Bailey Family

So, I kept waiting until we had the house all organized and cute before taking pictures...and then I realized that you might not see the house (unless you visit us) for several years!  (I am a slow decorator and organizer - I'm really good at organizing and ok at decorating - i.e., copying ideas I find online.....but I take a long time to do it. I'm busy and have to budget in any changes.) So, here it is, roughly a month after move in! (The inside)  It'll be good to have before and after pictures anyways. :) The Laundry room probably one of the selling points of the house for me. What I love: the left wall for lots of blanket, picture, fabric storage and for hanging clean clothes the right wall for a folding table (see the piles...times to get your laundry!) What I might change: the computer is a little overwhelming in the space, but I like it here for now the left shelves will probably receive re-organization several times to make them loo...

I'm back to finish my catching up! So, December started and was full from beginning to end. Makes me tired to think about it! The first week of December (after Thanksgiving) was filled with packing and more packing. That weekend we went to my parents...or the airport nearest my parents.... My brother David came home from his mission for our church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). He has been in Canada for 2 years. And we welcomed home his luggage the next morning. Then we rushed back home the next morning to pack up everything we could between Saturday and Tuesday. (And Sunday is a day off, so it doesn't even count.) By Monday night, things were pretty packed up. Tuesday night we loaded up the truck (in the dark - this was our first...and hopefully only...December move - I had forgotten that 6 pm in December would be so hard to pack up. Not like we really chose - it's just how it happened.) We slept in sleeping bags and a...