Nothing Says Happy Memorial Day Weekend Like...

How is the Shields' Family spending the long holiday weekend? School is out for the summer and the weather is gorgeous! So... we are doing the only fitting thing for such circumstances... CLEANING THE BASEMENT!

The cleaning of the basement is a semi-annual task. It should probably occur more often than that, but usually doesn't. However, in this case... it has definately been less than six months since we dragged both the children downstairs to clean. What motivated the early cleaning??? It is an effort to take back our house. As you may know, we have four cats. Four demon cats. Oh yes, they are all cute and fuzzy and they meow and follow you around... and then for no reason, they pee on the rug! (Or, in our case, the couch, the bed, or any basket of clean laundry!) Enough is finally enough! We are banishing the felines to the basement!

So, we spent the bulk of the morning making a suitable living space for the furry critters. I think they will really enjoy things downstairs. There are a lot of bins (filled with craft supplies) to crawl on and hide behind. Although I am certain they prefer the dining room chairs, there are lots of posts for scratching. And, above all... there are several litter boxes in close proximity. Hopefully they will use them.

I will let you know how things work out!