NEW ME!

My mother would be so proud of me! And my sisters,too! I'm actually keeping the house straight and clean and enjoying it!

The first thing I do every morning is to make the beds!! ME! The woman who liked to leave the bed unmade so I could crawl back in for a nap later in the day. That's pretty amazing, but here is the miracle to top that: each time I take a shower, I wipe down the walls and tub with a towel! I don't know what has gotten into me.

I keep the kitchen clean and uncluttered. Woe to anyone who puts anything that doesn't pertain to food on the kitchen peninsula where the genius and I eat.

I'm still not crazy about cooking for two, but I manage to cook an occassional meal or two for us. Looks like tonight may be the night since we ate at church last night and at Jim IV and Laurie's the night before that.

I'm almost through with the bathroom. Yesterday I sanded and painted some places left over from the vanity top installation. Then I painted the back panels of four unassembled cubes I ordered in the mail, after which I assembled said cubes. I stacked them on top of a big awkward tiled area in the bathroom that is in reality on top of the stairs to the second floor and thus can't be altered. But the cubes really fixed this area up; I stacked towels, etc. into them and now it looks great! Just a few things to hang and I will be through with that room!

I laughingly told the genius that I was ready to start on the kitchen next and you should have seen his face -- he looked apoplectic!! I hastily assured him I was teasing. Actually, my next project is to have an electrician out to change some lighting fixtures. That will have to wait until next month at least.

Eventually, it will come together; I just hope it is all at the same time, so we can enjoy every nook and cranny of our house!!