Monday, December 21, 2015

HAPPY HOMEMAKER & MENU PLAN MONDAY

With so much to do on this remodel I have been working 12-14-16 hour days and lost track of ALL time!I hope you are all ready for spending some quality time with your family and friends.  Don't overdo so you can't enjoy it.
WEATHER OUTSIDE
We've warmed up considerably (which I HATE) and are supposed to be having scattered thunderstorms all week.

TO DO FOR THE WEEK
  • MONDAY - Finish the Christmas shopping and grocery shopping. After that I'll be shifting furniture and boxes to TRY and create a living room area. Hopefully the plumbers will be done with the repair to the collapsed drain line.  The foundation guys strike again!  Evidently they piled too much dirt on top of the sleeve where they struck the line with a tool and it collapsed the line backing it up into the drain line in the wall.  I also need to call the restoration guy to seal the shower and refinish it as well as float the walls in the master bath.
  • TUESDAY - I'll be having lunch with an IRL friend that began as a blog friend.  I can't wait to see her. Cleaning up after the plumbers and trying to make some sense of the mess in the office area hopefully..
  • WEDNESDAY - Hopefully I'll be doing laundry ALL day and finishing the furniture and box shift.
  • THURSDAY - Finish wrecking out the dated 70's paneling in the office area to finish exposing the dry rot so we can deal with it.
  • FRIDAY - MERRY CHRISTMAS - dinner at my cousin Kevin's house.
  • SATURDAY -  Try to clean up the yard - the plumbers have made a HUGE mess behind the house where they are tunneling under the house. We have to do this so we can install the window in the master bedroom and the sod the backyard.
  • SUNDAY -  Unpack what I can and begin to organize a bit.
CURRENTLY READING
I keep trying to read before bed, but am so exhausted at the end of the day that I doze off before I can even read a paragraph.

TELEVISION / DVR
Not much - not enough time!

CRAFTS & PROJECTS
Hoping to find my Brother and SIL's Christmas gift I've been working on and get it finished as fast as possible.  Unfortunately it WILL be late, but it will also be from the heart so I know they'll understand.  This remodel and not yet having unpack has put a serious cramp in my style!

HOUSE PROJECTS
Finish wrecking out the dated 70's paneling in the office area to finish exposing the dry rot so we can deal with it. Hubby still has a few pieces of molding to paint and install, but we did get the carpeting last Friday in the master bedroom

KITCHEN WISHES
Planning on starting the cabinets and flooring this next week.
 

MENU PLANS FOR THE WEEK

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
BREAKFAST
YOGURT & FRUIT
SCRAMBLED EGGS & CHEESE
FRUIT SMOOTHIE
YOGURT & FRUIT
MAPLE OATMEAL & RAISINS
CORNED BEEF HASH and OVER MEDIUM EGGS & TOAST
LUNCH
FRUIT & CHEESE
SOUP & CRACKERS
SANDWICH
OUT
MEAT & CHEESE
??
DINNER
EXPERIMENT NIGHT
Grilled Hamburgers with Cole Slaw
C.O.R.N.
Ham Steak with Mac & Cheese
Dinner at my cousin Kevin's house
??

DESSERT








HOMEMAKING/COOKING TIP
So I tried the glass of vinegar in the freshly painted room trick and guess what?  It works!! Within 10 minutes the walls were still wet, but there was NO paint smell!

THINGS THAT ARE MAKING ME HAPPY
  • Being able to finally see past the mess from 55 days ago (that feels like years).
  • Sleeping in my own bed instead of a futon.
  • Spending time with friends and family.
FAVORITE PHOTO FROM THE CAMERA
I actually have 2 this week.  We finished the bedroom, well at least 95% and began putting away the clothes.  The spread I ordered is too small but fits perfectly in the spare bedroom. Now remember we have been traveling for the better part of a decade and A LOT of things were in storage so we HAD a lot of clothing and much of it cold weather. So we had a ton of decisions to make on what to keep and what to get rid of.  EVERYTHING is now in the closet, a drawer or the donation pile. We did keep quite a bit of cold weather clothing, but with the new walk in closet just stored it in totes on the top shelves. It's going to take a while to inventory all of this for donation!
INSPIRATION
Be sure to link up with Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom for Happy homemaker Monday and with Laura at I'm an Organizing Junkie for Menu Plan Monday.

3 comments:

  1. I personally would rather have the rain over snow. Our temps are supposed to 50's and 60's all week. Rather warm this year, but it's better than rather cold. Have a great week and a Merry Christmas!

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  2. I'm with you all the way! It should have snowed a million times here by now. Oh, well, our White Christmas will be a wet Christmas.
    I love love love your purple bedspread.
    Merry Christmas!

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  3. How fun to be getting together with a blog friend IRL!! I love seeing the pics of your progress. My mom has an album put together of her before, after and some during pics of their remodel on their house. Their’s was mainly cosmetic, but still fun to look at the work that was put in. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!!

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