Lol! Jessica! That is too funny. I remember when my kids were small & I was their favorite form of entertainment. I'd have to hide in the bathroom to eat a candy bar. The minute they heard a candy wrapper, BOOM! They were at the door, "MOMMY! Whatcha doin?!" I certainly understand where you're coming from.

Yep. Godiva chocolates were shared with their friends. They shoveled it in not even bothering to taste it. I wanted to cry.

And soda. They must have an inner soda detector or something. My soda always has backwash. Pepsi with cracker bits anyone? I have a whole two liter.

Haha!! Must be something about Mom's sodas because my bro & I always guzzled any glass of Coke our mother fixed herself. It always tasted so much better!

Yes! This would be painful to witness, watching Godiva chocs swallowed whole!! The shame!!!!

My pics are straight on my iPhone but when I look at post on tablet, pic is sideways. Can someone tell me how you're viewing the pics. Straight? Sideways? Kinda strange.

The top and bottom pictures are sideways on my dashboard, the middle one's fine. I've seen it before, I think it's a long-running bug that happens when you post pictures from your phone. I don't have a phone capable of something so sophisticated so I always post pictures from my laptop and haven't run into this problem with any of the picture posts I've done.

Just to shake thing up a bit, all the pictures are perfect for me on my tablet. I've had the same problem too. I like your solution fine.

Why, thank you! Our spare bedroom is also going to be a reading nook/ofc area. Kind of a double duty area. And, yes! It is slow going becuz my husband loves to collect junk. I clean the room out, he brings in MORE objects.

If you come across any good decorating ideas, please let me know. I was looking for some kind of bookish or book related curtains, but didn't have much luck. I did come across some super cool looking wall decals. Here's a link, (I particularly like some of the tree ones):
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=wall+decals

Do you ever check out Pinterest? I love looking for ideas on there, except it's a veritable rabbit hole. When I start looking, well, I can forget the actual work. There are great ideas galore though.