Plan

I have decided on a plan on this unpacking!!  I had 2 or 3 friends tell me that I can not unpack everything.  I have to come up with a plan.  My back has gotten worse since last January's fall.  Lucky me!  I am going to take my friends' advice & not to unpack everything!

Here is my plan:

1. Finish Ashleigh's room.  

I have a plan for her room.  Well, not the entire plan to do right now, but a small plan.  I have to wait to do the one part of my plan until later.  If you know me, then you can guess what I want to do!!  I have the boys' rooms done because they did not have a futon in the way of getting a bed put together & everything else into its place.  The futon is my sister in law, who could not move it until a certain date.  That was fine with us.  It was not like we could do all 3 kids' rooms all at once anyway.  The boys' room I was going between the 2.  I had things for Noah in Ethan's boxes & vice versa.

2. Finish the Living Room.
The other day I reorganized the entertainment center.  I added some dvd's, too.  I just need to work on the built in bookcase.  Not sure what I will do there.  

I would love to do this on the wall above the tv:

                                                                                   Source: etsy.com via Melissa on Pinterest

Isn't it beautiful? I can draw.  I did a mural for Ashleigh before.  I plan to do one for Noah, but on a much smaller scale.

3. Finish the Craft Room/Laundry Room/Basement

I am really excited to finish this!!  I can not wait to use this space.  I want to use chalkboard paint on the table in this space, too, but have to wait until it is 50 degrees.  Grrr.  I am not sure where to put everything.  I am sure I will figure it all out.  I am putting all the holiday crafts with the holiday items in the holiday decorations.  I plan to use Mason Jars for crayons, etc.

                                                                                     Source: etsy.com via Melissa on Pinterest

4. Pictures

Organize what picture goes where & have Shawn put them up!!

5. Unpack the bathroom boxes, any clothes boxes, towel boxes.

For the bathroom, I think there is only 2 boxes left plus 2 boxes of towels.  Only 1 box of clothes left.  
Not bad.  

6. Work on some projects!

I am going to finish the kids' first letter of their name for their new rooms!  I may even add the rest of their letters in their name.  I can not wait to see how these turn out.  I already did our "G".

                                                                  Source: sometimescreative.blogspot.com via Melissa on Pinterest

                                                                 

Source: etsy.com via Melissa on Pinterest

                                 

                                               7.  The rest can wait!

I still have to go through all of the boxes in the basement in this small room to see what is in there.  I know I want living room boxes.  

Here is a future project if I can talk Shawn into building.  Well, something like this:  (I only have so much space available)

                                                            Source: myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com via Melissa on Pinterest

Or more like this one, but not blue.  I want it white. I don't want those small cubicle things.  I love those baskets to store hats, gloves, etc, during the winter months!!  I will get him to make this one.  hehe....

Source: ana-white.com via Melissa on Pinterest

Another future project is painting Ashleigh's dresser to match her bed!!

I still need to take pics.  I know.  I will.  Noah has to study for an unit test for spelling.  He has only had 1 week of these spelling words since he got to this new school.  There is 5 weeks.  Each week his teacher picked out 10 words, so he has 50 words to know by Friday, but will only get tested on 25.  We have no idea which 25.

Melissa