Sometimes I think everyone wonders what I do all day long. Home alone. Without children.
Mostly I lay on the couch, eating bonbons, watching soaps and surfing the internet.
Occasionally I get off my lazy rump and clean a dish or two. Amazingly, sometimes I even sweep a floor or mop a little.
Lately I’m filling my time with home improvement projects. Like my front entry.
I repainted the walls, spruced up the wood flooring, got a pretty rug, added some art work and created a couple floral arrangements and even finally got this little storage cabinet painted and in place. I think it looks much more homey and welcoming now.
I’ve also been reorganizing cabinets and closets.
Yesterday I dug out Violet’s room. She does an ok job of keeping it picked up but every month or two I go in there and do a really deep clean. Violet loves to do craft projects and is constantly “publishing” a variety of newspapers, magazines and whatnot. This results in the accumulation of a lot of paper scraps. So vacuuming behind the furniture and getting all the scraps out from under her bed, dressers and side tables is a must.
I’m really happy with her closet. I had Steve install a couple closet organizers a few years ago. I like that the shelves are infinitely repositionable since Violet’s storage needs are always changing depending on what toys and crafty things she’s playing with the most these days. Her needs are changing though, so yesterday I decided to add a shoe organizer to the mix. Unfortunately, the original closet organizers didn’t want to play nicely with the new brand of closet organizer and the shoe cubby was about 1/2 inch too wide to fit correctly. I’m thrilled to tell you that I was able to use A POWER SAW (!!) to shorten the cubby just the right amount to fit into the organizer.
Today I’m going to start stripping the wallpaper off my kitchen walls. It’s horrible! Once that’s gone we can move forward with the remodel of the kitchen. More counter space and cabinets would be a dream come true.
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