Happy Monday to you! I hope you had a great weekend. This is the place to share your weekend updates! I look forward to hearing how your weekend went. Here’s my update:
Play List
- Boot camp. Check!
- Take photos for photography class. Check!
- Make Jay’s birthday cake. Check! Kailea and I made a carrot cake yesterday. Just need to add the frosting this afternoon.
(Here’s a picture of the cake making in-process. Wasn’t sure how to shred baby carrots…this actually worked!)
- Dye Easter eggs. Check!
To Finish
- Finish getting ready for Easter and Jay’s birthday. Check!
- Start + finish laundry. Almost a check – the last load is in the dryer.
- Start + finish some light cleaning. Check! (Okay…the kids get credit for this one! Thanks guys.)
- Plan weekly menu + shop for groceries. Check!
It was a really nice weekend. (I even squeezed in a nap on the couch with Kailea. It really doesn’t get better than that.) I hope your weekend was great, too. Thanks for joining me for Finish It Friday. 🙂
I didn’t post on Friday but I still had a Finish It List. I was off of work on Friday so I was able to get A LOT done.
Finish:
1. Dust all light fixtures and ceiling fans
2. Dust all vents
3. Deep clean carpeting upstairs
4. Steam clean living room rug
5. Wipe down all blinds (they get a light dust every week but this time I took extra care to wipe each blade)
6. Vac couch and bed
7. Take dog to groomer
8. Spray paint new desk chair & tray table
9. Finish small painting projects (frames, couple of vases, etc)
10. Finish and fold all laundry
11. Clean dryer vent out with vac attachment
12. Vac stairs
13. Usual weekly house cleaning
14. Sell some clothes
15. Donate recently purged items to Goodwill
16. Make major progress on editing photos from recent baby photo shoot
Fun:
1. Shopping with Mom
2. Relaxed breakfast with Husband
3. Really relaxed lunch with Husband (we were able to enjoy 2 hours eating lunch and talking!)
4. Hunt for treasures at Goodwill (found some, hence the misc. painting projects!)
5. Easter dinner out with family
Fun:
1. Dye eggs with my niece and nephew Saturday – Check
2. Shopping for the new spellbinders machine – Check
3. Visit my bf and her new house she purchased yesterday and spend Easter with her – Check
4. Celebrate sister-in-laws birthday – Check
5. Reading – Check
To Do:
1. Ironing – Nope – hopefully today or tomorrow
2. Wash – finished today
3. Make salads for Easter – Check
4. Wrap housewarming gift – Check
5. Pay bills – Nope
6. Pick up cards for graduation/christening – Nope
7. Get SS# and order bonds on Monday – Waiting for her got get them for me
8. Download birthday photos so I have room for Easter photos – Nope – more to download now
With being gone on most of Saturday and all day Sunday didn’t get done what I hoped for but I’m going to work on things this week. I got a good start on my new list that I did take time to work up today. Hope everyone has a great week. Dottie
I remember Aby posting a while back about a plan B and I needed it this weekend. We ended up being gone almost all of Saturday and all of Sunday, so I just didn’t get much done on the finished list. I’ll have my work cut out for me this week.
Finish:
Dusting – NO
Stay on top of laundry which is currently caught up! – DONE
Plan meals for coming week – will shop on Monday – DONE with planning + shopping
Clean powder room – NO
Sweep + mop kitchen – NO
Vacuum – Got the downstairs done.
Fun:
Friday night family movie + pizza – FUN!
Color Easter eggs with my kiddos – FUN!!
Soccer Saturday – team pics + games for my oldest two – DONE
Little League game for my oldest – DONE
Concession stand shift for Little League though this might belong in finish….;) – DONE + it was fun!
Easter am at our house then a trip to my in-laws for an egg hunt + dinner – VERY FUN!
Library – NO
Birthday gift for my mother-in-law – DONE
Make a get well card for my daughter’s soccer teammate her broke her arm yesterday. 🙁 – DONE
To do:
Finish Laundry – Check
Spring clean the bathroom – Check
Brush both cats and trim nails – Check on brushing, still working on nails
Update budget – Check
Fun:
Work on a knitting project – Check
Catch up with shows on the DVR – Check
Get a manicure – No check, but will try to schedule one soon.
PLAY:
*put together Easter baskets – DONE!
*color Easter eggs – DONE!
*family pizza/movie night – DONE!
*take a walk outside – nope 🙁
TO-DO:
*help DH with installation of new dishwasher & fridge – DONE!
*watch writing video – DONE!
*bookkeeping (1 hr) – not done
*grocery list – DONE!
*change sheets – not done
*laundry – (most of it) DONE!
*look over Bible materials for Jamaica – not done
*discuss driver’s license materials with DH (order if possible) – discussed, but no order
*4H Roundup registration & hotel reservation – DONE!
That Easter egg with the happy face is so cute! I am sure everyone had a busy Easter weekend. I know I sure did!
Mary Flander
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