Melancholy Nostalgia

My brother is remodeling the basement in my childhood home. It is the weirdest thing ever to see it change so much. It is going to be so awesome when he gets it done. He's knocking down walls, moving walls and door ways, putting in a bathroom and a bar. It's going to be the party house and it makes me very excited!

Follow this link to see more pictures. Some of you have been in my basement and remember the green wallpaper and dark wood paneling. My family hates that green wallpaper, but I kind of love it. I kept a sheet of it. They all think I'm crazy. I don't know what I'm going to do with it, but I have it.

So Martin and I signed up to take a stained glass class and I am so stoked about it! The first project is a bee, and then we get to choose our second project. The class doesn't start until April 29th I want it to start now. (pouts) I already have so many ideas though. I think I'm going to make a carousel something. The last Christmas my Dad was with us he had made Mom a gorgeous lamp, and Seth a hockey goalie on a stand with a light behind it, he gave me a note that said he had ideas, but just ran out of time. In more ways than one I guess, but I want to make something that he might have made for me. I'll have to post pictures of the lamp and Seth's hockey thing, he did such a good job on them, they are so well done and beautiful.

Today is/was (?) my Mom and Dad's anniversary. It would have been 36 years. They got married on April Fools, but he really forgot the ring. Funny huh? I've been missing my dad a lot lately. I was looking through my cedar chest the other day and found pictures of him that I forgot I had. It was tender for me looking through them, I honestly thought I lost them, I also found that I had some old pots he made when he used to do pottery, and they all matched so I got them out to put on our new shelves. I wonder if I got my creative side from him. Anyway... I'm not good at expressing emotions, so I'm just going to stop now.