For my own record keeping, here's the list of events from the last 4 days:
Thursday, THANKSGIVING
- Wake up at 7:30, get ready to go, stop at store to buy drinks and flowers
- Breakfast at Mom's house- eggs benedict, and hanging with the family (my side)
- Back to the store to buy more flowers, gather the dogs up, head out again
- Real Thanksgiving Dinner around 2:30, home around 5
- Off to Michael's for some doorbuster shopping with an extra 25% off coupon from 5p-9p
- Awake, organizing, and starting to put out Christmas decor till 12...
- Sleep in, while Z gets up at 4 to try to get a new laptop at Bestbuy (fail, btw)
- Head out around 11- try to get to Joanne's & Michael's by 12 to use the coupons. (fail, btw)
- End up at Dollar Store, Starbucks, and thrifting
- 1:00 pedicure appointment with the little sister, then home to craft our faux boxwood star pendents (project to be shown soon).
- Sushi for dinner with Z, because what else says "Christmas" than sushi?
- Awake, organizing, and starting to put out Christmas decor till 12...
- Sleep in, till about 9:00 (thank you Lexi for not whining/crying!)
- TV for a bit, cereal for breakfast.
- Out the door by 11. Off to Staples (office 2007), Ace (more plastic for the popcorn removal), Office Depot (fail, btw) and Best Buy (fail, btw)
- Home and prepping dining room and hallway for popcorn removal. Prepped by 3:45, and removal commenced. Daylight runs out, some light left, and Z comes to help!
- Pull all plastic down, vaccuum, shower in the hall bath for the first time ever in our new house (it's been a year and a half...)
- Dinner of Champions, with dessert
- Blog, hang out, look at my marvelous smooth (albeit messy, wet appearing, and dank smelling) ceiling
- Sleep by 12
- Sleep in again, till around 9 (sweet!) cereal for breakfast, prep room for Christmas Tree
- Borrow family's SUV, stop at one Tree lot (Find tree) head home!
- Tree up, lighted, decorated by 3:00 (yes, I work fast, because I love it!)
- Decorate the rest of the house, including my silver fireplace mantle (that I'll show later)
- Fat Dinner of Pizza & Wine with Z's family, home by 8
- More Christmas Decor, magazine reading, and blogging
- Bed by 9. Magazines for a bit. Sleep by 9:45.
Monday has become just as busy, and there are things to do-
I'll get back to posting some projects, features, and decor ideas soon.
Was your weekend as crazy as mine? Crazier? I actually think this weekend could have been a lot more insane! Happy Holidays everyone, and an early Merry Christmas (the first of many wishes of this, I'm sure.)