It has
been exactly that. A very busy week and
an extremely productive one too!
On
Monday and Tuesday I got a lot of
yard work done. The weather was perfect
and I was able to get the lawn mowed, trimmed and re-seeded, more weeds pulled,
the pond cleaned out, the raised garden beds amended and turned, flowerbeds
cleaned out, start the set up of our hoses and above ground sprinkler system,
seeds started in peat pots, the clothes lines put up and a lot of laundry done and
hung out on the line to dry. I also
managed a job interview and a trip to the thrift store for two pair of summer
shorts for my oldest.
Wednesday
started out early when I cleared out our upstairs second bedroom, took the
girls to school, then headed to Lowes for paint and a new roller. I then came home to paint the bedroom all
before noon. This is the last room in
our house that needed painting – thank goodness! I hate to paint.
After a
quick clean up and change of clothes I headed to the store for a set of bunk
beds on sale plus I had a $10 store coupon. I decided to use the proceeds from our yard
sale for this purchase. I knew how
disappointed my girls were that we weren’t moving and I had promised them bunk
beds once we did. I thought this might
help ease their disappointment.
I then
headed home to shampoo the bedroom carpet and put the bed together. I almost had it done by 3:00 but had to stop
and pick the girls up at school. I made
them stay downstairs until the bed was done.
After vacuuming the carpet I let them upstairs for their surprise. They were so surprised and thrilled! My oldest nearly cried. I’m glad she didn’t or else I would have too.
For the
past year they have had their room in our converted family room because it is
bigger. Now that they have the bunk beds
they are going to be more comfortable in their bedroom and we all get our
family room back.
I was
glad to have their help hauling up their mattresses and bedding. They moved their clothes and things in and I
set up their computer for them. I helped
them remake their beds and they helped me haul my things downstairs. Although I was pretty pooped out, I somehow
managed to keep going until midnight!
I have
spent the rest of the week putting our family room back together, unpacking and
putting things away that I had packed up for our move, super cleaning
everything, re-organizing and purging additional items (it’s amazing what you find)
to take to the thrift store.
I still
have both bathrooms and the laundry room to do.
My bedroom will be last as it has been my dumping ground and sorting
station this week. Once those rooms are
done our entire house will have been completely gone through and I will be
ready to start life anew. I am excited
about it too. It feels really good.
I
expect to be finished by the end of the weekend, hopefully. I’m not entirely sure where all my energy and
motivation is coming from but, I’m sure happy for it.
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