Back Room Changes

Hi!

Some updates from the weekend. C and I went to Charlottetown on Saturday and had a really nice time.  She got a new outfit for dance and is excited again!

I'm sorta back in the groove of things. N went back to school Monday (finally!!) for 1/2 day.

I just kept waiting around though until it was time to pick him up before big recess/lunch at 11:50. Yesterday he had a dr's appt. at 1:30, so he had to leave early then too, but not as early as Monday. He's still on antibiotics and puffers, but will be at school for the whole day today!

I have some updates on the squirrel. We caught one in the rat trap! But K and I both thought it probably wasn't the little one with the white on its back.  This one seemed bigger and more brown.  We're still seeing lots of squirrels around and most just hop right over the trap so K borrowed his dad's BB gun in order to shoot one. Here are the kids practicing their shots.

N has a lot of fun practicing.  K and N have already gone thru a whole pack of 500 BB's so N had to wait patiently for K to get home from work Monday with the new ones. The sight was off, but now it's fixed.

C is  a good shot.  On her first try, she hit her target 4 out of 4 times!

However, she has taken a liking to the squirrels and definitely doesn't want to shoot one!

So, before my parents arrived, I bought a new rug for the back room.

Well, actually it's a carpet that we had bound.  The kids and I went to S'side and checked out the carpet store and the hardware stores and this was what I thought would be the best option for the best price. It was a 9x12 remnant that I had bound in a 9x9.  It cost $280 (I think).

When we got the rug, we re-arranged the furniture. 

Here's how it used to look last year in September.

See how the old rug was too small?  I like the size of the new rug, but wondered when I got it home if it made the back room seem too fancy and not cottage-y.

Anyway, here are some other pics from around the room.

Now

Before

 Now

Before

There's a heater behind the couch so it'll have to move back to the other side soon. 

Now

Before

Now 

Now (Different angle)

Before

On the tv wall, we raised the speakers for better sound.  Right now they're sitting on milk crates, but "one day" we'll make some better stands.

Now

Before

So, in a bit I'll probably have some new "After" pics to share.  We're not using the heaters yet, but we have had few frost warnings already.  The weather network is calling for us to have snow in November!

Enjoy the rest of your week! :-)