my last full day

last night i started freaking out that since my flight is friday, thursday would be my last full day.  so i set my alarm and woke up at 7:30 this morning to shower and dress and eat by 8 30 so mom and i could get in some good quality time together organizing before baby girl got up.  we organized for a few hours and then whipped baby girl out of her crib, threw some clothes on her, and handed her a granola bar to eat in the car. we hit up homegoods and target for baskets and organizing stuff and were on our way home by 12:30!  i couldn't even believe how much we'd accomplished in one morning.  nap time was spent putting everything in place.  it all looks so good.  someday i'm going to have to break down and spend the money on pretty and quality storage baskets like that.  in the meantime i'll keep up my excellent cardboard box improv skills.

another time i'll have to post pictures of all of the projects we've tackled but here are just a few from dad's computer software shelves and the laundry room/closet .

before

after

after

with these shelves, i tried to make things more streamlined and less of an eye sore but without making things too difficult for dad to see or get to.  this really didn't take long at all because, for dad, everything was organized and he knew where to find it all... it was just a matter of hiding it from view.  steal some magazine files from the basement, buy a few boxes and BAM... less terrible.  mom is so excited.

last night i was reading this blog post on one of my favorite blogs and got the itch to organize mom's laundry room.  i sent mom a link to the post and told her to just scan the pictures and let me do the rest.  she got the itch too and the both of us had a fun morning re-configuring things to make this area a little nicer and more functional.

before

after

after

even the "after" has a lot going on that will thin out with time but it's a vast improvement having similar cleaning items all corralled together in baskets and bins that are easy to pull out when you're looking for something.  that way your goo gone doesn't get lost in the back of the top shelf!

while we were at target i got a fierce need for mellowcreme pumpkins.  and then ate my weight in sugar, unknown ingredients, and artificial colors.  sorry baby in utero... i hope your SAT scores don't suffer as a result of my indulgence.

and then we woke baby up at 5 30 to head over to liza's house for dinner!  it was delicious and oh so fun!  thanks for hosting, liza!  

i wore my hair curly today for the first time in a year and told mom to make sure she got a sibling picture of our matching hair.  well... buddy and liza seemed to have forgotten their curly hair today.

trying to get a good picture of skye and will and baby girl proved difficult.

"stand still and hold hands and look at the camera and smile!" yielded this gem.

the paparazzi.  

i'm so so so excited to get home and see my honey tomorrow but i'm also just so sad to leave my parents'.  it feels like i've been here forever and that colorado life is so long ago and so far away but it also feels like this trip has absolutely flown by.  like it feels like yesterday was monday.  i'm so confused that tomorrow is friday.  who wants to come pack for me?  i'll pack my clothes if you pack all of my childhood junk my parents want out of the house.

any takers?