Mad rush

Well, we got a beautiful new piece of Italian furniture - thanks Mom and Dad - made in Verona. Due to this piece, my house was totally rearranged - thanks Kristianne. Yes, totally rearranged, just before T'giving. We redid 5 of the 7 rooms in the house. Our living room upstairs had one sofa, two wing chairs, the dining room table and some book cases. Well, now the bookcases are where the table was, another sofa was moved in from the garage and the leather chair is up from the play room.
We moved the girls in together and brought all of the playroom stuff up (and yes, I will paint another mural). Julia's room is now the arts and crafts room plus two shrunks are in there for their clothes.
We brought a table down from the attic and it is now in the kitchen.
The playroom is now the dining room with our hutch,the wing chairs, the new piece and the table. I had to paint over the mural. We hung curtains too.
I have to say, it look AWESOME and I love the way our house functions now. Michael though, has banned Kristianne from coming back. Our hat is off to Dave for moving the furniture with Michael and for Dawn hearing me moan and groan about all the work. Don't worry - we left the guest room intact.
It wasn't finished when we left for T'giving. I finished it hours before we had Michael's office - 30 people over for dinner.
Also during this week Jacqueline decided to become a "Poopcaso" Because she didn't use her brain (her words), she decided to draw on the wall with her poop. Needless to say, Michael came home for lunch so I could walk around the block a few times. I had 3 Christmas parties in 24 hours this same week. All were terrific!!! One was at a Villa built in the 14th Century and we had a melt in your mouth souffle, mustard pork, vegtable risotto and tiramsu plus wine and prosecco!!! Ahhh. I can still savor all those flavors. Raffa catered our JAG Christmas party and we had beef, lasagna, her famous tomatoes and spinach.
JDWs school has a sale to raise money and I bought a beautiful nativity set. It was built by one of the nuns brothers. It will truly be a treasure.
It's been wonderful having Jacqueline speak Italian. She loves to show off how much she knows - just spouts it off now everywhere. The Italians eat it up. This is of course on a day she isn't writing all over the walls with poop.