Yesterday I returned a couple of things I bought on Tuesday, cashed a check, and then used the cash to buy what I needed for supper (when I pay cash, the purchases don’t come out of the budget!).  Then I went home and cleaned my refrigerator.  I figured out how to remove the shelves and drawers and really cleaned it!  I should do that more often…but I doubt I will!  I was tempted to get a manicure yesterday, but when I thought of it, I already had milk in my car needed to be put in the fridge.  And once I got home, I didn’t feel like going out again!  So maybe today…we’ll see.

I watched an old movie yesterday while working on the prep for my drama group.  It was called the Singing Nun.  It was pretty cheesy, but hey…when you just need a light background thing…old movies work.  The other night, Singing in the Rain was on.  And I do like that movie a lot.  But I only watched bits of it while I was waiting for dinner to cook or something.  Anyway…old movies can be a good time!

So I spent the whole day shopping.  In the morning, I went to Garden Ridge, found the paintings I’d been thinking about getting, then decided not to buy them and got some other things instead.  After lunch, I ran up to Sawmill and spent a good long time in Hobby Lobby before deciding on some things there, then over to Kohl’s where I also found a couple of things.  I did run to Target, too, but I didn’t see exactly what I wanted, so I didn’t buy anything!

When I got home, Eric was already there.  I cleaned up the house a bit and tested my decorative choices in their (probable) future homes.  I wanted to make sure I had what I was looking for, and I also need Eric’s help to hang them on the walls…he likes it done right!  So right now they’re all leaning against a wall…but at least I like them against the colors we chose!

Some of the girls from our small group came over last night for our first bible study meeting. We had a good time, I thought.  It was also helpful to get some immediate feedback on my decoration choices!  They left about nine, and then I goofed around a bit before heading to bed! 

Today, I need to return a couple of the things that I got yesterday: a candle I bought wasn’t the right size, and one of the decorations was broken, which I didn’t notice until I got home. I will probably also clean the refrigerator, and I have some work to do on the computer (send out a newsletter and such).  And then we have church stuff tonight.  So…it should be fun!

So my kitchen looks much better now, and is fully functional again.  I realized when I was cleaning yesterday that I had never even deep cleaned one set of counters after we finished painting because we had kept some of the paint and brushes and such out for touching up and the final details.   Then when Eric started the lights, I figured there was no point trying to clean until the entire job was done and all the cutting of drywall and running of wires was finished.  So yesterday I cleaned ALL of my counters again, washed and/or cleaned the appliances that I keep on my counters, and put all the decorations I have so far in their proper places.  Maybe today I’ll run to a couple of places and see if I can find decorations to go on the walls and such now.  And one of these days, I’ll take Eric to Lowe’s to get the ceiling lights I want to replace the cheap-o ones we have now.  Such fun, such fun.

Eric came home early yesterday because he was bored, and “you can’t do nothing for that long”!  So he worked on his computers yesterday and had a marvelous time.  I worked in my office for a while in the afternoon, and then made supper.  Eric requested soup, and I realized after I’d started (I was actually on my way to the grocery to get something I needed for the requested soup) that I’d had soup at lunch, too!  Oh well…it still tasted very good.  And it’s an easy recipe which is always good!

Today, I may do that running around, but I definitely have to clean up my house.  Some of the girls from small group are coming over tonight for our first “official” bible study of the summer.  It only took us half the summer to get it going…oh well!  There’s also a baby shower at the church tonight which I won’t really get to because of the bible study.  So I may drop off the gift sometime this afternoon.  OH…and I realized this morning that my refrigerator must be cleaned out sometime soon.  So maybe I’ll do that today.

The undercabinet lights are done!  My kitchen can now be put back together.  YEA!!!!

That was Eric’s project for last week, so he felt compelled to finish it on Saturday.  I wasn’t about to discourage that!  I didn’t have much to do on Saturday, though, so I did some light cleaning, wrote for a while and even did some reading.  Then Eric & I went to Battelle-Darby Metro Park for some exercise.  After we got home and cleaned up, we went out on a date.  He needed a new DVD-rom drive for his old computer, so we drove up to MicroCenter and bought that, ate at Baja Fresh, and then drove to the Lenox and saw Cars.  It was pretty predictable, but not bad at all.  I laughed a lot.  I really did like the soundtrack, too.

Sunday was an early day because we needed to be at church on time for the orchestra rehearsal.  It was the end of VBS, so the service wasn’t exactly normal.  I sat near the front so that Eric could sit with me which was very loud because the brass instruments were right in front of me!  In fact, Mandy accidently hit Pastor in the shoulder (he was trying unsuccessfully to sneak by) with the slide of her trombone…it was kind of funny!  The afternoon was very quiet.  Eric played on his computers, and I read the newspaper, cleaned up the kitchen, wrote some more, surfed the net, played some yahoo games, and read a book.  Then I wanted to just watch tv around supper time, but there was NOTHING worth watching on last night.  So we just goofed around some more before going to bed.

Today…the kitchen is definitely going to get taken care of. 

