Mom's Grand Redecorating Plan

Today it felt like July and yet the leaves remind us that it's the 7th of October.

We took advantage of this and had a family outing of sorts this afternoon. Mom needed some paint and wanted to pick up a pumpkin. We also stopped at furniture stores and settled on a set of mission-style leather recliners for the living room. There is some major redecorating going on at our house. When Mom's "plan" is complete, we will have:

• Refinished/painted the dining room furniture
• Gotten new chairs and a coffee table in the living room
• Reupholstered the old antique sofa for the living room
• Had new wood floors installed throughout the first floor
• Put new wiring and light fixtures in the kitchen

Yes, when my mother decides on one project she must do ten. Who knows how long it will take, but Mom does not want the chairs delivered until the flooring is done. They'll hold them for 3 months so that puts a deadline on it, I guess. As if I didn't already, I think I'll be spending a lot of time in my bedroom while this is all going on.

After the furniture stores we headed to Stillwater and had drinks outdoors watching boats pass on the river before having dinner in a restaurant we had not visited in years. It was quite a nice little afternoon.