I thought yesterday was Thursday. Really. All day. I even looked at the lunch menu and thought to myself, "Darn it! If only it were Wednesday I could have a crab rangoon with my lunch special instead of an egg roll." I figured out it actually was Wednesday when I heard the woman express happiness over getting the same crab rangoon I thought I missed.
Did I mention I had "realized" it was Wednesday about 13 times before lunch? Not kidding. Yeah, it's been a long week.
It's not over.
In a couple of hours my parents and older brother will be in town to help me work on some projects around the house. Some big, some small, but many in number. The list includes:
*putting a door in the basement- as in, cutting a door-shaped hole, framing it, hanging the door, etc.,
*patching up previous demolition work I did all by myself (hmmm, did I even blog about that???)
*replacing the water heater,
*maybe tearing out some soggy basement carpet,
*putting a door back on its hinges upstairs,
*taking my bedroom door off its hinges so it can (at some point) be sanded, patched, primed, and painted,
*trying to get an old door out of my garage rafters so it can be assessed and potentially overhauled (more on that later),
*attaching lattice to the bottom of the deck so the dogs will stop playing, lying, digging under there,
*trimming the out of control lilac bush,
*assessing my patio door as I just noticed it appears to be leaking,
*hopefully installing an exhaust fan in my bathroom....there isn't one (!!) and there is a definite need for it,
*maybe replacing the toilet in my bathroom- somehow, before I bought the house, the bowl got cracked and should really be replaced at some point but I'm not sure it's high on my priority list this weekend.
Whew...I think that might be all. Wait!
*finishing the trim work in the renovated spare room/office-- because the windows got sealed/covered for the winter with that weatherizing shrink wrap stuff, the trim couldn't be painted and quite honestly, I just haven't gotten to it.
OK... maybe that's it. What?? My mom told me they wanted to get as many things completed as possible. Honest. I have the emails to prove it, if you don't believe me.
Anyway, it's going to be a very busy, very expensive weekend (for me). And I couldn't even get the whole day off tomorrow! Thankfully, I've got a good crew to help me out! I'll try to remember to take some pictures along the way, and fill you in on all the details later, but don't be surprised if you don't hear from me until Monday!
So, what about you? Any big plans (home improvement or otherwise) for the weekend???
4 comments:
That makes me tired just reading all the work!!! I hope you have some pizza and a cold beer! That seems like great end of a work day food. :-)
I'm headed to the farmers market, maybe go for a walg, and going to get some r&r - it's been a long (but short) work week!
I know I will have some work to do next time I see you there, so I'll have my share of sweat - no worries. Enjoy the weekend!
Whew... That's a list, but at least you have a crew to help you! Sometimes it just feels nice to get things done.
This weekend we are having a garage sale! My family room looks like a thrift store. It will be SO nice to get rid of all this stuff and make a few bucks!
Nacole- we had pizza last night, but no beer yet.
Brother- we'll have some work to do, but hopefully it will be kinda fun!
EKN- It is nice to get things done sometimes... I just wish it was a little cooler and I would've been able to take the whole day off to really help! Good luck on your rummage sale!!
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