Looks like House Staging - At least I think so.

As our Pampered Chef party draws near (tomorrow!!!) we have been what I call "re-invigorating) our home. Focus is on the kitchen of course but the entire main floor is in on the act. Here are some pics from today's finishing touches.

Supervisor lil'A is on the job. Sitting right in the middle of the cleaning job.

The kitchen view of one wall. The main wall.

The breakfast nook. I bought this table and 4 chairs as my first big purchase when I moved out on my own. Notice the symmetry. I'm trying to learn how to "dress" a home.

The entire kitchen from door on right to the fax/printer on the left.

Celebrating now that the big job is done by playing with toys and drinking water. PHEW all that work makes a little girl thirsty.

Let's see how things look after tonight and tomorrow. A lot of time between now and the party to mess things up. I promise to TRY to keep the granite in sight. hehehehe.

See many of you tomorrow.

House Party (firm date) is a great way to get the house changed

PHEW! We're working very hard at getting the house ready for the Pampered Chef Cooking Show that we're hosting on Thursday Night.

BTW, if you're interested in attending, please do!!! Thursday our place 7.05pm. Contact me.

OR, if you can't attend, please feel free to check out their stuff at http://www.pamperedchef.biz/pennyk?showId=2154346 until Aug 25 (when my "show" closes).

Will post pictures of the re-invigorated kitchen and family room soon.

"Jerry Maguire" to "Talladega Nights" - An Alphabet's worth

This weekend, lil'A had a little vomit episode. Poor girl. Seemed to be coming down with something.

Late Monday night, I had it and so did Rich. Dang it! Rich had to stay home from work for two days and today, he is working but from home. We don't want to pass this along.

I slept in the family room last night because I felt so brutal. When rich brought down lil'A so I could look after her, she was playing well in her "zone". I must have dozed off. I heard what I thought was lil'A playing with her toys and stacking them up. When I came to, I say DVD cases all over the "zone".

Of course, on pick-up, we counted the number she grabbed. It was about a quarter of our collection. It was 26 DVD's. Luckily we caught her before more than 2 were actually opened.

For Auntie Lindsay's sake, we had to put them back in alphabetical order since she helped get them that way in the first place.