Update with no Pics

Ok, I forget you can post without having pictures. We have been super busy lately. We found out we have to move into a different house as of May 1. It is actually good because we found a place that will sign a three year lease. We have exactly three years left here so we are really excited. The boys can stay at their school and Marc has less commute time. I get to decorate all over again, which I actually love. I will post some pics of the new house and decorating style soon.

the "Master" bedroom

This is the first time in over eight years of marriage that Marc and I have a real bathroom off of our bedroom. We also have enough space to put a couch. I have to say, the couch was a freebie, I got a cute slipcover off of Ebay and added some pillows from the thrift shop. Our bed is the ONLY piece of furniture in our house that didn't come from a garage sale, thrift shop, costco or IKEA. The only reason we didn't get our mattress from costco was because I found a better deal. Every piece of furniture, including the headboard and our laundry basket is previously owned. Now you know why I said, "NO MORE PROJECTS."

rub a dub dub, two crazies in a tub

I have decided that I live with crazy people. Giovanni had a grocery store blue bouncy ball, you know that kind that are always in those towers of bungee cords?! Well today was actually nice enough to go outside. So they were outside playing and accidentally kicked the ball into a thorn bush. When he came inside crying to show me the damage, he noticed that the hole got bigger with some help. We ripped it in two pieces and of course, what better hat than half a broken ball?!
When they took their baths, they thought they looked like swim caps. So here are my two future olympic hopefuls....

my new "desk"

Ok, so I will admit that I am a paper stacker. I get important papers and put them in a stack. I study new topics and put them in a stack. Well, the stack desperately needs to be sorted. I have a ton of space, but no real surface to work on. I decided weeks ago that I needed a new table top to sort things. I wanted it to be large, but easy to store. I thought about a regular folding table, but found this instead. It is a drop leaf table that has a drawer in each side underneath. It is only about ten inches wide when completely closed so can be pushed against a wall or behind a couch. It needs a bit of TLC, but in no way is "another project". I hope this gives me the push to actually sort all my junk.

junk store finds

I go to thrift stores here quite often. They call them "charity shops" because they all donate their proceeds to a different charity. Well, here are some pics of my latest finds. I got two chairs, and an end table all for 5 pounds each.

School Pictures

MY BOYS

SERGIO age 4

GIOVANNI age 6

The boys have to wear uniforms here in England. I think it is GREAT. It has saved many fights in the mornings over what to wear. The schools here have a tradition that when siblings are at the same school, they can take school pictures together. Too cute.

Family Pictures

The picture where we are all dressed in grey was the day before Marc left for Iraq. The picture with me in red is about two weeks after he got home. What a difference a year and a half make...