Not that exciting of a day yesterday…geez, I guess that’s been the theme of this week.  I wrote in the morning (which was productive), and then I had lunch, ran to Meijers, cleaned the bathrooms, cleaned up the kitchen, and swept and mopped the kitchen floor (and the bathroom floors).  Eric came home and played on the computer a bit.  Later he finished one section of the lighting in the kitchen, but we needed some wire for him to do the last section.  So we ran to Home Depot to buy that (and a grill cover for the new grill), so maybe he’ll finish that job tonight. I did an entire puzzle last evening.  It wasn’t very big, or hard really, so don’t be too impressed.  But it’s always fun to finish them.

The rain was just crazy yesterday!  I guess the ground really needed it, and my veggies had a wonderful time playing in the rain, but it was unbelievable how long it just poured!  This morning it rained a bit, just as I was leaving for my walk, so I ended up coming back to walk on my treadmill.  It’s supposed to be hot and muggy for the rest of the day and maybe rain hard again this evening.  We’ll see, though…most of the time I think the weathermen make their forecasts up!

I did the laundry yesterday.  I even folded it all and put it away.  I didn’t wash the ironing clothes, though because they were very small loads.  I may do that today.  I think I’m also going to clean the bathrooms (*sigh*), and I may just move Eric’s stuff and clean the kitchen.  He’ll mess it up again as soon as he starts working on the undercabinet lighting again, but I don’t really care…I’m tired of my floors looking so bad!

So I did a lot of writing yesterday, and today I’m probably going to change a significant portion of what I did.  Mostly just dividing up into smaller sections what is now one large section, but still that’s the writing life.  All that work…gone!

It was thunderstorming when I got up this morning…kind of cool at 7:00 am.  One clap of thunder actually turned someone’s car alarm on which was kind of funny!  Eric started the next section of undercabinet lighting last night, but we realized we didn’t need one of the kinds we bought.  So sometime today, I’ll run to Lowe’s and trade it in.  I may also buy some light fixtures to replace the generic ones we have.  I’m very excited to get new lights because the main ceiling light in our kitchen is bad on one side…so the only “bright” light in our kitchen flickers.  It’s very annoying!  Anyway, hopefully getting new fixtures will fix that!

Other than that…I’m not sure what’s on my agenda for the day.  Maybe laundry and some cleaning.  Maybe I’ll start a new puzzle or something…who knows!

Yesterday was not so busy.  I did some writing in the morning and then started a household inventory process.  It’s one of those things that doesn’t have to be done on any schedule, so I can work on it as I want to.  And it’s good to have in case you ever need it.  It’s just a bear of a project at first!  Oh well…

Last night I hung out with some girlfriends at Panera to discuss a girls’ bible study we’ll be doing for a few weeks.  It was nice to get out for a bit and catch up with them.  When I came home, Eric had started installing the undercabinet lighting in the kitchen, so that will probably be his project for this week.  It’ll be nice to be able to see my counters!  The lighting in my kitchen is not particularly great.  Anyway, today I’ll probably try to clear off the counters and tops of the cabinets as much as possible so he can work without those things getting in the way.  Boy it’s a pain to have your kitchen in pieces, though!

It was a very busy weekend!  Saturday was one of those days where you were busy the entire time, but can’t really say what you accomplished.  I cleaned a bit, Eric and I ran to Lowe’s to buy a new grill he’s been wanting, then I ran to WalMart to get some things for the parties we had this weekend.  Then we headed to Cedarville for dinner with Mom & Dad and Karen & Erik.  Then we had Holly’s b-day party over at their house.  It was fun…but as Holly actually becomes more and more of a person, you can see how difficult it is for Kelly to understand and accept the need to share everyone’s attention.  But they did pretty well, and Holly LOVED her chocolate cake!

Sunday, Eric didn’t have to play in the orchestra (YEAH!), so we got to have a leisurely morning.  The family was coming over for Father’s Day, so after church, I got to work on the house and getting food ready.  Eric had to make a quick trip into work.  Then everyone arrived, Eric got to use his new grill, and we hung out.  It was fun.  Everyone left by 4:00, though, so we cleaned up a bit, then went for a walk in the newest area of the Prairie Oaks Metro Park.  It’s got like 3 lakes with trails around it.  There were LOTS of people fishing, but the trails were pretty nice.  Then we came home, relaxed for a bit, and watched Batman Begins so we could return it to NetFlix today.  Then we went to bed!

Today, I don’t really have plans, so we’ll see what happens!

So I worked outside all day yesterday.  The mulch never came, so after I finished working on the flower beds, I washed and cleaned my car.  It’s so much better than it was!  I even vacuumed the carpets and cleaned the dashboard and vinyl.  By then it was almost 4:00, so I came in and got a drink.  Then I showered for the day.  Eric got stuck in really bad traffic coming home, so it took him about 45 minutes to get here.  We had supper and then he worked on the last bit of edging that needed done.  It wasn’t that exciting of an evening, needless to say!

I was going to run some errands this morning before working on the yard for the afternoon. The mulch arrived just a few minutes ago, however, and it’s actually coving the middle of the driveway, so I can’t really get my car out.   I guess that means I should work on my yard first and then run errands.  Oh well!