It's Monday Again

This new job is great.  I love it!  We did find a babysitter that is great with the boys and has a blast taking care of them. 
With me now working all week it is hard to get things going on the house as fast as I was before, but somehow I managed to find the energy to get one project done this weekend.  It all started Friday night when I got home from work. 
I called my mother and asked if she was going to be home so I could pick up the kitchen flooring that has been sitting in her basement for almost 3 months.  I was going to make it my Saturday project to get it put in.  After I got it home, Mark decided that we where going to start that night.  We worked till 10:30 at night and got half of it complete.  Mind you, I have not had a full-time 40 hour a week job in over 6 years.  I was beat. 
Saturday morning a friend of ours asked us to go fishing with him and his family that afternoon.  So silly us we went, after working on the floor some more.  After fishing, we came home to complete the floor.  It turned out great and I got my kitchen back!!

Sunday was to be our day to rest, but we ended up with some help from one of Mark's cusions that has not had a chance to help before.  And so they begain the project that I have been so waiting for....

Our Room

They only got majority of the foor replaced, but hey it's a start.



My list of things to do this week:

• Get all the stuff ready for the garage sale
• Lay flooring in the hallway
• Dry wall our room

The start of a new adventure!

This past week or so has been busy.  Since my last post, I have gotten Xavier and Isaac into their room, all the kids toys have now been divided between the 2 rooms and the kids couldn't be happier.  I got the living room primed and carpet tacked down.  And the kitchen has been primed and ready for paint.

The kid's bathroom and laundry are all painted and look great.

The blue I used on the walls looks white in bright light, but has that light blue feeling which I just love.
For Father's Day weekend, we went to the Truck and Tractor pulls on Friday.  The kids had a blast cheering on any John Deere tractors they could find.  For Saturday, Xavier, Ares, Marshall, and I headed up to The Willow for a fun day of visiting with the Emmerich clan.  When we got home, Mark and I were going to have a night out, Mark left first, but was rained out before I got the chance to leave (there is always next weekend).  Sunday was a cleaning day for me.  It is so hard to clean this place with all the work being done.  We live in here, but with somethings not done yet, it feels like when I clean, that it truly isn't clean. 
Our newest adventure begins today.  I got a job at Plastics!  I was lucky enough to get first shift, but to this family, it is going to be rough.  I have never had a Full-time job before.  All the jobs that I have had are part-time due to the hours that I was needed home with the boys.  This is going to be a grand adventure to say the least.  The boys don't seem to mind yet, they get to go spend time out at the ranch until I can find Daycare in town. 
List of things to do this week:

• Have fun at my new job.
• Find in town Daycare
• Get the garage sale coordinated with the girls
• Start work on our room (the couch isn't comfy anymore)
• Get a door on the bathroom (the curtain lets light through and woke Marshall up at 4:45 this morning)

Bad day for working

I had what I was going to get done to day all in order.  That didn't work out so well. 
First thing to do:
Sand the mudd I applied yesterday
Problem:
The corners weren't dry
Second thing to do:
Sand the second coat of mudd in the bathroom
COMPLETE and primed
Third thing to do:
Apply second coat of mudd to the dry wall
Problem:
When I finally got to sanding Xavier and Isaac's room and was trying to apply the mudd, it is too hot in here that it wont spread.
So I improvised today.  I went and got the paint for the ceiling and started in the bathroom.  I also got the paint for the bathroom, so now tomorrow if I have any more problems, I will be able to paint the bathroom.  As long as I can get Mark to unhook the toilet for me.
Since I didn't get much done, I figured I would get a few pictures for you on what has been accomplished.

This is the competed room of Ares and Marshall.

The trim has yet to be put on, but for what we are doing now it is DONE!

Marshall insisted that he needed to be in the picture.

These are of Xavier and Isaac's room.

This room is kicking my butt and I only started on it Monday

The bathroom looks VERY WHITE!!
I hate white.

Mark better take the toilet out tomorrow so I can paint it.

 Wish me luck on being able to get the room done and to be able to sand the living room and laundry room tomorrow.  My washer and dryer are sitting in the halway until I can get it complete.

Lazy Weekend

I haven't gotten much done with the house this weekend.  Friday was the day to get Ares and Marshall into their new room.  We tacked some carpet down until we can get to installing the carpet in the whole house.  Then it was finally time to bring in a set of bunkbeds and put them together.  they have their dressers and a couple bins of toys.  I didn't want to put too many toys in there since Xavier and Isaac will be sharing the room with them for the next week. 
So when they got home from school on Friday, they were surprised with their room being done.  I will post picks of the done room in my next entry.
Saturday we took a break from the house and went to party with my family for my baby sister's graduation.  It is so hard to believe she is now completly grown.  I remember all her first just like my own children.  The boys had a blast running around at grandma's for the day.
Tip for entertaining children:
Someone decided to pull out a piece of bubble wrap and the children had a field day.  I have decided to go buy a big role from Walmart and keep it in my closet for when they say they are bored.
On Sunday, Mark and I hung the drywall around the washer and dryer.  Then went to visit with his parents.  We picked up Isaac for summer break and came home to get the other boys ready for their last few days of school.
Today I was back to normal.  I got Xavier and Isaac's room mudded, the rest of the living room, dinning room, and washer and dryer area.  The only diffence today was that I had a tail.  Isaac is not use to being here without the other boys, so he spent the day following me and telling me about everything that has ever happened in his life.  It was so nice to get to hear him talk so much. 
Tomorrows projects are sanding that getting the second coat of mudd on it all, sanding and primaring the rest of the bathroom, and grocery shopping.  With the energy that I have had these past few weeks, this will be easy.