AUTHOR: Linn Woodard
TITLE: Utter Chaos.
DATE: 4/09/2008 01:57:00 PM
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It's been a long time. I know. It seems like even longer around here. The house is in a state of utter and complete chaos. The kind where you never quite have anywhere to put anything because every surface is covered with junk and every piece of furniture is in the middle of the room. The kind of chaos where there's some sort of sour stink coming from the kitchen somewhere, but you can't find the offending odor, much less remove it. There are two crews in the house this week, one floor, one baseboard/backsplash/window casing type. There aren't too many places left to which the boys and I can escape.
However...
Next week will be wonderful.
Next week the paint will be dry and the furniture back and the boys and I can take over our home again. Next week I'll catch up on the laundry that's been piling up for four weeks now. Next week my office will transform into our new family art studio. Next week I can shop at Trader Joe's again and actually have somewhere to put the groceries when I get home. Ahhhh...next week will be wonderful.
Things I've decided during this remodel:
1. We will return to our healthy ( or at least healthier) eating ways when this is all done. We've been on a bit of a hiatus since Christmas, then birthdays & Super Bowl, then wedding, now this. Vacation over. Whole grains, vegetables, plain nonfat yogurt. Mmmm. Yes, it does sound appetizing to me right now. You know that feeling you get after too much restaurant food? The feeling that you really shouldn't have eaten what you just did, but you had to because you have no counters at home. Can't wait for real food again.
2. After Laundry Catch-Up Day, I will once again begin a load a day, so as never to have to do this much laundry at once again in my life. What is Laundry Catch-Up Day, you ask? This is my new invention to make the boys and I happy when the laundry piles up. I get as many piles of laundry onto the family room floor, and the boys watch a movie while I catch up on doing, folding, & putting away the laundry. Saves me from their groans about being trapped inside, and from my guilt for letting them watch a movie in the middle of the day. Mission accomplished.
3. Bread. I want to get Dad's breadmaker back and try some recipes. I'd like to make fresh bread our usual second breakfast. Yes, we have a second breakfast. Usually that means that the boys ate with Daddy but now beg to steal whatever measly breakfast I've managed for myself. Fresh bread will be a much better option for all of us.
Looking so forward to next week. I hope it turns out as perfect as I've dreamed for a month.
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