Sunday morning I
sent my oldest off for a two week vacation with her boyfriend and his
family. If ever there was a time to get
to know his family, it is now as she is going to be spending time with a bunch
of them. Knowing what a little social
butterfly she is she is destined to have a good time.
That afternoon I
finished my latest painting project.
Gorgeous! That's the best word I
have to describe it. Just simply gorgeous! My youngest joined me and we knocked it out
in about four hours. She is a super
duper project helper and I really appreciated having her on board. It was a lot of work but we are both quite
proud of what we accomplished. I posted
about that this past Friday.
My best helper! |
Monday I headed back
to work so I could rest, ha, ha. But by
Tuesday we were back in project mode because something we had ordered ten days
ago had arrived! Whoo hoooooooo! I'm so excited about it and even more excited
to get to share it with you. So stay
tuned for that post coming up on Wednesday.
Before I left for
work on Wednesday morning I finished up the project we started on Tuesday and
then we got to do what I was dying to do.
Start putting the furniture back! Ten days with no living and dining room was a
little bit rough, but the payoff is HUGE!
I am so in love with my house right now.
Finally, it is looking how I
always dreamed it could. So very pretty!
We love our new paint scheme |
That evening was our
company summer picnic so we went to that for a little more than an hour, ate
dinner and then came back home to work on our house some more. I've been taking my time putting things back
together cleaning as I go. Pulling up
the carpet made for a lot of dust and yuck everywhere and I want to make sure I
get every bit of it cleaned up.
We set out the rest
of the old living room carpet and all of the padding at the curb and the
garbage man collected all of it Thursday morning. He had collected what we set out the week
before too. I'm really happy about that
for several reasons. It has saved me a
trip to the dump for one, secondly it saved me having to pay dump fees, plus we
already pay a lot for trash service so I feel like I'm getting my money's worth,
ha, ha. I'm very happy to have it gone
too.
Thursday morning I
hung our artwork back up on the living room walls. That evening when I got home from work I had
some friends stop by to check out my progress so far. After they left I spent about forty five
minutes to complete another
project. I'm on a roll this week! No idea where all this energy is coming from,
but I like it!
Friday morning I was
up with the chickens, literally. By sun
up I had the living room window washed, inside and out, and the curtain rod
brackets reinstalled. Then I got the
freshly laundered drapes hung back up.
You know, there is nothing quite like looking out a spotlessly clean
window. The living room pillows got
laundered that morning too and once they were dried and fluffed I put them back
in their places. Such a lovely space for
us to live in and enjoy. I can hardly wait
to show you all what we've done.
Last weeks huge grocery haul |
Saturday morning the
youngest and I were right back into project mode. This time more demolition. The progress continues!
I didn't do much in
the way of shopping last week picking up a few items at Fred Meyer since we
were there looking for something else.
I picked some snow
peas from the garden.
Our little girls
have started laying. Yippeeee!
Although it has been
hitting the triple digits this past week we've managed to keep the house
cool. Every morning I open all of the downstairs
windows and set a box fan at the back door to blow in nice cool air. Then close everything back up before the
temperatures start to climb. By noon we
turn on the A/C upstairs and it keeps it pretty comfortable.
How was your thrifty
week?
It was a good week for us. We sold a few things (sofa, portable a/c, and some kids toys they'd grown out of). Total earned was $355! Feeling good about that. We also did our normal meal prep, leftover eating, etc. We had a barbecue this weekend & spent a bit more than intended due to some poor planning, so back to closer monitoring of the grocery bills.
ReplyDeleteGood job on the sales! It's nice when you can sell stuff you no longer want and make a little $$.
DeleteI assume you put some sort of flooring over the painted subfloor.
ReplyDeleteWhat?! You don't love our painted subfloor? It's two colors! LOL I wasn't in love with it either, but I sure love the floor now! ;)
DeleteGreat thrifty week! Is that your pear tree in the first photo? That's something I wouldn't mind having. We had to cut down our diseased old apple tree this summer, but we're replacing it with trees my husband ordered when I was away (so no pears, lol). We may still have room for a pear yet, if I can convince him to get rid of the big ugly bush in front of our house...
ReplyDeleteYour huge grocery haul looks like mine! We only needed milk, bread, cheese, and coffee creamer this past week. Makes for a nice, simple grocery trip!
That is our pair tree and I've been chasing the pesky squirrels out of it. They want my pears!
DeleteThe paint color is beautiful ! I cant wait to see it with all the furniture back in place too !
ReplyDeleteThank you . It is coming right along. So exciting!
DeleteYour room looks really nice! It's amazing what a little paint can do, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteThanks Bethany. Paint is amazing. It can really transform a space.
DeleteSo far all your improvements look great> I can;t wait to see what other changes you have made.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy, Janie
Thank you Janie. Hold onto your seat. There's more coming! :0)
DeleteIt is nice to have a good helper. It all looks great and clean. I was looking at a dirty bathroom window and horrified how dirty it is. However, the curtain has a rod at top and bottom, so it is never opened to look out. I might get more light if the window were clean.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda. She has been the best helper, especially in the past two weeks. We've had some fun working together too.
DeleteNow that you mention your bathroom window it reminds me to look at the one in our laundry room. We don't mean to ignore these things, but it happens.