Trimming the...House

Positive thinking worked! Nobody got really sick...the kids needed a couple of doses of Dimetapp, but that's.

We rented The DaVinci Code over the weekend, which was an interesting movie.

The weather is gorgeous...high 60s...which is prompting the neighbors to take advantage of it and hang up all their Xmas lights. My neighbor across the street has a huge display going, which is making my kids totally jealous. Sigh. I have something like four boxes of icicle lights to hang up, but seriously doubt if we'll get to it.

We DID rip out the horrible carpeting at the foot of the stairs! It was horrendous...once the cat got diabetes, he decided to start using the landing as his second litter box, and no amount of cleaning made it any better. So we tore out the carpet and padding there and installed wood laminate instead...it looks 200 percent better!

We're very nearly finished with the kitchen cabinet shelving, too. Right now we're waiting for the last of the stain to dry on the trim and then all we have to do is hang it! Exactly HOW to do some of that is up for debate, however. The finishing nails are going to leave some pretty big holes. I wonder if we could glue some of the edging on? Anyway...I'll be thrilled to get this done! Gee, now all that's left is hemming the dining room curtains, fixing the curtain brackets in David's room, closet shelving in David's room, tiling the kitchen and bathroom...