Projects

I must say, finishing a project is so much more exciting and rewarding than the start and definitely better than the middle! It takes its toll on everyone.

We had a large cabinet, a kitchen table and chairs, contents from drawers, and other various items from the kitchen in the LR. Upstairs, we had a toaster and some bags of food. Downstairs, we had more cabinets, bags of food, and the rest of the contents of the kitchen. This made it pretty crowded and stressful. Noelliah, who is so mobile had to be kept out of the kitchen obviously and the LR. Add to that the rain and that is how we spent our April here...under construction.

There was grass to be planted, landscaping to be done from where everthing had been dug up, painting, trim, handles on the cabinets, cleaning of the carpet, rooms to be cleaned, cabinets re-loaded, planting of flowers, electrical, plumbing, picture hanging, and of course the regular household chores like laundry and vacuuming, and of course a lot of dusting. That is how we have spent our May...so far. Add to that birthdays, graduations, mother's day, and regular stuff and we have been beyond busy and exhausted. Josh has been on some crazy shifts (ones that make me feel like a single parent really). Shifts where he works all day until midnight, 13-14 hour days so like 9am-11pm, and then 11 days without any days off. The other day we were discussing burnout. I wonder why?

The girls became stressed mid-way through the project because everything was in chaos and it had been raining for seemingly weeks (not to mention chilly). The recent warm weather (not this weekend) really was welcome for all of us.

I think the list is shrinking. My house looks way more normal and we are thoroughly enjoying the "growing process" of the last 5 1/2 weeks! Really, it was very fast in the scheme of projects, but in light of the craziness it couldn't come fast enough for us! We love our new kitchen and the space. We now eat out very little which is great, and Noe can go into the kitchen again which means she can open cabinets and drawers--oh dear!

The girls have been HUGE helpers during all of this. It's a bit of a challenge at times to get a lot of stuff done with a very mobile baby coming through especially when you are home without your other half! (particularly the stuff we were getting done). Whether it was playing with her and keeping her occupied or helping bring stuff up from downstairs so we could re-load the cabinets...they have been great!

We stopped by Walgreens yesterday to get the girls a pack of Squinkies to reward them for their hard work. They were going to share a pack. After deciding which ones they wanted, we went to pay and they were only $2.50 instead of the normal $10.00! So, we got 4 packs!

Aside from the much needed annual garage sale, we are hoping to finish off the project to-do list and not fill it with much else for a long time. I want to enjoy the remainder of May and all of Summer having fun with my family!