I’m a procrastinator.  Big time.  I do my best work under pressure.  At least that’s what I tell myself. 

I’ve had a summer to-do list a mile long since the beginning of May.  Some of the projects I intended to accomplish were (are) quite big.  Like painting both of the children’s bedrooms.  Once Eli was born, Caleb and Mahayla switched bedrooms because the boys needed a bigger space.  So, for 19 months now, Mahayla has been living in a powdery blue room, while Caleb has been living in a lavender room.  Poor kids (especially Caleb.)

Lucky them, with school needing to start soon - this was finally the week for painting!  We let them choose their own colors and allowed them two colors each if they desired.  Of course they desired!  Mahayla went with a pink/purple combo, while Caleb went with a REALLY bright green/blue combo.  It’s amazing what a fresh coat of paint can do for a room!

Besides freezing another 100 or so ears of corn, the tomatoes are beginning to come on this week.  I’ve been able to put up nine quarts of tomatoes with zucchini and ten quarts of diced tomatoes.

Now that I’ve knocked out the big painting projects for the summer, why not add a couple more great to-do’s before school starts?  I ran across two wonderful ideas from some blog friends today.  SchoolinRhome found this wonderful decoupage desk idea and Candace inspired me to create a CM style learning board like this.  Now I’m trying to decide whether to thank these lovely ladies or delete their blogs from my Bloglines account!  LOL  Seriously, who doesn’t need more wonderful projects on their to-do list??

And finally, is anyone noticing a theme here?  Maybe my chocolate addiction has gone a bit far??