What makes a house a home?
Last night we spent several hours clearing out the boys’ room and closet, pulling down a wallpaper border, cleaning, etc. This morning we started at 8:00 AM with the first drywall repair (funny how little boys’ rooms resemble testing labs for Samsonite suitcases). Then, er, all the rest that I’m not going to type right […]
We’re painting the boy’s room, and closet. After wrestling with the wood supports for the old shelves in the closet (we’re replacing the old plank of wood with elfa style) I sat down in the office to take a break. My wife came in and saw me reading “The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work” […]
Just to congratulate myself a little… For the first time in ten years, our bedroom door closes and latches. Which means it also locks. Which means I we can get busy without having to figure out to explain to the kids why daddy is under the covers and mommy sounds like she’s got a fever.