[DianaB]

I went over to Dae Lynn's yesterday and straighten up each of the kids' rooms. I'm not ready to decorate yet (I need to stay home to get things done so it's going to take awhile.) But the rooms are arranged and look nice. I helped to fold some laundry and put some groceries away. Jaci came by and Dae Lynn and Damon decided to go to Wal-mart but told Jaci and I that we were welcome to stay and visit. After Jaci left I cleaned up the living room and put out some throw pillows. Then they had two little end tables that they really didn't have rooms for so I put them together in front of the couch like a coffee table. I also arranged some things on a shelf that was in the living room. I took everything out that didn't belong and place it in Dae Lynn's room and a hallway to get it out of sight. It looked so nice. She called me when she got home and told me how much they liked what I did! It made me feel good!!

I have Karlie and Dean today. It's already been a challenge. I don't know what's going on with Karlie.....it must be the move, I suppose. It's a good thing that school starts tomorrow. I think that the structure of school is good for her and that she enjoys the challenge of it so that means I'll just have Dean. Dean by himself isn't a problem.

Today I'm working on my house while watching the kids. It's such a mess and I really need to get things organized and cleaned up. Glen and I have decided to turn the bedroom that the kids were in into a multi-purpose room. I have a nice roll top desk that's in his office but it's just buried under stuff. Whenever Glen cleans his desk it all goes right over to mine so it's unusable. Then we have a hide a bed in the basement that we're going to move up. We very seldom need both bedrooms when guests come but we'll still be able to use it as such with the hide a bed in there. I'd also like to put a small tv in there and the kids could watch movies in there. And I could do my crafts or whatever in there.....so the room could be a lot more usuable. It's going to take awhile because I need to paint it and Dae Lynn still has some things to get out. In time.....in time........