We don't usually get very many cold winter days here in the south. This winter, however, has been something else! We got several inches of snow last Sunday followed by some unusually cold days. The local schools were out for the entire week, but my kids weren't so lucky. I keep reminding them that they'll be glad we continued with school when we get to take 2 spring breaks.
I don't make New Year's resolutions, but being stuck at home for a few days this week resulted in some projects that go with that very popular "get organized" resolution. Traci at Beneath My Heart did a closet makeover party this week. I didn't do before pictures because there's enough tragedy in the world, but I did clean out our master bedroom closet. Hubby walked in an exclaimed "It's huge! I'd forgotten!" He's absolutely right - our closet is a great size. This is just the first time since early summer that I'm not using it to store the contents of our guest room closet(long story). It makes me happy to walk in and see it so organized!I also went through our pantry, otherwise known as our kitchen cabinets as we don't have a real pantry. After throwing away a shameful amount of food, I moved everything except cereal, snacks, and bread to the empty bookshelf in my laundry room. I'm going to make labels for the front of each shelf so even the kids can help make grocery lists. Our other kitchen project was replacing our hideous fake brass light fixture over the kitchen table. It now looks like this:
instead of the three light version of this:
That empty bookshelf in the laundry room (doesn't everyone have bookshelves in their laundry room??? NO??) can only mean one thing - we've officially moved into our new homeschool room in our newly almost-finished basement! As soon as this project is finished, I'll post pictures. Love, love, love having a schoolroom! Did I mention that I love having a schoolroom? Well, I do. I know my dear friend in MS is anxiously awaiting those pictures. I promise they are worth the wait!
In addition to all of these projects, I put away all the Christmas decorations and even found time to read a couple of books and a stack of magazines. What a great week!
