It’s time for another edition of Weekend Planning!  I neglected to share my plans last week, and frankly, I can’t remember if I actually got anything done.  Whoops.  Hopefully this time around, sharing it with you will help keep me accountable!
House:

- Put the hide-a-bed away in the basement (something that should have been done 2 weeks ago!)

- Find a selection of (cheap) hardware for our downstairs bathroom – we need knobs, toiled paper holder, and towel bar.

- Continue researching paint options for our dining room and living room

- Research how to make small repairs on plaster walls (anyone have experience?)

- Make hummus for lunches next week

- Sweep and mop the kitchen floor (it’s been neglected in my daily chores)

Personal:

- remove batteries and memory card from my camera and package it to send on Monday to Chicago for repair

- Give myself an at-home facial

- Relax with DH before a crazy week begins!

How about you? What are your weekend plans?

Well, this is my second weekend of trying to plan, and I didn’t do the greatest, which is a bummer. I had a busy weekend with a retreat all day Friday and Saturday, and then spent some time with friends on Sunday night watching the VIkings (such a frustrating game!)  There’s still a lot on my list to get done, and I guess it will have to happen today!

Here’s how I did:

House:

- Pick up some paint chips to consider for various rooms in the house

- Unpack all of my paintings and consider where I might hang them

- Strip the beds (we had guests on Thursday night)

Personal:

-  Weekend retreat with students from Friday to Saturday, so I’ll be pretty busy

- Spend some quality time with DH on Sunday before the semester starts on Monday

- Contact a photo repair place in Chicago about sending in my camera to get fixed.

The beds can wait until laundry day, but I need to call the photo place soon!  I also didn’t get time to menu plan on Friday like I normally would, so that’s going on the list for today.  Busy buys!

How was your weekend?

This is the first time I’ve participated in My Happy House’s Weekend Planning, and it really helped!  I was super productive on Saturday and got most of my household plans completed – before lunch!

Let’s take a look back and see how I did.

House:

- Clean the bathrooms

- Vacuum the dining room (our rug is shedding BIG time!) (I did the front hall rug too!)

- Put away Christmas decorations

- Menu plan for next week (Still need to put some finishing touches on this since we still have leftovers to finish)

Personal:

- Return a few odds and ends  (Stores closed)

- Head to the post office to ship something (Gonna happen today!)

- Return dishes to a church…from a year ago!  Sad but true.  (*sigh* I’m ashamed that this still hasn’t happened…)

- Date night with DH! (We went to Des Moines for Vietnamese food and a movie!  A special treat, for sure!)

I’m pretty pleased!  Especially since a few other random projects around the house were completed!

I decided to be a little copy cat and share some of my weekend plans with you!  This is the last “free” weekend DH and I will have for a while, AND it’s the last free weekend before the semester starts in 2 weeks (I’ll be busy next weekend) so it’s prime time to get our house in top-notch shape for the spring.

House:

- Clean the bathrooms

- Vacuum the dining room (our rug is shedding BIG time!)

- Put away Christmas decorations

- Menu plan for next week

Personal:

- Return a few odds and ends

- Head to the post office to ship something

- Return dishes to a church…from a year ago!  Sad but true.

- Date night with DH!

PS – We grilled yesterday!  In January!  Crazy, I know.  If my camera wasn’t broken, I’d tell you all about it and show you pictures, but instead, you’ll have to imagine a nice juicy blue cheese mushroom turkey burger on homemade onion rolls.  :-)