in the nick of time

To say I was completely stressed

would be an understatement.

With the exception of taking Tuesday evening off,

to spend it with my hunk of a husband,

I have done nothing

since Sunday

except

look at pictures

and (starting yesterday)

work on the slideshow / video

that is due today.

Oh.

That's not entirely true.

Sorry.

Monday,  Brandon and I worked a bit on the girls' room;

we fixed them up a proper closet-type space 

over their bed

complete with a shelf and 5 ft hanging rod,

touched up the paint,

added a plywood back to their shelf unit

to replace the cardboard 

that's been falling down for the past year

and covered 2 foam insulation boards with a vintage sheet.

But besides that - nothing but photos.
It's pure torture to reduce a life to a mere 76 photos.
I told Lana I didn't remember it being so hard
the last 2 times - she assured me it was!

Did I mention I am mentally and emotionally exhausted?

And the poor little ones ~ they've just had it!

But - it is finished!

Just in the nick of time.

Luke and Lana came over to help last night

after I called, begging Luke to help me w/ the music.

I was just wanting a phone consultation,

but they offered to come over.

And bring ice-cream.

I would have been a fool to say 'no'!

At one point, we had four laptops on the table.

crazy.

I think we are all quite pleased with the end result.

It's nothing fancy,

but I think the composition is somewhat artistic

and it represents who Tony is.

Luke did a fabulous job panning & zooming

and tweaking the music

while Lana helped arrange the pictures

and she took one photo

(which really - isn't a good one, but it's so sweet)

and moved it to the end

"as sort of a goodbye".

It's perfect there, but now I can't look at it 

without choking back sobs.

I can't tell you how relieved I am that the video is finished.

And

that it isn't crap!!