thought what a neat idea...Malissa wanted so bad to climb up on this thing they use to stand on to hang drywall...So I nodded and up she went...about 30 seconds later, Dad is saying "Get Down from there."We also decided to have our "First meal" in the new home. So I made some Taverns, chips and a salad and brought that with us. It was cold but very rememberable. Grandpa & Grandma Gebel came over to to help us CELEBRATE. There was a lil heat in the house but not very much...