something you haven't seen in a while

Me, with a screwdriver, working.  I'm back!  I'm dressed a little too nice for hard labor in this photo, but since we were just hanging curtains, I guess it's okay. 

We decided to undertake the project of moving the girls to the back room, which has been our den/library/office/spare room/catch-all since they were born.  It's a much bigger room than their old room and it's farther from the rest of the house, so it will be quieter for them when sleeping.  No more tip-toeing around to do the dishes or vacuum!  Yay!  Wait, that means I don't have any excuse for not doing the dishes or vacuuming.  Argh!

Here are some more photos of the chaos created by this move.  We've since gotten the girls moved in completely, and we do plan to repaint later.  But we haven't unpacked the office/library yet, so all those boxes you see in our bedroom are still FULL of books.  500+ books, actually (nerd librarian that I am, I scanned them all into LibraryThing as I packed them...here's our catalog if you care to take a look).

Our bedroom:

The dining room!

More dining room:

The new nursery.  We've removed the Batman print and the

scary mask on the left.  We hope to repaint soon!

blogging is for posers

I've been looking forward to this book since reading about it on Houseblogs.net a few months ago. All the Way Home: Building a Family in a Falling-Down House by David Giffels finally came into the library this week and I grabbed it off the cart, toting it home hoping to find a kindred spirit in the DIY world. After reading about a third of the way into it, I not only fear that my husband is not unlike him in dangerous ways, but that we are total posers in our DIY pursuits. This guy had raccoons living in closets and large patches of sky visible from the "Master Bedroom," not to mention a previous owner who wouldn't leave. I look around my tidy, neat little bungalow and wonder if I have enough adventurous spirit to tackle a house like that...and secretly hope that I do. Do a Google search for lots of articles, or just get the book. Another post when I've finished reading...