The Month of July

For three solid weeks, our house has been topsy-turvy. Since our son moved out, taking furniture with him, we embarked on a minor "spruce up" of the upstairs portion of our house and the stairwell (simply because it was filthy and needed it the most!). The painter I hired is amazing, but since he works alone, it took him nearly three weeks to complete the job. Then we added carpet and finally moved our bedroom furniture to our son's old room and got new furniture for our room. Here are the final results

This is our son's new room:





And here is our room:





The game room is basically unchanged, and we are still waiting on a new sofa. I'm told it will be ready sometime next week. But the paint in there is exactly the same paint as was originally there, so it doesn't look any different. Overall, though, I'm really pleased with everything. It was worth everything and getting up early every day to be sure I was ready when the painter arrived. I'm glad we did it, but I don't want to do any more for a long time.

And that's how I've spent my month. My husband traveled to Hawaii with the church youth choir and orchestra. I completed his photo album for him and I had to do all of that while displaced out of the game room. It was interesting and awkward, but it's done and he's happy with it. Things are going along well.

I'd hoped to visit my son this month, but I'm out of time and money, so I'm having to postpone for awhile longer. I'm looking forward to it, though. My daughter is in school and will finish next month. It's an exciting time for all.