Day 47!

YAY! We have a playroom/back room/extra room/clean room!!!  Uncle Jeff finished the carpet tonight and James got the baseboards put in.  I got the call from work to stay home all night!!!! So, I was able to do some moving and unpacking after the girls went to bed.  It's all been in my brain for weeks, so it went together pretty quickly.  I also discovered that only 1 of 5 outlets in the room work, and it only works when the left lightswitch is on (the right switch does nothing. nada.  zilch.).  I love this place. :-)

I forgot...After their baths, the girls got to run and crawl and lay around on the new carpet. They both seemed awfully excited.  Of course, Gwyneth probably won't enjoy it as much now that it's not off-limits. 

It felt so good to get it sort of settled. James and Jeff brought down the toy box I painted and (after we pried the lid open -- I forgot to follow-up after painting it -- haha,) we filled it up. Of course, one wall of the room is sheet rock, the other bright red, but it is so nice to have that space. And especially for the other living room to not be so full of toys. 

James tore out a little of the garage ceiling today -- he's been working hard to get the shed organized with the garage stuff.  He was doing some investigating to determine a plan for replacing the "structural beam", commonly identified as a "pipe".  :-) 

I also made cookies for the first time in my oven.  Electric's definitely different, but they were plenty yummy! 

Can't believe I'm one 12-hour shift away from unemployment.  Getting awfully excited...

Day 44

Well, yesterday was a great day of doing absolutely nothing. :-)  It's okay to have those days, right?  We played and napped and played some more. Then as soon as Daddy got home, we headed to church for dinner and prayer.  And then went to bed early! (for us)

breakfast time with Bugs Bunny and pancakes

Today started out much more productively. I got up early (on time!) and we had a nice calm breakfast time.  Charis and I then made Cranberry Walnut Muffins and a Cranberry Pecan Pie (yes, I had cranberries to use up).  Yum yum. 

Uncle Ric and Aunt Debbie from Virginia came by to see our house with Grandmother and Papa.  Mom and Haley also joined us for muffins and coffee.  Charis has headed to Granbee's for an afternoon play date and I'm enjoying a quiet house with G sleeping.  Tomorrow will make up for the nice quiet slow day we've had today.  :-)

watching intently

Lunch at the Browns', a stop at Grandmother's, then off to work for me.  Looking forward to getting another shift behind us.

Day 42

I think I'm gonna get used to this stay-at-home thing pretty fast. We had a great day of just being at home.  Vacuuming, laundry, dishes, eating. And we even got some more toys/books/clothes organized and Jeff did some work in the back room.  We ended the day with a yummy dinner at G'mother's house, where Gwyneth decided to take her first steps to Daddy!  I have a feeling she'll be running by the end of the week. What a cutie. :-)