This is where I once had a kitchen.  Complete with cabinets, a sink and an oven.  Hopefully one day in the not too distant future I'll have a kitchen again.  Until then, lots of sandwiches and cold cereal! 

No Dorothy, there was no tornado in central NM.  It just looks like it!  This is my front yard.  Don't you know the neighbors are thrilled.  The front yard is now home to the old kitchen cabinets, sink and countertop, our old door and a stack of lumber and sheetrock.

And where we once had a covered patio.  The plan was to enclose the patio, making it our family room. But upon closer examination, the patio wasn't very sturdy, so the crew ripped it out and we'll start from scratch.  The white poles have since come down and our house now looks very naked.

DH left town for the week, so it's less of a struggle managing meal times.  I always feel like I need to feed him something more substantial while the kids and I can manage on a lot less.

Sorry to bore with the remodeling photos, but I really need the practice to insert photos on my blog and unfortunately, these are the only recent photos I have.  I knew the work crew was coming to start tearing out existing sheetrock, re-wire, put in support beams, etc. but somehow I didn't realize they were planning to take out the kitchen this weekend.  It caught me by surprise, so I wasn't prepared with places to store all the kitchen stuff so the disruption would be minimal.  Instead, with about 5 minutes notice, I unloaded cabinets and drawers, moving everything into what will someday be our new schoolroom.  Everything is in stacks and piles scattered around and I never know where anything is.  But I remind myself that this is only for a season.

Schooling is a bit of a challenge right now.  Every room in the house has been affected by the remodel with stuff moved around to accomodate the work areas. So our school room has been overrun with stacks too, making it difficult to plan and organize our days.  I think I will just plan to get the basics done with an increased amount of reading time.  I also have a couple of educational videos from ACT that I need to return this week, so we'll watch them Monday or Tues.  I recently ordered Math U See for C and received it a couple of days ago.  I had hoped to start it tomorrow, but I don't think that's going to happen!

Wishing you a good week in your homes and in your schools