Project Family Room: Stage One

ok...rule no 1...never set a target that is soooooooooo far away. either, i'll be too excited and will start to bring it forward, or i'll write and re-write a "to do list" every 2 hours until its time for me to actually start.

i got the extra energy one sunday, when i was alone at home with asyraf. i started cleaning the downstairs room, bringing up items that i'll be using and asyraf will be using, storing things that i wont be using, airing the room, throwing things that i dont need anymore, until it was almost bare (except for the irritating junk of an exercise machine that we use to hang our un-ironed shirts and a couple of items that i intend to send to the dry cleaners).

so this what the room looks like after i've cleared what we wont be using...the curtains need to be changed. looking for something more cheerful...














family photos that i put together and hubby hanged. many, many pictures of amir (asyraf's pictures are still work-in-progress, sorry abang...)














a big junk to be thrown away. why did we bring this here in the first place (duh...)



















stuff to be taken to the dry cleaners. oh lookie...my $500 escada boots that i worn only twice and my wedding shoes. i donno where to put them. sayang want to put outside in the shoe cabinet, but i'm not comfortable putting them in my bedroom.














today is a semi-public holiday. hubby had to work, so i was left alone with the boys. asyraf slept in our room upstairs while amir was watching happy feet downstairs. i dont think he liked watching in the living room, there's no where for him to lie down, but i kept him downstairs so that i can watch over him.



















i moved all the videos (yeah...still have them video cassate tapes), my cds, my dvds and my collection of 3 monopolies. it didnt take very long, was done after 6 trips. now i'm just waiting for dear hubby to bring in the cabinet plus the tv. its a bit heavy but i think we can manage. i'm scheduling that for tuesday (ceh...siap ada schedule lagi). once the cabinet is brought in, i've just got a few things to buy to make the room "useable" (carpet, curtains, chest of drawer). cant wait to see how the room will look like after that.

my extremely valueable collection of united tapes, and recorded united games, my la femme nikita tapes, my movie collection, my cds waiting to be stored.

the boys are asleep. its alone time for me and my notebook...