House Tour

I'm jumping on the Mrs. G bandwagon and sharing our home. The fact that I'm doing this BEFORE I clean, goes toward proving my insanity. But we're all friends, right? If you were my friend that lived down the street instead of my friend that lives across the country, you still wouldn't mind pushing aside the piles of crap on my table so we could have a cup of coffee together, right? Yeah, that's what I thought.

So, here we go.

This really isn't a room INSIDE our house, but it's an area we find ourselves in a lot. The front porch is where we spend a lot of time. That is, until the mosquitoes, which are the state bird of Wisconsin, you know, make their way to our party and then we have to escape inside.













The true heart of our home has to be the kitchen, dining, living room combo. Truly, this is where you will find us most of the time. My position is usually in the kitchen, standing at the counter. This is where I eat most of my meals while the kids sit at the island. Once in a blue moon, we are all together at the same time and we actually sit at the dining room table and have a meal like a real family. You people with little kids? Enjoy all your family dinners because as soon as they hit the tweens and teens, this ritual is tough to keep.













This is our office/school book room. When you homeschool, there are books on every flat surface of your home. We have about 5 large built-in bookshelves in this place and there are still books everywhere. I have a problem when it comes to books. I never give, throw or sort through books. Eventually, I will be one of those women who only has a small path through my house due to all the stacks of books.













Even though I've posted pictures of my un-clean house? I'm only giving you a peek, into the loft, which is our bedroom. I do have some pride and the state of this room is, well, unstately. We'll just leave it at that. My husband likes to affectionately call this room, the Workroom. Although with him working nights, there isn't much 'work' getting done in there!













The basement is basically the kids' family room. My husband and I spend so little time down there that when we dare to venture down, the kids look at us like, "what do you two want?" I did lay on the couch last night with the kids and watch Toy Story. Remember that movie? We LOVE that movie. It must be a good one for me to be able to wrangle an 11 and 13 year old into sitting still long enough to watch it. You never outgrow Toy Story.













Finally, a picture of my 18-year-old daughter's room. Remember that pride I was talking about? Well, it's out the window on this one.













She's leaving for college in August. Maybe I should forward this to her dorm-mate as a warning? Probably not. She'll find out soon enough.