We spent labor day....laboring.

Hey lookie this!! It's an update to my blog about the weekend! And in a timely fashion even!!!

As always, the weekend was too short even with the bonus day off. Nevertheless it was a very productive weekend! It kicked off Friday with B surprising me with a new (and very much desired) kitchen gadget. The mixer now has a companion - a food processor! And it's red too! I can't wait to start using it!

On Saturday, we finished up a puzzle we started the night before. A full 500 pieces! I haven't done a puzzle in ages and we both had a blast working on this one together.

Later that evening we hung up some nifty new shelves that are taking the place of our curio cabinet. I think it's a great improvement, and hey - more floor space!! I can hardly believe that this 7ft. cabinet has been reduced to two cool shelves!

Sunday found us further inspired to tackle the garage - again. We started organizing it months ago and then promptly abandoned it. B was a hanging and moving machine while I got some more stuff sorted and sent to the donation pile. B and I were both quite pleased with how well it's turned out!!

On Monday, we took a break from the house laboring and drove out to Snoqualmie to visit the train museum. We saw lots of need old trains - some with cars that even originated in Chicago and St. Louis! You can even take a ride on a train that has vintage Pullman cars - first class cars in their day! Neat Snoqualmie factoid: at the turn of the century it took 2 DAYS to get from Snoqualmie to Seattle by horse and buggy. With the birth of the NW train lines, the trip was reduced to a mere 2 HOURS! Good grief!

Monday night we took one last stab at home organization with a trip to IKEA. I wanted to find some baskets for our front entry coat rack (The Container Store wanted us to pay $60 for 4 tiny baskets! Whatever!). We took our $60 down to IKEA and came home with about 200 tea lights, 4 baskets, 3 cushions and a junk mail recycle basket.

I don't have any "before" pictures, but suffice it to say the front entry is comfier and has less cluttered looking cubbies. And it's been Cailean approved!