Yep. That’s me. I’m about 20 weeks now, I think. With the first one you count the days. After that it is hard to keep track.

Anyway, I’m pretty sure I mentioned the home improvement chaos that’s been going on here, and that all we had left was some kind of home office set up. Well, the thing-a-ma-bobs I ordered from Ikea were out of stock, so we had to figure out alternatives. I had a few ideas and tried to figure out how to make them work, while Barry went to Mendelsons (read big warehouse of unimaginable junk) to see if he could find something used that would be suitable. He came home with a used desk–a very officey desk, but the right size, and he thought, even the right color. I was a wreck!! Despite my best efforts to hold back the tears I cried. No. I bawled. For hours. And into the night. And the next day.

I had in my mind exactly how I wanted it to look, you know? I was disappointed, understandably. But heart broken? Crying for hours? Poor bewildered Barry.

So, setting aside Sunday meeting lesson preparation that I could have attended to, we set out on an adventure Saturday to find the Amy Butler fabric I needed to make me feel better. Then I ran another errand or two and we put this together.

The lighting is bad, but hopefully you get the idea. Now I have a place to display my daily drawings and other pretty things. The desk really isn’t bad either, now that I’ve come to my senses.

And, for my mom I’m putting in some pictures of our new wood floor and one of the living room. It’s fall in Ohio, and I realize I have to say good-bye to good light until spring. I think I’ve also messed up the settings on my camera somehow and can’t figure out what I’ve done, so you may have to use your imagination a little bit here.

I really love my new floors and freshly painted walls. The gold walls in the living room show up pretty accurately. The carpet is a bit warmer.