The cleaning, purging and sneezing update....

Hello readers!
I just can't believe the avalanche I started when all I wanted was a few carpet squares glued down to the garage floor.

I have to say that Scott has really stuck in there with me and I know myself well enough to know, that if it weren't for his help, we would never have gotten this far. Thank you Honey!

I'm afraid I won't share, or can't share pictures of The Studio yet, but soon, very soon....
Let me just tell you how this went, see if you can follow this:
After Scott admitted he liked the carpet squares, he said "let's move my train board from the garage to the computer room".
Now the computer room is the "man room" cause it also holds his Xbox, chess sets and trains.
The computer, printer, scanner, etc were moved into the dining area, where one would have a chine cabinet, only we don't have fine china!
The desk that was in the bay window (which I always hated A bay window should be open if it doesn't have a window seat) has been moved to McKenna's room to hold her computer and TV.
The coffee table that was holding her computer and TV was moved out to the studio under my new bench which creates another shelf.
(For those of you familiar with the "Give A Mouse A Cookie" books, this may sound a little familiar!)
Now what happened yesterday, was totally not planned. Well, it was planned, but was suppose to take place later down the list of things to do - like AFTER my studio was done.

Right here is where I would post a "before" picture of McKenna's bedroom, but I didn't think to do that. Just imagine everything she owns, plus about 4 bags of trash, a box full of books and another box full of stuffed animals all over her floor and surfaces in her bedroom. Yesterday, she and I cleaned and cleaned....and cleaned! AND just when we were about done, I said......"Let's move the bed"! Yep, I rearranged her bedroom. Could I move one more piece of furniture in this house!!!!????
Here are the results though....we'll pick up a Littlest Pet Shop bedspread this week :0)
The next few days are filled with fun things to do with friends and family. I hope to spend every free moment finishing the studio. It is my goal to actually work in there before I get back to work in August.
Goodwill would take all my blank cassette tapes; teacher friends are taking my school stuff and I just can't find anyone to take the broken electronics (a TV, a VCR and a computer monitor). If anyone can help, I'd be ever so grateful.

Love to all!!!!!!
Melle

Summer Projects

With summer break finally here, one of my many goals this summer was to somehow clean out the garage so it looked more like a "studio" than a garage.....
Well that project is underway.....surely I have taken on more than I can ever do....but here's to trying!
I warn you, the following photos are not very pretty, but I post the "before" only to make sure I'll post the "after"!

The first objective was to redefine my space from Scott's space. We tore down these old wooden shelves and this entire wall will be "the man wall".....

These tools will get moved to Scott's wall and we plan to put a new counter top and shelf just for me in this space.
This is what my scrapbook table looks like right now......I know, it is a bit discouraging.


Thursday we plan to put some carpet squares down for the scrapbook area, finish the counter top and put up the shelves.....so by Friday, okay maybe Sunday.....I'll have everything put away!

The frustrating thing about cleaning out the garage, is what to do with all the STUFF I've collected. For example, I have boxes of cassette tapes! Some are blank for recording, some have music and others are children's books on tape. I also have a large box full of greeting cards from loved ones. What do I do with all this stuff? Any ideas?

Before we tore the garage apart, I did get to manage a few cards.
I'll keep you posted,
Love,
Melle

Back from Italy!

Okay, not really....our vacation wasn't to Italy, but we did stay at a VERY nice resort called Portofino Bay at Universal. It was beautiful and the customer service was outstanding. It was a pretty penny to stay there, at least for our mac & cheese budget, but so worth it when it came to visiting the parks. Your room key is basically a "fast pass". Walked right past those long lines and got right on to whatever we wanted to ride - sweet!

I guess I really took a "vacation" from everything 'cause this is basically the only picture I took!
I know, I regret it some, but I just didn't want to have to lug anything around with us. That part was nice.

So, now back to reality.....wait, I'm a teacher....we are on Summer Vacation!
My list of things to do:
see my friends
scrapbook
clean
scrapbook
see my friends some more
scrapbook
perge stuff we don't need
scrapbook
paint Andrea's room
scrapbook
Scott and I tackle the garage and really turn it into a "studio"
scrapbook
and scrapbook some more
see my friends
and meet Tim Holtz this summer

Love to all!
Melle

Yippee!

It's summer and we are heading down for our "vacation" a day early :0)
I'm sorry I haven't blogged in a little while, but when we get back from Universal this week, I'll have photos to share, so stay tuned.....
Best wishes,
Melle