Busy Little Bees...

We had a nice day. Fairly quiet, a good meeting at church, and then a nice crockpot lasagne with just the two of us. Ken and Dorothy Jenson stopped by on a walk this evening to show us some photos of when Ken hiked Mount St. Helens nearly 20 years ago. We had a nice long visit with them. We are savoring these last days on our own before Julia and Maddy come back Wednesday night. It has been such a treat to have some time alone in the house and get things back to the way we like them.


This last week we have...
...cleaned off the kitchen counters, returned our refrigerator to its spot, reorganized several drawers, returned a desk to the nook off the kitchen, completely cleaned out the refrigerator, cleaned off the window sills...


...moved the piano back to the family room, also the hide-a-bed and television, and moved the kids' dresser from the back porch to the family room, cleaned the family room carpet, painted both doors to the family room...


...cleaned out the kids' toys in the living room, sorted old toys for the thrift store, reorganized our bookshelf in the living room, returned the narrow table to the living room and replaced the furniture the way it goes, vacuumed under the sofas...

...made the back porch into a nice entry way again, installed the moldings around the back porch, repaired the broken bead board on the steps...

...cleaned and organized the kids' computer area in the dining room, cleaned off the china cabinet, removed the bookcase next to the printer...

...cleaned and organized the downstairs bathroom, installed a new tp holder, thoroughly bleached the fixtures...


...thoroughly bleached the fixtures in both upstairs bathrooms, emptied the cupboards and sorted / organized the contents in both upstairs bathrooms, repainted the floor of the big upstairs bathroom, painted the door to the big bathroom, cleaned the tile grout in the upstairs big bathroom...


...vacuumed, swept, mopped, dusted, polished...


Tomorrow I'll go hiking on a short day hike with a couple of the women from church who want to try out a hike. Tuesday afternoon Mark and I will hike to Mirror Lake for a short shakedown backpack trip, to prepare for taking the grandkids backpacking later this month. Wednesday night Julia and Maddy arrive, and we will help her with packing and sorting on Thursday and Friday. Saturday she will leave for Colville with the kids, and Monday morning we will head to California.


This last week and a half may turn out to be our only time alone in the house for the rest of the summer, and we are SO glad we stayed home this week to get our house in order again.