We are busy here at the house of blessings. 

We are preparing to have new flooring installed in our kitchen and entryway.  Sounds easy enough...not so.  The stairs on our main level are/were not built correctly, therefore they wouldn't pass code,ect not to mention they weren't safe because the bottom step was higher than all the rest.  Needless to say, they are gone now!  My dh and father tore them our last night in preparation for our new flooring.  They will hopefully have new ones built and ready to install on Friday when the floor guy comes!!!  I will post some before pictures of our very 70's house.

The kids have been enjoying the many leaves pouring down from our 3 oak trees.  We spent several days raking the leaves covering the yard and finally had it looking good.  The next morning Maia woke and looked out and said with dread in her voice, "MOM, look at all the leaves in the yard!!!"  It hardly looked like we had touched it! SIGH!!!!  What we need to a big windstorm to send the leaves to someone elses yard!  Maybe some nice retired man who has nothing to do but rake all day!  Oh well, winter will be upon us soon and I won't know they are there making mud out of our newly planted yard.