An Overhaul

Elijah called us last night SO EXCITED to tell us all about how he was going to watch Pirates of the Caribbean 4.  He must have talked about that topic for at least 15 minutes.  Too cute.  Elijah is normally not our chatty child, so it's funny to hear him go on and on when he's talking to us on the phone.  I thought, "Ah, finally he misses us."

Day 17

Today Rob and I braved the over-100-degree heat and cleaned out our garage.  We assembled 3 shelves and moved everything that had been on the floor onto those shelves.  Then we bought a bike rack to keep our bikes under control.  We also got rid of some stuff.  And we drank an entire gallon of Crystal Light.

Before

After

(Okay, so one of those pictures isn't actually our garage.  I bet you can't guess which one!  (Hint:  Look for the 3 shelves and lined-up bikes.  Also, look for the garage.)  For fun, you can do an image search for messy.  You'll probably end up feeling better about your own not-as-messy-as-their-house house.)

About 2 months ago we cleaned out the shed and put all of that stuff into the garage to give the kids a completely-empty Spy Club.  This wasn't my idea.  But when I got home from school, Rob informed me that all the stuff now fit in the garage.  He lied.  About a week later we had a talk that went something like, "You better take care of this or else."  So we finally did take care of it, and it's lovely.

The End