Gran and Pop (my parents) were down this way last weekend so that Pop could help me with some Back to School projects. School starts in two weeks and we’re trying to get our school space in good shape.

Ellie, Michael and Pop put the new table and chairs together.

I painted bookcases. I had vowed never to paint laminate again but they were black and I couldn’t stand it.

Pop and his bigger-than-the-Blueberry vehicle helped haul away the second bed in the schoolroom. This caused a wonderful chain reaction where the bookcases in the hall (the ones getting painted) swapped places with the chest in the schoolroom, Ellie’s dollhouse (made by Pop) moved upstairs to the top of the chest, the table that used to hold the dollhouse moved to Michael’s office to hold the big desktop machine (game computer), and that liberated the card table that I need for the sculpture workshop on Friday. It was just like the trading quests in The Legend of Zelda.

The best part (for me not for him) was that Pop spent most of his weekend creating a Stuffed Friend Containment System.

Shelves!

That’s not even all of the animals. Great Gran’s doll bed ended up caddy-corner.

Ellie’s stuffed animals are friends. You can’t get rid of friends. She feels very strongly about this.

When you walk into the room, they all stare at you.

I’ve already asked if we could have more shelves over the top of the windows the next time he’s here. Pop didn’t answer my text.