Moving Out Of The Cardboard Boxes

This weekend we held the birthday party for Megi and Donna's birthdays.  It was a nice success, especially since Candice and I were both battling different ailments the entire weekend.  Candice has had a chest cold and I have been battling a head cold.  Now I'm starting to get a little chest congestion, so I hope we aren't just trading illnesses.

We also started the process for finally getting the walls of the house to NOT look like cardboard boxes.  We got several colors to paint the guest bedroom (maple, orange, and yellow) which will become Gabe's new bedroom except when guests come over.  He doesn't know that he's moving into a new room yet, but it's part of a big master plan to get Megi her own room that isn't half of our walk-in closet.  First he'll move into the guest bedroom, then we'll paint his old room to be Megi's room.  Then we'll for a couple of days move Donna into it while we paint her room and move her back into it.  Then we'll get a futon or sofa that folds down into a bed for the loft so that Gabe has somewhere to sleep when guests come over (at least until we can afford to finish part of the basement).  Finally, we'll move Megi into her own room.  Gabe will have his own bathroom, and Megi and Donna will share one. 

Of course, before we start this project, we've got to finish painting the ceilings in the kitchen and living room that we started back before Christmas...

I finished the kitten coffins.  When Candice finishes painting their marker rock, we'll bury them in one of the flower gardens.

Still no sign of Shadow, so we can be almost 100% sure she's gone for good.  :-(