AKA – What I did during my summer vacation.
When a kid moves out, you might have extra room. If enough kids move out, you really might have an extra room. As it happens, I did.
The dining room went from this:
to this:
The Wall Of Yarn ™ moved into the spare bedroom over the summer.
I bought adjustable shelves. This allows me to get into a tub at the bottom with out moving ALL of the tubs above it. Don’t you just love it when your yarn is easy to get to?
I created a cutting table out of an IKEA desktop and cube storage shelves from Target. This doesn’t exactly translate into having the sewing station completely set up, but there is a functional ball winder. All the books from the dining room/craft room have also been moved. I still have to figure out the best way to store the WIPs. Another kid is moving out soon, so some things that ended up in the craft room closet will go in what is going to become a home office. Once that happens, I’ll decide if I want my desk to stay where it is, or go into the home office with David’s desk. One (or both) of the two rooms will have a daybed put in so we can have a guest room again. It makes me wonder how we managed all of this in the townhouse with more people. And then I remember, we only had two of the seven living with us full-time. It wasn’t until we moved that we got another of mine and two of David’s as well. We no longer have people sharing bedrooms, so it feels like we don’t have enough rooms, when in fact we have more than enough.
Other things that happened over the summer:
David’s birthday: He’s a Star Wars fan.
Stanley’s wedding:
Isn’t my new daughter-in-law, Brittanie just too gorgeous for words? Chynna was sick so I had to hustle her out of there just after the ceremony so I don’t have more pictures of the happy couple. I seriously wish I had gotten a picture of her shoes.
Groomsmen, Stefan, Tim, a guy I don’t know, Joshua, another guy I don’t know, and Stuart.
Eliza, Joshua, and Stuart. They’re darling.
Chynna and I made a few escapes to the mountains to walk, craft in nature, and get out of the city. If you are familiar with this area, you know that escaping to the mountains is just a few minutes drive away. I love this part of living in Utah.
And a mildly successful garden tower:
I got this for David for Father’s Day and it’s been a fun experiment.