Lawn update

In this very green color I will write about my excitement that our dirt- previously posted- has magically turned itself into grass!!! (And weeds, but we won't go there). A little manicuring is all we need and we're so happy to have grass!

This is just wrong!

No matter how hard you look- go ahead, look for yourself, the paint in the card they gave us is NOT what ended up on the kitchen walls. It looked bad- really bad- as you can see. Thus, the repainting- color shown but kitchen not yet finished. For all those who know me too well, no I did not get to choose the color. Tony said I couldn't use any more shades of cream, brown, tan, beige, yellow, or green in the house. So he chose this very charming shade of blue grey. I never would have touched it in the store, but am growing quite fond of the idea of some color on at least the kitchen walls.

And we pass!!!

Monday was a crazy day around this house- but all the work the last six months paid off as our house passed licensing! Sometime next month we should be receiving paperwork licensing our home as a foster home and the adoption is then pending the completion of our home study- so a few more meetings and bonus classes for that.All in all, we think the garage turned out awesome- albeit almost not passing by Kaiden pulling out a bottle of Martinelli's and dropping it- shattering green glass all over the floor five minutes before the licensing agent was due to arrive at the door. Well- Tony wanted to open that in celebration after we passed and it got opened indeed! We got everything sanitized and the glass vacuumed up just in time and were very pleased to be done with that portion of the qualifying. Unfortunately, the cider celebration didn't pan out so we went to Shakey's for FHE and partied with pizza and quarters for games. Here are some pictures of our garage- not quite as dreamy as it will be one day replacing the shelves with cabinets, but we're proud of it none the less. I must say I am quite pleased with my non slip black garage floor.


Pictures are: Two of the three cabinets that hold anything and everything that a child could eat, drink, cut himself with, or could be considered dangerous in any way.

Books and shelves of household items

Kids area, decked out with VCR, Nintendo 64, Super Nintendo, and X Box, along with mini fridge, stereo, and microwave. (Ignore my freezer and pantry)

Tony's work shop area

Kids' shelves of toys and art supplies

The side with the lawn mower opens with its own door so that will be where the motor cycle goes. 30 days to cure the floor and the van will go in between the kids area and Tony's shop and we can- gasp- enter through the garage! The colored bins are full of more toys and sport equipment for the kids. All scooters and big out door sports equipment are nicely stored on the shelves with the household stuff- and we'll see how long that lasts. The plan is to put the bikes on the side with the motorcycle- so we have to pull them from the back yard.

And voila- in pictures you have every spare minute of our entire last month! At least the kids loved us working out there- they got to play on their bikes!

the other housekeeping thought

I found this in Family Circle magazine and I am at complete peace to finally have my linen closet organized!

it's a simple as 1...2... wait, just 1, 2. Just fold the sheets and pillow cases for each set, then put the matching set INSIDE one of the pillow cases- like this picture I just found online shows. No more rummaging, and everyones sheets are neatly packaged, ready to go, and presto- the mess in my linen closet is gone! This is a dumb thing to be excited about, I know- but it made my day.

housekeeping thought

Today it hit me as I was bleaching my counters- I wonder what kind of bacteria are lurking on my mouse and keyboard. So, as with everything that strikes my curiosity, I looked it up to find resolution to the unknown. Here you have it, folks. Eschericha coli are commonly found on keyboards. More commonly known as E Coli, these bacterium live in the large intestine and are often excreted... well... found on computer keyboards! Lysol anyone?