Well, I wish I could take credit for the biggest and best project here...the new kitchen floor! The only thing I can really take credit for is the
whining commenting on how terrible the used-to-be-white-ten-years-ago linoleum floor looked! I have a very loving, generous, talented father and husband who both did this for me! What a gift! They are so sweet to share my nesting. :-)
BEFORE:
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This is just after mopping...see how dingy it looked?!
AFTER:
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Here is my
homeschooling bookshelf complete with a basket on top for Library books, inspired by
Lillian, so that we do not mix them up with our own book collection and hopefully avoid big fines! Quite a few of our books are actually missing out on loan since we are not using them yet, but we still really needed a single space for everything. This seems to work perfectly!
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Other projects not pictured are:
One closet reorganized
Our family scrapbook caught up
Stamped and addressed envelopes ready for Christmas letters and birth announcements
Hopefully lots more will be getting done around here...only 5 weeks left (I HOPE!)