First Room Finished!

Well, we got the first room completely finished - Ceana's is all done. We're going to be getting her a new comforter, and we're still figuring out how to decorate her room, but there is not a single box left in her room to be put away and everything is in its place (until she gets home from going with Daddy to pick up Brother - then I give it, at most, 20 minutes). Her room was the one we didn't paint, so these are the colors that were in it. Here are photos of her room - Enjoy them now, because it will probably NEVER EVER EVER look this nice and neat again:


In other news - Liam started rock climbing last week for P.E. If you remember from last year, they did it for a semester and he absolutely *loved* it. They're doing it twice a week this year, but I'm not sure for how long. As for the school itself, we still have not finished dealing with the city offices. We went from "it'll take a week" the beginning of August, to them requesting tens of thousands of dollars in testing (all of which has come back acceptable to standards) and them still not being willing to give us the necessary permits. It's bad enough that, as of this week, the older grades have been evicted from their temporary building and are having school outside this week. Thankfully the weather is beautiful for the week, but...it's absolutely ridiculous that we're still dealing with this nonsense. If any of you have any connections, let me know! ;)

Phil, Liam and Ceana have all been dealing with a cold - pretty much since last Friday. Ceana got it first, then Liam and then Phil. The kids are much better, but Phil has been home from work the last couple of days...he's having a harder time bouncing back from it. Thankfully I haven't gotten it (yet).

Phil and I went to a benefit concert for the school last Friday - Aaron Meyer, a local concert violinist, has offered his services for the last three years. He's an incredible musician, and even Phil liked it! We got a couple of cd's and bought tickets for his holiday show in December. Liam has been requesting the cd every morning on the way to school - he really likes it too! In addition to the concert, there was a silent auction - so we got a few things from there as well. A couple of Christmas presents for the kids, a rain barrel, a dinner, a soccer game with one of the instructors at the school...we left with lighter pockets, but all for a good cause. I'm not sure the final tally, but my understanding is that the credit card machine alone had a tally of $4400...not including tickets, checks, cash or any outstanding balances. Since last year's fundraiser *total* was $3000, it looks like it will be a huge success. Good thing - we're still spending too much money trying to pay rent for the students AND getting all this absurd stuff done for the city. Bah.

Not too much else. Still pounding away at the boxes, little by little. I hope to have the house completely done by 2011, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up ;) I'll be posting again tonight, as Meatless Monday has, for this week, turned into Try-Again-Tuesday...