The Day the Hurricane Came Through Texas...

Just so any of you don't misunderstand and begin checking the news for updates on the latest disaster, let me clarify, I'm not talking about a literal hurricane. I'm just talking about my mother. I've been told before that I am a pretty efficient person. Well, this is nothing compared to my mom. My parents just came for a short two-day visit and by the end of it (and with a little mess in the process), my kitchen was painted, drapes were made and hung, two wicker chairs painted and all of my mending was completed. We even had time for a little fun shopping, Enrichment night and McDonald's playplace with Ella. Even I was amazed this time! Here are some before and after pictures of the kitchen.


These pictures show the color of the kitchen before.


My mom and I stayed up until midnight painting. When my dad came down for breakfast, he said to my mom, "Looks like you've been here." I promise, I really did have a clean house before my parents came.


The after picture. Do we like it?


Oh, and my mom taught me the nifty trick of how to pop out the bottom of your toaster oven to clean it out. I had no idea all these years! Wow. So now I want to know. Survey: How many of you knew about the toaster oven bottom?

Here are some more pictures of the trip.





This last one of Kayla is funny to me, because this is basically where she was the entire time the projects were going on (in a pool of her own food messiness) because I couldn't trust her around the mess we were creating!