Time: Ever Elusive

Since this is Josh's only weekend off in November and it is a busy month ramping up for the holidays, we had items on our list to complete. I didn't think they were overly lofty goals by any means, but somehow there never seems to be enough hours to squeeze in all of the different items--whew! Sitting here right now, I'm tired.

We had an enjoyable Friday evening out as a family. Dinner at Chili's was yummy as always. Our two other stops were Target and the mall. Target is competing this year quite heavily even before T-giving on the toy sales. They had so many items on sale and coupon books to use!
Aliyah was able to buy the item she had been saving for since it was only $10!!!!! That was half of what they normally are. She is loving it and takes it everywhere with her (like always).

American Eagle had some great sales as well. They had an additional 30% off clearance PLUS we had the big bad 40% off your entire purchase coupon. Bearing that in mind, we picked up MANY items!! Josh got some jeans for $12.58 and some shirts that he needed for $10 and under etc...

We slept in today until 8:30. Whoa! I feel like the painting queen. Painting queens are messy in case you didn't know. Painting the foundation has been on my list for awhile and since we have done extensive yard clean-up of Wrigleyville (that's my term for the ivy that we have that grows everywhere). We like to trim it back to nothing. Well, since it was the MOST GORGEOUS November day ever topping out at a balmy 76, I painted the foundation. It is sparkling white and looks great. I also painted the door on our porch. Oh yeah, our porch is offically completed!! Amazing isn't it??!???

We cleaned up leaves and we cleaned up a TON of the 95 y/o neighbor lady's leaves. We had to stop because there simply wasn't anymore room.

The cars are washed (thanks to automatic) and oh yeah....we began "decking the halls" on the outside. Don't worry, they won't be turned on til Thanksgiving evening. It is just much more pleasant to put up lights on a roof and dormers etc...when it is in the 60-70's than in the 20's or 30's and your body is screaming at you. That meant, lay all of the lights out in lines in the front yard and then test each one. I don't care if they worked last year when you took them down and they were only used that season, it doesn't mean they will work this time around. We threw away three strands. Fortunately, we had a back-up of 90% off clearance decs from last Christmas.

Okay, now I will bore you with pics of the finished product. I apologize for the blur...I was in a hurry. Chaney is pretty happy with his new digs!