Will This Weekend EVER End?!?!

I know most of you are enjoying this long holiday weekend (2nd in as many weeks, I might add). For me, however, this is TORTURE! There are quite a few reasons I am anxious for Monday to get here:

* I NEED my TA!!

* There's a wall decal for Wesleigh's room I've been waiting on for over a month, and it should be here Monday

* Ann from Red Thread received an update on Wesleigh Friday but couldn't open the pictures! She has to wait until Monday to contact the orphanage and have them resend the pics...TORTURE!!

* I have some returns that need to be taken care of, but I've been waiting for the boys to go back to school. Which leads me to:

* It is time for the boys to go back to school! I've enjoyed having them home and REALLY enjoyed sleeping late, but I've had an average of 5 boys here every day and some nights, so it's getting old.

I've been pretty good about keeping myself busy and being productive. I've painted a dresser for Wesleigh's room. It is absolutely adorable, by the way. I've also taken down all the Christmas decor, mopped the wood floors (huge job), started working on a digital scrapbook to document our journey to Wesleigh, and made a very cute piece of art with an old window.

Here are a few pics of what I've been up to:

Richard and Braden left Christmas night for a hunt in Kansas. That left me and the other two boys for the entire week between Christmas and New Years. I started taking the Christmas decorations down but didn't know what to do with the tree. It was huge and the base was filled with nasty water. I thought I could leave it there and wait for Richard, but couldn't stand it. Bryce and I chopped all the branches off of it and then hauled it out! I have to say, I'm pretty proud of myself for getting it out of there!

I found this old window in the antique district here in town. I paid $15 for it.



This is what I did with it. I LOVE it. There are lots of sparkles on it that don't really come through in the photo.

I'm so mad at myself for not taking a photo of the dresser before I painted it. This is the best I could find. It gives you an idea of what it looked like. It was actually Richard's grandmothers. I was going to get rid of it, but a friend suggested I paint it. I am so glad she did!
This is what Richard's garage bay looked like while he was gone. I spent lots of time in here.

And, here is the finished product! I absolutely LOVE it, and it matches the room perfectly!! All I'm waiting for now is a wall decal and the chandelier to come in. It won't be long!!

Hope you're enjoying your Sunday. COME ON MONDAY!!!