Finishing touches

Here are a few pics of projects we've done lately.

1) Well it took about 5 coats of paint with primer, but the bookshelves are finally white.  The whole room is so much brighter now.  A BIG thank you goes out to Kasey, Katie, and Angie for coming over for a late night paint party. I didn't really like my bookshelves before but I totally love them now.

 2) Blinds are up in Corbin's room and in Reese and Quincy's bedroom.  Goodbye ugly blackout curtains!  I was completely debilitated on the sofa the day my dad installed these for me. I am so grateful for his help and compassionate service.

3) I've been busy organizing my preschool supplies. There are about 15 more bins where these came from and each is filled with all of the curriculum for a week's theme.  For example, last week's bin has the large plastic bugs, the small plastic bugs, the bug puzzles, the bug flash cards, bug catching kits, bug stamps, and the bug puppets.  All of my curriculum is printed and filed so I can easily grab a folder, and the associated supply bin and I am ready to go!  It wasn't until I started this system that I realized how much preschool stuff I have.  Holy moly. I can't wait to have a real classroom in our next home.

4) Ding Dong the fence gate is done!  Credit behind this masterpiece really goes to my dad for creativity.
The left side of the fence is a 15 foot gate on a wheel that swings open for access to park a boat or trailer or rv or whatever in the side yard, but the right side also opens easily as a person gate so you don't have to push the huge gate open every time you need to get to that side of the backyard.  Brilliant!

 The backside of the gates.

 Ta da!  My dad and I worked our tails off yesterday and finished the person gate. It makes me really happy to see it finished finally! woot!

6) Baseboards and trim.  Remember the door we installed 2 summers ago? Well, I finally got around to adding trim around the door frame (it still needs to be caulked and painted) and putting the baseboards back up along the back wall of the dining room.  While we were at it, we put the baseboards back up in Corbin's room along the wall that had to be repaired after the great flood/carpet installation a year and a half ago.  

If you haven't noticed a trend already, I'll tell you that it takes me forever to put the finishing touches on big projects.  It's always little stuff that gets left behind.  By the time I am done with the hard stuff, I am usually so burned out on the project and/or up to my armpits in another one that the little things are forgotten.  This month I'm trying to focus on fixing or finishing little things that would totally bug me if I were looking at a house to purchase.
Evidently, there are lot of little things that bug me.
And so the list goes on...