I have had such exciting news! I have been so rushed I haven't had time to catch up with myself. Ambrosina and Leon have decided to finish off the rest of the basement! Originally it was just to do one corner so Anthony could have a room down here and Phillip could have a room of his own upstairs. So I had a few things to rearrange and go through. I could do that.

I had already decided to clean and rearrange our little sitting room so it went hand in hand with that which I had already started. These are the in the middle pictures because I forgot to take a before picture.

Then they decided to do the rest of the basement too. I was thrilled, but that meant packing everything up and that was what I was doing when the news came down that we are also getting a  BATHROOM and LAUNDRY room. I am ecstatic. But, they are going to do it this month and I have a long way to go. I have been throwing away a lot of stuff. It's not even good enough to go to Goodwill. I don't know why I keep so much junk!

This is the way it looks now. Everyone who has ever done this sort of think knows that it always looks really bad right in the middle of a major overhaul and clean up so I am not disheartened. I am making a lot of progress, but it's making me exhausted.

Just think, no more up two flights of stairs to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Life will be a lot easier!

I finished David's sweater vest. It needs to be blocked. It's a little big, I didn't have a pattern and I think I measured wrong. I think it will be all right

Hat to match which fits perfectly. It was a new technique for me and it's not perfect. I didn't have a pattern for that either but hats aren't difficult. I have started a scarf to match too which won't take long and then he will be as ready as possible for winter, which is supposed to start tomorrow.

So since this is getting pretty long I will have updates on Dear Jane tomorrow. I am really tired from all the extra activity but I am very happy with what I have been getting done so far.