Other updates

Dan's dad recently installed this counter top for us in the laundry room. It is working well and I've actually folded a few loads of laundry on it shortly after the load was dry. It's amazing how much better the laundry looks when it doesn't sit in a basket for several days. Dan brought home 2 shelves from his parent's house this weekend; we need to buy a few more and put up the shelves so that I have more storage space and the laundry room can actually be organized.

In other news, I spent Sunday afternoon working on our schedule as outlined in the Managers of Their Homes book I bought at the MACHE conference. Today is our first day using it and it is going really well. We are completely done with school for the day and the kids are having free time (me too). I still have to work on a bit of a different schedule for Wednesdays when we have piano lessons and for the days after I work. I also need to work on assigning chores to each of the kids so that they know exactly what is expected of them during their chore times.