A few things checked off the list

This was our laptop this morning

 And this is it after I replaced the screen with the help of an online tutorial.

I am very proud of myself!!

AND excited to be able to see the whole screen again:)

 This piece came from the garage of our first house.  We have moved it with us and used it as a storage shelf in our garage for the last 13 years.   As we were moving this time, Rylie suggested painting it and using it in the house.

It was hard to get a picture that shows the real color.  It is a blue gray and is now in my bedroom.  I am really happy with how it turned out

 Abby slept in on the floor the first week in the house. We had to wait until we were moved in before we could look for her bedroom furniture.  I found a Thomasville bedroom set which included a desk, headboard, nightstand, and a dresser with a hutch for $325 on craigslist.

 I painted it all white

 Then painted her bedroom blue

 I have painted my share of walls, these were by far the hardest I have done.  They have no texture and so they are all painted with flat paint.  I don't like flat paint, so I was convinced that I was going to make satin work.  Two of the three rooms I have painted were satin and the third was flat.  I will not use anything but flat from now on.  I have no idea why it is so different than a textured wall, but it is not worth the work.

 Rylie's room purple.  

The girls wanted to paint sooo bad.  I wouldn't let them with the satin paint.  Syd's room has the flat paint, and so I let them go for it on the big wall.  Syd is so excited she can hardly stand it.