Drafty No More

Since the temperature this morning was 15 degrees when I took

the 15-year-old to school,

I decided it was time to do something about this drafty door in the kitchen.

(Really, I should have done it a long time ago!)

I went to Home Depot during preschool

and got the supplies.

Now if I start a fire, I won't need my furnace at all!

Painted Entry

This is what you see when you walk into my house.

This is today's something before and after...

This is what the 3-year-old boy did a couple of months ago when

the 15-year-old boy was painting the basement stairway.

And here is the close-up after.

This is what the baseboards look like around here

because of the 3-year-old girl and her walker.

Some of them look like this now.

If I do this much painting every day,

by the time I have all the areas painted that need it,

it will be time to start over!

*sigh*

Detailed

The husband has been looking at a new car lately.

He found one he wants, but has to sell his first.

Today, it got detailed.

We paid someone else to do this something.

I kind of like it that way!

Hey, if you're interested in a 2007 Ford Explorer, let me know.

I'll make a special deal for my blog readers!

;-)

Christmas Is Coming!

And you are here to see the 

earliest that my tree has ever been up.

I usually wait until the last minute

(well, like two weeks before),

but the 7-yead-old and the 10-year-old had different plans this year.

They had everything out the day after Thanksgiving.

The problem was that they didn't put anything away after they 

emptied boxes all over the living room.

(It was such a mess that the camera couldn't even tell which way was up!)

They got the tree up and decorated the day they got it all out.

And I finished cleaning up the aftermath today!

An Empty Manger

I stained the manger today.

Here's the finished product...

I plan to go buy the book about the straw in the manger

(where everyone in your family puts a piece of straw in  for every good deed they do).

Hopefully it will be overflowing for Jesus by Christmas Eve!

Christmas Manger

I bought this manger today at The Wood Connection.

They have the cutest stuff there.

I also bought some Thanksgiving decorations.

When I get around to painting those, you'll be the first to know!

Clean and Dry

What started like this on Friday,

 soon looked like this,

 and now looks like this...

I had an unexpected opportunity to clean out under the sink.

I put anything mildly dangerous in the blue bin with a lid.

No I just need to find something more waterproof for the bottom

'cause it looks like this is not the first time it's been wet under there!