It's the most chaotic time of the year...

It's not even Thanksgiving and it feels like the holiday chaos has descended upon us already.  This weekend alone I have had 5 different things going on and at least one other that I wasn't able to do.  The next few weekends don't look to be much better.  Plus, I realized tonight that Karina's birthday party will be coming up soon, very soon, and I have done all of big fat nothing to get ready for it!  Last year we held her party at the beginning of December, to avoid the holiday time, and it worked out okay.  I want to do the same this year, but I worry with the kids getting older that just coming over to play won't be enough.  But I don't know what else we can do since we can't count on good weather and I don't think the playhouse will be finished by then.  My dad is on vacation for a few weeks and with the hurricane I think it's set us back a bit.  Not that there's a timetable or anything.  I'm just eager to see the finished product! 

One thing we've been working on this weekend is switching my current craft room into what is currently our guest room.  The guest room is really big, and my craft room is really small, and we weren't really using the guest room once my brother moved out.  It just seemed so wasteful to have all that space just sitting there while I was crammed into this little room trying to share space with Karina, who wants to craft with me.  In the new room, I'll have a lot more space to sew, craft, and have my computer, PLUS there will be a whole space for the girls to have their own craft table!  This will be the best part because it will mean their stuff will be in their space, and mine in my space.  It means spending more time together AND crafting-wooohooo!  And as Elena grows up and wants to join us there will be room for her, too.  The room is so big we are even setting aside a small part of the room for Bill's bookcases full of books he rarely reads.  Ha ha!  He has 4 tall bookcases and 2 smaller ones, plus these two units that have some shelves and cabinets.  I had to beg and plead to be given one small bookcase for my own books when we first moved in.  And I can count on 3 fingers the number of times I remember him pulling out any of those books to use for anything.  They're mostly work books.  Anyway, he was so reluctant and resistant to the idea of giving up the "library" that I finally figured out how to let him keep his books and still get my craft room.  The two units (not really bookcases, more like modular shelves with cabinets, drawers, and a few shelves) that are nicest are going in our living room, at least one bookcase is going into the future guest room/current craft room.  He has a huge computer desk, too, and then the queen bed is also going into this new guest room...hopefully!  I've measured several times, and I think it'll all fit.  It's just going to be a little tight.  Karina and I picked out paint colors, and right now we're painting walls pink.  Then we'll be adding some kind of accents in navy blue, dark pink, and purple.  I just haven't figured out exactly what kind of accents.  But that's for later. 

I hope everyone is doing well!  Enjoy your weekend and hopefully this busy season won't run us all down before we can enjoy it.