Project List - for Lolly

I am a creative person. I am organized - most of the time. I am a procrasinator. I like to put fun before house work. These things are not all necessarily bad, but can be quite annoying...especially to my mom and my husband!

I have started many projects this summer, but my follow through is not great. My garage is currently crowded with several things that need finishing. So to call myself out -- here's a list of what needs to be finished (in no particular order):

1. the girls' kitchen is still not complete! Ugh! I WILL finish it this week!
2. shutter cabinets for the girls' bathroom
3. shutters turned into a bulletin board or a towel rack - still TBD
4. empty frames painted black and hung in living room
5. my dumpster dive chairs - one is painted, but needs fabric for a cushion and the other is still in its horrid state - not sure where I want it to go
6. need a purple lampshade for Karsyn's room
7. need a pink lampshade for Landrie's room
8. window treatment in living room (have a plan just need the tools)
9. pillows for new couches

I'm sure there's more to the list, but hopefully I can knock some of this off first. I know you will keep my honest, Lolly!

Observation

I know that the state of our economy is all over the news, but other than the ridiculous gas prices, I've been relatively OK with things until last night...

I went to Wal-Mart to load up on all the necessities for the week. Everything was priced basically the same, except for the Cascade... Drum roll please - $7.00!!! I usually pay $3.50-4.00 for the same size box as I bought last night.

That my friends is ridiculous!

What other items have you noticed going up?

Spring Cleaning

I always have the best of intentions--for example: hanging fans, fixing furniture, re-doing the girls' rooms, etc. Lolly knows that procrastination is one of my father-given traits (Thanks Pops!), so she called me on it. This time though, she offered to help.

Saturday morning she showed up to my house armed with cleaning supplies (her recommended brands--I do own my own too), baskets and bins for organizing and her two helping hands. We swept and scrubbed and cleaned until our fingers were raw. My house was way dirtier than it appeared. We found all the dust-bunnies in every nook and crannie in my front room, kitchen and living rooms. It is unbelivable the difference.

I hate to admit any of this--I don't want ya'll to think my house was crawling with rodents or roaches or anything. It's not. I just don't have take the time to deep clean.

This afternoon, we tackled the garage. When we moved into our house nearly two years ago, we had lots and lots of boxes. Most of them were storage type things, but Lolly decided it was time to be Nate Berkus. She stood along with me as I went through each box and decided what was keep, Goodwill and throw away. I am proud to say that we took 2 loads to Goodwill, dumped a ton at a local dumpster and only have a few things to deal with here at home.

Funny story - the only thing I "found" was my social security card--kind of important!!

The final task this week is to tame the beast otherwise known as Karsyn & Landrie's rooms. I am converting Karsyn's room into our playroom and moving both girls in together. The transition will definitely be interesting! I'll be sure to take before and after pictures.

Thanks Lolly for all of your help! I appreciate it more than you know!!!

Projects update

Just an update:

The only projects I can report finished are:

• One-on-one time with Lamar. We ate out every meal with no kids. Such a luxury that we took full advantage of.


• The greatest pedicure ever


• The greatest massage ever


• Good times with friends

We did buy the fan, and it's laying in the front room...we MIGHT even get it installed today.

The rest of the list will get done, but I'm not making any promises as to when.

Updated to add pictures of the fan. We put it up the day I posted this. The box advised it was a 2 hour project, but it took us a mere 6 hours! We were not meant to do home improvement projects together...it's just not good for our marriage! ;)