Around here birthdays start in late September and end in mid-November (excepting Justin).
I asked the kids which were their favorite ornaments, and here they are—in whatever order Blogger decided to upload them.
As we wait, and wait, and wait some more, I’ve been thinking about filling our new home. Many of our furnishings will just go right in, but I’m debating painting a few pieces.
We’ll need a new bed for Gabby, since all the kids will get his or her own room.
Our current window treatments in the main part of the living space just won’t work due to different sizes and number of windows not to mention wall color.
I’m leaning towards these valances for the library, dining room, and living room:
With these shears:
Then the kitchen window:
I am having fits over curtains for my bedroom. I adore the ones we’ve had for so many years. I bought them for Katie’s nursery, but since we moved to Kansas, Justin and I have had them. They are light and airy, but I lined then to make them a bit less transparent. We’ll have three windows in our new room though, so the set of two won’t work. I just haven’t found what I want yet, but am glad that Gabby wants them for her new room!
To help us keep up with the build, about an hour away, we placed a trail camera.
We got occasional updates when the wind blew the tree it was on, showing the work being completed, and then twice daily at 6:18 am and pm.
It was great, as the builder isn’t overly communicative. Then two weeks ago, as we were heading off to church, our camera caught this photo:
Since then we’ve been riding in someone’s trunk, I think.
I miss my updates, but thankfully nothing was taken from the work site.
I was able to go and set where I wanted a few specific outlets—as many as I want, but there is an up charge for them, so I didn’t add too many. We added one to each of two closets, one outside the garage, requested the kitchen outlets be close to the upper cabinets (so we can add under the cabinet lights if we wish; set where I wanted some can lights; chose where we wanted the lights for the staircase (where we don’t have to change them from the stairs (please!); picked the location of the electric panel; added a light to our pantry to make it easier to see; etc.
The HVAC team needs to go through next—hopefully soon!