I have been asked to post picture of our new home.
It has taken me a while. Moving is a lot of work. It took me 6 and a half hours at the school over two days to get my high schoolers registered and ready for school. It was hard. It's funny, but for seniors, they will move mountains to make it work for them to graduate. For a freshman, they have all the time in the world to get it done, so for now, they just want to fit them into a mold. At first she had two second semester classes, having never taken the first half of each class. It was a we will figure it out later. Huh? Let's figure it out now. Then they filled her schedule with classes that meant nothing to her. Money matters and dance. Really? She also had theater and a human services class. She is okay with those. She had an empty period. We finally filled that with band. I wrote her counselor the next day and asked if I could meet with her and the graduation counselor who I had learned through getting Austin's schedule that she is also the virtual school adviser. She said she was too busy and we should wait a week. But I was welcome to meet with the graduation counselor on my own. We were considering pulling Elisabeth out and home schooling her. I just went to the school during Elisabeth's off hour to find her and see how she was doing and to find the graduation counselor. Mrs. Gregory had emailed me and told me she had time to meet. Yay! We met for over an hour and finally got her schedule organized. She is taking Spanish 3 in a virtual class, both semesters. She is also taking geography 1st semester in a virtual class. She will test out of the first half of geometry to get credit for that. Whew.
It also takes a lot of work to go through everything. I have tried on every piece of clothing I own. I lost 28 pounds and I can now fit into every skinny outfit I own! Yay! So, I got rid of anything too big and all my clothes that aren't as flattering. I have a lot of sewing to do on my skirts. They fall off. That is a good thing, right?
I am also going through every book and craft item. Pretty much everything. Lots of donations in the future.
Below is the master bedroom. It is bigger than we expected. We fit our bed and the chair and a half in there. It is perfect for Drew because he can work happily in the bedroom when he is home. He has the ottoman and the table to support him.
The shower in the bathroom. I often think Drew bought this house for the shower. It is great!
My closet. It still needs Drew's magic touch of a custom closet. :-)
The entry to our room. It is nice.
The living room. We haven't hung any pictures, so they are lining the walls.
The dining room turned into the library. I have to figure out what to do with books. I love books. We all do. The kids books have memories. I really did read a lot to my children. There are so many books I can't throw away because I remember reading it with them, or using it as I taught them preschool. I love our LDS book collection. I love that my kids can come down stairs and find a good uplifting book to read.
I love my kitchen. Probably my favorite part of the house.
The dining room. It is the breakfast nook off the kitchen. We eat here more than the dining room. I decided I would rather have one place where we all eat. It is convenient to the kitchen.
