Odds and Ends

The basement is at the stage of odds and ends....  A mirror, toilet paper holder and hand towel holder for the bathroom....  Coverings for the three holes in the walls where the main water shut off valve and two sewer drain clean out valves are located... replacement windows for the two broken windows in the boys bedroom and family room....

The boys have now been moved into their new room.  I spent Monday installing a closet kit of shelves and pole hangers for the boys new closet.  I was fairly proud of myself.  It came out ok.  I keep walking into their closet, turning on the light and admiring my work.  This must indicate that I don't do many things worth admiring.  I keep reliving my victories.  Which also explains why I don't look closely at the closet door....not my best effort.

The cold storage is being relieved of all the toys and other storage items that have been stuffed in their for the past eight months.  Most have now been placed in the closet under the stairs.  All the board games, kids games and family dvds have been relocated down to the other closet in the basement.  This closet currently has no door or other covering.  The games are on full display in a colorful stacked rainbow.  A few other items collected through the years are in stacks in various corners, waiting their assignments for relocation.  The rest is just empty spaces, a sea of carpet and long blank walls.  It has quickly become a race track and a gymnastics mat.

The two older girls are now in their new rooms, after each room was cleaned out with walls puttied and paint touch up.  The youngest was to be introduced to her own room last night.  I pulled the crib out of the garage but could not find the corresponding bolts.  I drove to Walmart late last night to buy the required bolts, light bulbs and a baby monitor.  I was delayed in returning home because I was caught up looking at flat screen tvs in the electronics department.  I found my dream tv but it was $1,300.00 and 55 inches. 

I returned home after 10:00pm to discover that the bolts I purchased were a half inch too long.  SO, I had to squeeze the baby's temporary bed back into our room and set it up again.  I get to do one of my very favorite things in life today!!! (insert sarcasm here) I get to return something to the store.  I need to exchange the bolts.  Arghgh.