Treasure Chest

Remember I was kept wondering where my Secret book was? Well, I had a few other lost things to add to the list. Pictures of my late FIL (for hubby’s scrapbook), my CM sort box (with a ton of old pics inside), and just yesterday, I was trying to figure out what I did with my scrapped desk calendar (also CM stuff). So, at our house we’re definitely lacking storage. And when I say that, I’m not joking in any way. Picture this: my 3 bedroom+den, 1-level house is about 1200 sq. ft., and it’s home to 5 people…2 of which are kids with all kinds of toys…and a husband who loves his computer and Star Wars toys (really, a 3rd kid…hehehe)…and a mama who scrapbooks and has all the gadgets…and a MIL who moved from her 2 bdr apartment into our house. NUFF SAID, right? I know some of this is definitely our doing…all our toys…but this is our reality of what we can afford at the moment.

ANYway, we don’t have night stands in our room. Instead, DH uses the “plastic dresser” which has computer storage and I’ve been using a storage bin. Yesterday I wondered what was in there…thinking it was summer clothes or maybe the old toys. I got quite a surprise when I opened it up. A treasure trove indeed! The Secret book, the sort box, FIL’s pics, my desk calendar, and a ton of other stuff…all right under my nose. I felt a bit stupid for a while…then realized what a blessing it was to find it. I think tonight I may do a new calendar for my desk (not too time consuming of a project). Anyway, that was my thrill for yesterday.

BTW, sorry to be so absent this week. If you saw on FB, I was home sick Mon & Tues. Got that stomach flu again which kicked in on Saturday night while at Shay & Mark’s. I was so mad! They had a blast playing Rock band while I was puking, etc. Hmm…what other excitement? Oh, we got the bunk beds (Too good of a deal to pass up. Thank goodness for MIL who loaned us the $$.) DH set them up on Tues. E LOVES, LOVES, LOVES them. The first night, she ended up on the bottom bunk but last night, she slept the entire night on the top. My little girl is getting so big!! We did end up moving the radiator (Thanks for the advice Shay! We had just enough slack to move it down with 2 inches to spare.). I much rather the room layout now. I’ll post pics on FB sometime soon.

Well, that’s about it. DH has the van today (he went for a safety course with the painters union…more on that tomorrow). And tomorrow he has it again to drop a resume to Lawton’s. He’s applying for an opening to install in-home elevators (again, more on that tomorrow). Hope all of you are doing great! TTFN!
~B