The Best Part

Wanna hear the best part of helping my sister remodel her kitchen?

Well, I'll tell ya...

The day after I finished the project, my 11-year-old asked if he could clean up my mess!

Um...yes!

He even took before and after pictures for you to see...

Thanks, Son!

Recycle, Recycle, Recycle

My kitchen countertops came out today.

I thought there had to be another use for them

I decided to use them in the garage since the shelves there are painted and scratched up.  

It forced a little clean-up job, too!

Halloween is over!

But you wouldn't know it around here.

The 3-year-old boy still wears his k-k-k-kelton mask around the house.

I won't let him wear it to the store anymore!

I finally got the Halloween costumes and decor gathered and up into the top of the garage.

Then I found this...

A mother's job never ends!

More Fun in the Garage!

Here is some more of the progress in the garage.

 Not too exciting, but it is more organized!

Something in the Garage

This is one of the somethings that the new office project created.

Instead of getting my office put together,

I'm organizing the garage! (again!)

Here's some of the progress.

Before...

After...

One project leads to another!

When I went to put the drawer back, I decided that the tool bench needed some love.

I rearranged some drawers and cleared the top off.

I got a miter saw for my birthday last week and now I have a place to use it!

Yay!

Where's the wood glue?

We had a drawer in the garage fall apart recently.

It was full of heavy tools.

I brought it in and, of course, couldn't find the wood glue in the place where it belongs.

Lucky for me, my sister-in-law was moving and the movers wouldn't pack her wood glue.

Thanks, Aunt Jana!

How does this happen?

Today's something was forced upon me.

The doorknob on the door out to the garage fell apart last week.

I seriously don't know how that happens.

We were just getting used to turning it slowly and pulling to get the door open without pulling the knob off.

Well, yesterday I went for a walk and when I got back I couldn't get in the house.

The pin inside the knob had fallen out with the knob when I closed the door when I left.

I proceeded to the tool box and took a hammer to the knob on the outside of the door.

A screwdriver helped me turn the mechanism so I could get in.

So...today's something was a trip to The Forklift Store (Home Depot) and installing a new doorknob!

 Not a perfect match, but it does the job!

The garage...continued.

This something was the aftermath of the garage cleaning yesterday.

I had piles and boxes and bins of stuff that had to come back in the house.

I emptied them today.

Before...

After...

Can I just tell you how nice it was to walk out into the garage today?

Yea, it was super nice.

I went for a walk with the twins and didn't have to climb to get to the stroller:)!

The Garage!

With such great weather today and the kids out of school,

today's something was huge!

With help from a couple of my boys, we cleaned the garage.

Here are some of the dirty details...

We got rid of leaves from the fall.

 We put away Christmas decorations and Halloween costumes.

 We filled the recycle bin.

We also filled the back of the car for a D.I. run.

The best part of being outside today was this little hint of spring!
The birds in the tree in our backyard were singing to me as I cleaned!

P.S.  Anybody wanna buy a fish tank?

The husband has two in the garage and has no time to get them sold!