Day 320

I made this construction sign and stuck it up on the window of the bathroom door. Ryan's party is next Saturday and we still have a bunch of stuff to do in order to make the house look descent by then. I should have just printed out another huge sign and stuck it on our front door. This house is always going under some fix-it or repair job.

Day 278

Yesterday night the motor on the dishwasher went "POW!" and blew out half of the house. This time it can't be fixed, so it's hand washing until we can go out and get a new one.

Day 237

Alex's room has never had a light. Because this house is so old, there really isn't any wiring in the ceilings etc...the only lighting was from a plugged in lamp that turned on and off by the light switch. Today I put a real ceiling light in Alex's room because I was tired of the inadequate lighting. It's not the prettiest, but with some added wire, it still plugs into the wall, and at least now the whole room is illuminated. We can see what we are doing!

Tonight's dinner was steamed baby spinach, Boursin cheese mashed potatoes, and steak with grilled mushrooms and peppers.

Day 227

Looks like I mixed up my days again. Day 227 wasn't too exciting. Our bathroom has been in disarray for 2 years now. Wally started renovating it, and never finished. We have all the new cabinets, paint etc.. in storage, its just getting on the new floor and walls that is holding us up. We have been living out of boxes the last 2 years and I was tired of the disorganization. I made him go get 2 of the the storage cabinets and put them up. The bathroom still looks like crap, but at least I can find my stuff now. He has a week of vacation coming up and I swear I'm gonna lock him in there until it's done!

Day 224

Since the colder weather will be here soon, I had to move Ryan's furniture around so that his bed is no longer touching the heater. I spent 3 hours up in his room sweating my butt off cleaning and moving his stuff. I'm not sure I like the way it looks, especially where his bed is, but he thinks it's awesome, so we'll try it out for awhile.

Looking in. I don't like this corner, it's so "blah"

The closet. We never used the bottom half except to put some boxes with his winter clothes, so I decided to just shove his whole dresser in there. It fits perfectly, and now he has more floor space to play.

Day 142

Wally and I bored out of our minds on day 2 of our garage sale. We made a measly $27 today. No more garage sales for us.

Day 138

More garage sale work. I went through 5 garbage bags and 3 huge rubbermaid bins of kids clothes. How did I amass so many clothing items for my kids? They're only 3 and 6 and they probably have had more clothes than I have had in my entire life LOL. I took the pic below when I was only half way through. I spent all day out in the sun and only around 1pm did it dawn on me that I wasn't wearing sunscreen. I slathered it on, but it was too late, I'm currently feeling the burn on my back and shoulders. Ug.

While putting out a bag of recycling, I noticed this little guy hopping away. I grabbed the camera and took pics of him to show Ryan when he got home from school. Isn't he adorable?