fish tank wall

I think I tackled the fish tank wall and it might be complete. It isn't my best but I used what I had and I bought some things for it and used some gift cards on it. I didn't have the greatest lighting to take a picture of it so I will try for it tomorrow, but I am still looking at it and seeing what I think. I like it but I am not sure if I love it. I think I might have to swap some pictures out of a frame and than I will love it. I still have one part of the wall to finish which is the section by the fish tank and the couch but I hope to get a new couch next year so I am working with that in my head and plans. Just wanted you to know I think I got it done as much as I am going to tackle with it!

I also made freezer jam today. I think this is the first time I have. I can't remember what kind we made in 4H but I made some cause I remember taking it to compete with at 4H during the fair. The kids helped me. They washed the strawberries. They were good helpers and only fought for a few minutes over the water. Gotta love them!

I got alot accomplished this weekend! I even put shoe organizers in my closet and nailed one to the wall since they didn't come with the hooks that went on the door. I had bought a shoe organizer to go over a door and it didn't have the metal hooks and I almost threw it in the trash because I was so frustrated that they forgot to put them in the package that I just improvised and put nails in the holes and nailed it to one side of my closet. It works perfect and looks great you can't even see it.

I read My sister's keeper and finished it a couple weeks ago and cried my eyes out. I netflixed the movie but I haven't watched it yet. Was going to this weekend but I know I will cry so I got another book by the author and I am 2 chapters in and I am sucked in. Thanks Tracy for the book I loved it.

Night everyone.

such a good feeling

to finally get stuff done! My house is looking alot better! I have a bed with no toys on it! Praise God. I still have big toy items that I have to figure out how to store and what to do with them but for the most part all the toys are put away! The kids room looks great! All it needs is closets! Soon, I keep telling myself...just two more weeks. Argh. My laundry room looks like a very clean room. Hardly any clothes are in there except the basket with Hunter's close from his closets with the hangers still attached to the clothes. Went to Fred Meyers today and did not find the hanging pink toy organizer so hopefully we can go one more time to Target today and see if they have one. Hunter found his dryer ball and it has a whole in it and it wigged him out so I told him after nap time we could go to Target to get a new one. He was so down with that. Hope he is still down with it when he gets up cause that is my way of getting to Target! Sneaky I know but he is such a bear about going anywhere. I have one basket of clothes to fold and put away and than my projects will be done. Nice. Sweet. I think I will take a nap since my kids are crashed and enjoy my nice, clean house. I love that feeling!

oh my goodness...

I got so much done today! Even with the kiddos and even with the rain. I had a laundry room full of clean clothes that needed folding and laundry that needed clean. Well, I got some of the laundry folded and all the laundry cleaned. Tomorrow I will have it all folded and put away! My bedroom, which I haven't slept in in months cause of noisy Grace, is getting cleaned up! I gutted Hunter's room (aka the new kids room) last Sunday and put all the toys in my room and on my bed and I have slowly been going through them putting them back in his room organized and giving alot to friends and goodwill. But today I tackled it the most I have an actually have a clean room and a few more toys left on my bed to figure out where to put and store. But all the kids bins have all the right toys in them that go together and their room is coming together! Today I asked Wayne to help put up some hand me down shelves for me to get Grace's baby stuff on the wall. I have two shelves with Hunter's you can see it in the previous picture with the dresser. Here is Grace's shelves with the bins all nice and organized and FULL of toys! I am still proud of myself that I didn't spend any money on this project I just used what I had and improvised with it. I am very happy that I got the shelves for free!
Tomorrow I am pretty sure that my house will look even better! I am going to finish the laundry and put it all away and declutter my laundry room from all the mess that I have made from doing the kids room. I am going to finish cleaning the toys off my bed. I will not know what to do with my bed once it is made up. The kids love to jump on it and play with toys, read, and get tickled on it so it will be nice to have it back. I am going to get another hanging toy holder for over the laundry door but in pink for Grace's stuff and to add more pink to the room. In a few more weeks we will hopefully get all the parts for the kids closets when Larry comes home and we will get those up and the room should be almost done! Right now since I took Hunter's hanging clothes out of his closet I have them in a laundry basket until we get his closet. I can handle that for two more weeks :) I also have been working on my fish tank wall. That is a work in progress. I have to be at the discretion of my kids since Hunter doesn't like to go anywhere and Grace isn't the best at stores so we just go when I am up for the challenge. But I will have pics up of that soon. I only have 1/4 of it done and the rest is in my head and I just have to buy the stuff!

work in progress

Here are the after pics of the kiddos toys. I still have alot more to put back in the room but I am getting rid of alot! Starting to look good! Can't wait to show you what it looks like in the end. Here is the other side where the new shelf closets go.

So can't wait but I have to wait another 3 weeks but it should look great! I am moving this dresser into the bedroom and using it there. Not sure how but it should work out pretty good.

bunkbeds in the new kids room

Project bunkbeds is done! Hunter sleeps great in them. Grace still sleeps in her crib. But she knows which one is hers even though she wants the top bunk. Not sure when she will make it into her brother's room to make it their room but maybe in the next month or two or next year. Will just see. Hunter wanted his bunkbed to be colored school bus yellow which I was so not for but than Larry said it was his room and what would be wrong with it? So after awhile I agreed and realized he was right and we went to the store to get the color and thank the good Lord in the end Hunter choose white. I wanted the natural oak color but white will work to! We went to go get their closets we picked out at Ikea but the base was out of stock and we need one for each child so we are on hold with that project. But I looked online today and they have them in stock. Go figure. The will look nice they are white and they will go great in their small room! Super excited.

I was bummed this am cause Larry leaves again for Canada and to make myself feel better I tackled the kids closet and it is looking great but my bedroom is not but I haven't slept in there in months so that is ok. I am trying to move Grace out so we can have a bedroom and work on that room after the kiddos, budget willing. I will post what I did today after the kids wake up but here are the before pics...
What I want you to notice in these two pics is the closet and the white toy shelf with the bins. And remember this is a work in progress. It is helping me get through the next weeks of being a super mom. Keeping me busy with projects :) No money was spent today on the change you will see when I take pictures of what I did. I should let you know that Hunter's clothes are hanging in the closet and his toys are in baskets and it is all not organized or in order.

testing out the bunkbeds before the paint

Notice a pattern with these pictures?

Neither child went on the bottom bunk. Grace was all about the top and Hunter knew his bed was the top bunk. Happy, happy kiddos!

making the bunk beds

I took alot of pictures but here is a few of Hunter helping Larry make his bunk bed. It took 2 days to make them. One day of assembly and one day of painting and drying, not to bad :)

Hunter was in Heaven. He loves tools and making things. Notice his butt is dirty...cause he had to sit down on the concrete like his Papa.

bunkbeds

Larry hand made bunkbeds for the kids this weekend. He painted them today so hopefully we can take it apart later and put it in Hunter's room and see how it looks. Got to go to a bbq first and let it dry then hopefully get them in his room tonight or tomorrow. I can't wait until Hunter's room is finished and both kids are in it! I will not be sleeping on the couch/bed in the living room anymore. Whoo hoo! Maybe in a month or so it will happen. First we have to see how Hunter does on the top bunk and will see if Grace goes on the bottom bunk right away or in the next few months. We are going to hopefully assemble new closets for them this week. We went this weekend and they didn't have the major piece in stock at IKEA but might have it tomorrow! Pictures to follow soon!