Hi...Finally down from the attic. Been there all day and got almost everything done. DH helped me today and we stopped to have supper about an hour ago(went out to Wendy's with my parents). Ugh, what a long day. DD watched the little one all day for us. I did cancel the flu shots and put off d-day for my baby for another few days. The guy who is doing the installation called this morning and said he wanted everything stacked down the middle of the attic instead of all at one end like he said before. Sooooo, we had to move and restack all the bins I had moved to the far end. Sorted thru lots of things that just got stuck up there when we moved from the downstairs MIL apartment to upstairs and hadn't been gone thru. About 4 big bins of craft wood pieces and projects that I want to paint. Just everything that we don't have room for, but don't want to part with...you know how it goes. Anyway, we pared down big time and have all our garbage cans full (garbage day on Friday so I don't know where we'll put our regular trash this week!) and our trailer is piled up with junk, a bunch of stuff going to the TS and I still have all the kids toys to go thru. They don't have enough room for all their favorite toys so we swap them out from the attic every 6 months or so and it's like they have new toys again. Youngest DD is very good at purging, the other kids like to hang on to everything, but to their credit they do play with it all. It's mostly action figures. I have a whole bin full of Rescue Heros that I think I'm going to donate to my church nursery or the shelter. Little kids love them, but my kids have outgrown them. So we'll end up with maybe 2 bins to put back in the attic. The good thing is that we got rid of all the cardboard boxes and bags and put everything neatly in plastic bins that stack up so nicely and take up way less space. So we got all our stuff sorted and stacked, but my parents still have a bunch of stuff up there to tackle. I told my DM I'd help her go thru her stuff. I think it's mostly books. They just got back from the deer hunt last night late. They were gone for 2 weeks so they are still unpacking their camper and washing, etc. You know I already have a bad back and I haven't done it any favors by doing this, but I'll take a Tylenol PM (they knock me out)ha and a heat pack and hopefully I'll get some rest tonight. It's only 8 something and I'm ready to go to bed. ha You have a good one and I'll see ya later. I'm gonna go soak in a hot tub and hit the hay! ~Anj

Well thank you all for the nice words, I appreciate it. I just happen to be just slightly obsessive (understatement ha) and a huge perfectionist. Those of you who have seen my other work probably know this already lol. Those pink gems? Ummm I think they came in a Yugiho game my kids had a long time ago. Nothing goes to waste in this house! ha You can easily glass paint the base of clear stones for the same effect. I do it all the time. I've checked the car glass people, for insurance reasons they don't seem to want to give it up. Looks like a salvage yard is my best bet. In the meantime, here's my inbetween project that is a commission. Right up my alley as its contrast basic colors (my fav) and well a sample of my sick perfectionist tendancies at work. Tedious for sure! I'll post updates as she progesses. Thanks for all your help! Cher Here is a link that might be useful: Current WIP

Just to "help" Vicki_LV_NV Paternal Grandmother: Hazel Paternal Granfather: John Maternal Grandmother: Wilma Maternal Grandfather: Arthur "Casey" (he was a twin) Maternal Step-grandfather: Arthur Ironic; Wilma married 2 different men with the first name "Arthur"....AND both worked for the Union Pacific Railroad traveling the tracks of the famous "Route 66"!

It's not like that in our local elementary school. Grandparents are invited to lunch. They may go to the classroom right before lunch, and walk back to the classroom with their grandchildren after lunch. But the kids walk back and forth in a line calmly just like always. The teachers are right there supervising, as always. After lunch, the grandparents can take a few minutes in the classroom admiring the drawings, bulletin boards, etc., but then everyone is expected to leave and let the regular classroom continue uninterrupted. I've never seen any tours of the whole school given on Grandparents Day. The only major difference I see on Grandparents Day is that the cafeteria is more crowded than usual, and sometimes tables are put up in an adjoining hallway outside the cafeteria. And the cafeteria is decorated. But PTA volunteers and the school staff make sure everything goes smoothly. I feel that our local elementary school provides plenty of opportunities for kids to move around, laugh and play. But traveling through the halls is always orderly. And I've never seen anything remotely like the grinding described in elementary school.