No Foolin' April

Four months into the "New" year. (Ever feel like you are four years into a new month?)
I'm trying to stay busy today, stay on task... but, ohhh- SHINY!

I have been de-arranging the house, trying to make it comfortable for everyone. Over the weekend, Mr C and Sam brought the shelving cubby unit out of the shed, and helped me sand and paint it in anticipation of Nickole moving in. It was bittersweet. I sanded off old "Buzz and Woody" stickers that the twins had stuck to the unit, back when we still lived in Marlow. We moved from Marlow 15 years ago last month.

I got the cubby unit painted with the green cabinet paint I used on my bathroom last year. It is such a pale green, it is more of an "off white". That has been drying on the porch for the last couple of nights, and it needs to come inside.
But first....
I needed to move the tall book case shelf out of Dan's old room. It needed to go "somewhere else".
That somewhere is my room. I had to put it where the smaller bookcase in my room was... sort of behind the closet door, when the closet is open.

But first...

That book shelf had to go "somewhere else".  After measuring and thinking it over, it made more sense to move my dresser closer to the window and put the bookshelf by the bathroom door, as the shelf is narrower and less likely to be run into when entering or exiting the bathroom. (Tight quarters either way!)  I had to move the dresser over about 20 inches. And rehang the mirror above it. The mirror has to hang from a stud, as it is heavy and we have 3/16 plasticote trailer house walls! So it is off center... but oh well.
Before I could move ANY of the book cases or dresser, they had to be emptied.

And here I am now. Worn out and ready for a break! I have the two book shelves  and dresser moved to where I want them. I still have all the "stuff" that was on them piled up- mostly on my bed! The cubby has to wait for Tom and Sam to get home- it is REALLY heavy.
Other than placing the stuff back on the book cases, I have plenty to do over the next six or so weeks.

Becky and the kids are going to come visit. We will shop together for a bed unit for that bedroom, and a small lamp. Sam will need to decide where his and Dan's excess stuff can be stored. I toted some out the the storage shed, only to be admonished at how temperature sensitive these items are, and they are back inside. I have to figure out where we will store the File cabinet. As described in a prior post, it is almost as tall as I am (54" to my 62") and made of industrial grade steel. It weighs probably 80 lbs. EMPTY. And it isn't empty. Ugly and utilitarian, sturdy enough to last 100 years... and probably will be that old soon. It will likely have to move back to my room. Somewhere.

But First... I better get back in there and call this break "over".