Family - My sister Shane and her husband Jason left for Germany on Friday. They'll be sharing their experience on their blog. They'll be there for nine months, with a visit back in January. We'll miss them, but this is a great opportunity for them!

Harry Potter - Just finished the seventh and final book this morning. I'll share my thoughts in another post, but it was very, very good.

Baby Watch - I got the "guest room" cleaned out, with some help from Britt. So we're one step closer to being ready for a new baby girl! Now we're on the lookout for a dresser and some other miscellaneous stuff. Amy's back has been doing better over the last couple of weeks, which has been a blessing. But she still wants to speed up time and get to the end of this pregnancy.

Home Improvements - We're getting closer to finishing our latest major project in this house, which is fixing up the master bathroom. We knew when we bought this house that the shower would need some attention - the grout on the shower floor tile had more or less failed. The trim in the bathroom was also of the shiny brass variety, but the finish was looking pretty rough in a lot of places. We ended up having the shower torn out and had a new one put in with a mixture of ceramic tile and natural stone. We had a plumber in over the weekend to change out all of the fixtures, and we're having a new shower door put in today. Now we just have to touch up some paint, and we'll be replacing the lights, towel bars, cabinet knobs, etc. I'll post some pictures when we're done, hopefully by next weekend. But it is really coming together, and it'll look great when it's done.

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