My kitchen and dining room are messy - again (or is it still?).

My storage room is emptier. I threw out an extra capacity Glad garbage bag FULL of junk yesterday. That would be kid junk. And I’ve already done this three times since moving here a year ago. How does that happen?

We’d really like to get the storage room turned into a spare room, likely an office/guest room, with a few pieces of exercise equipment in there. This will also give us a bit more room for the family room/school room. We have an extra three feet behind the far wall. It’s kind of weird. They built the storage room, with a long hall-like section in it. We’ve just used it to store things, but the less storage room, the less we can keep. And we all know that’s not a bad thing.
Copper is doing good. Still doing his business in the house. But that’s mostly our fault. We get busy with things, and him being his placid self, doesn’t do anything more than patter around trying to hold it, until he can’t any longer. Who would have thought we’d want a dog to bark MORE?

Damara is great. She’s so SWEET. I know I’m biased, but it’s true. She is somewhat “clingy”, although I think all babies are to some degree. I’ve not had one of my five that doesn’t prefer arms to aloneness. I have a sling that I use to hold her with when I’m busy in the kitchen, and she’s desperate for cuddles. She more often than not falls asleep in it. Check out starslings.com. I highly recommend them.

Well, I’m off to do more decluttering. This house is getting whipped into shape quicker than I thought. Let’s hope Baby keeps on cooperating, and having some “not attached to Mommy” moments.

P.S. Does Black & Decker realize how much more convenient it would be if their breadmaker had a “resume” setting? It would be good for those times when you are half-way through baking a loaf, intended to be eaten for lunch, and some unknown short person decided it’s a good time to UNPLUG the machine. Kind of hard to finish it when you have to start at the beginning again. I’m just sayin’.