Soooo....I am down to my last 24 hours before Kirk comes home. I have tried to do some things around the house to surprise Kirk when he gets home. When we bought this house we were only going to be here for 2 years, so I never made this house "my own." It was just a stopping place along the way. Now, with the housing prices dropping the way they have, I think we will be here for awhile, so it is time to do some decoarting!!! Here are some of the things I did while Kirk was gone.

*Paint Alison's room and touch up the boys' room.
*Switch their rooms
*Paint and hang magnet boards for each room.
*Hang curtains in the basement.
*Buy and start to decorate a sofa table.
*Cleaned out "toy room"
*Made 8 lbs of meatballs and 4 lbs of meatloaf for freezer meals.
*Purchased rod iron art to hang in stairwell (I need to wait for Kirk to actually hang it so it doesn't come crashing down on someone's head someday!!!)
*Organized the pantry and hung over the door spice rack organizer thingy.

It doesn't sound like much but with 4 kids to take care of (one with a busted ear drum) and no debit card for 2 1/2 weeks, we got as much done as possible.

Things I didn't accomplish that I wanted to...

*Paint guest bathroom and decorate it.
*Put toys in "toy room" downstairs.
*Get 40 lbs box of chicken and make freezer meals with it.
*Get picture frames and pics of the kids to hang in their rooms.
*Get a lamp and some sort of wall art for the boys' room.
*Finish decorating sofa table.
*I am looking for some sort of table (around 5 feet long) to put downstairs. I want to hang a sentimental piece of art that Kirk's father gave him over it. I am having a hard time finding what I want at an affordable price.
*Spring clean my room (I didn't think I would get to this)
*Make Karley's salsa

Most of this stuff I can do in the next couple of weeks. If anyone finds any cute bathroom stuff at a reasonable price let me know. I am looking for something not too formal (it is the kids bathroom), but not rubber ducky's either. Something that would be good in both a guest bathroom and a kids bathroom since it functions as both. I haven't been able to find anything I like so far.

It has been a trying 5 weeks, but a fun one as well. I am always grateful to spend time with my parents. My Dad will be 79 this year, so I don't know how much longer he will be able to make the 10 hour trip. We had our trials though...Josh's ear drum ruptured and he had to have 3 different antibiotics to clear up the infection....I got a bolt in my tire and had to get the flat fixed....I had no debit or ATM card for 2 1/2 weeks due to a breech of the credit card company....Everyone in the house got sick...We made it though and I am grateful that these things are relatively small. We will be heading to Disneyland soon to celebrate!!! Thanks to all my friends who are there for me when I need them!!! -Sum