All City and Pantry

It was time to update this blog and get those horrible snow-filled pictures off the first post! UGH! That was horrible! And I totally lost my Japanese Lilac. Makes me so sad. We are looking to replace that soon. There is a big hole waiting.

 

So, Connor had the All-City track meet in May. His event was the softball throw. As we were driving there with Papa, he set a goal of 114 feet.

 

 

A little warming up by every one's favorite PE teacher.....Mrs. Wiste. Mrs. Wiste GETS boys. She emails me pictures of Connor and little messages about how much she likes him. I love her. I hope Connor gets her for his last year at Washington!

And the throw.....

 



 

He got to throw three times. Then he helped shag balls while the others finished.

 

 

 

Then they huddled around for the results.....

 

 

 

 

Connor took second at 115 feet! One foot over his goal!

 

 

 

Way to go Connor!

 

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School is out and the projects have begun. On the agenda for me are painting the master bedroom, painting the trim around the outside doors, and cleaning windows.

 

Another job Mike and I wanted to tackle and actually accomplished was turning a coat closet in our back entry into a pantry. Our kitchen is small and has very limited storage. The cupboards are super tall and give the illusion of plenty of space, but they are difficult to use because I am forever having to reach for a chair to reach what I need. There was a coat closet just inside the garage door that screamed "pantry". We used it for coats and shoes and I knew talking Mike into it wasn't going to be easy, but he agreed! 

 

 

I forgot to take a picture before it was emptied. Just picture this closet (which is identical) with a two-level shelf going across the whole floor filled with shoes.

 

 

Then add about another 20 coats. That's what the closet looked like.

 

Here is the closet emptied....

 

 

Check out those lovely primed walls! Holy Dirty!

 

 

Mike went and bought all the supplies. We bought cheaper wood and then trimmed it out. I painted the inside of the closet (not easy) and then together we primed and painted all the wood. Mike got them hung up and viola! Introducing the pantry.......

 

 

 

I am so excited to have this space. I bought a cute book-end for my cookbooks....

 

 

 

Lots of plastic and some glass storage for snacks and cereal ......

 

 

 

Chip storage was tough. Those bags are hard to keep upright and for some reason, placing them in another container didn't seem like it would keep them fresh. So, I kept them in their bags and used baskets. I also have a wire basket for potatoes and onions on the floor too....

 

 

 

 

I love having a place to put those larger items such as the crock-pot, vegetable and rice steamer.....

 

 

 

 

 

It's been nice to buy large quantity items from Sam's and have a place to put them! I have not missed the closet one bit. We have hooks on the wall to hang coats and sweatshirts. We are better about only having one pair of shoes at this back door too.  I have lots more room to fill in there, but I am waiting for the perfect containers. I keep slowly adding week-by-week. Maybe a trip to Ikea in my future!

 

 

Baseball is taking over the month of June, and we love it. The rain has dampened a few games, but we are busy this week with double-headers. I can't imagine next year when both kids are traveling because having just one is crazy busy!

 

Hope you are all having a great start to your summer!

Peace,

LB