"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

OK, so it wasn't as big as the Berlin Wall...

Over the weekend we tore out the rest of the pantry wall. Now I have 3 trashcans full of broken tile and horse hair plaster that will slowly go out with the trash, because it is really really heavy. The next step of the plan is to rerun the outlet to the outside wall, so we can turn the fridge. The back of the fridge will then be against that wall with the little window, and we will have to flip the fridge doors so they open the right way. I'm hoping to get that done in the next couple of evenings. We also need to look into getting some wood to even out the floor where the wall was attached. The floor now dips a little bit there, and I don't need anyone breaking an ankle in the house, especially at the birthday party.

The bathroom still hasn't been touched, but I don't plan on doing anything this weekend, which means something should get done. I will also focus on the dining room, since it wasn't finished last weekend due to the pantry wall.

And The Wall Comes Tumbling Down

I’ve decided that my dining room will not be finished this weekend. We still have lots of e-Bay stuff that needs auctioned and shipped. On top of that, we started busting out the pantry wall in the kitchen, so the dining room is being used as a catch-all space for the kitchen. Our plan for this weekend is to get the rest of the wall out. We also received Lexi’s invitations, so we are getting some wallets printed at Wal-Mart today, so I can get them handed out this weekend, or mailed off Monday.

We are heading up to Mentor tomorrow to pick up another Maxxum 5D camera we found on Craigslist. It also comes with a 70-210mm “Beercan” lens. We are getting them at a good price, and we are anxious to get up there tomorrow and meet the owners at a Panera Bread. I’ve never been to one of those either, so it should be fun. We hope to meet up with Luke’s sister Angie since she lives up in Euclid, so I’m hoping we have an exciting day out tomorrow.

Here’s a picture of the wall right now. Hopefully by Monday, you will see the fridge, and not a wall!

A Bad Day So Far...

Do you every feel like your world is falling apart around you? Today is one of those days for me…

I knew Luke would get sucked into working on Josh’s truck, and he’s been out there half the day with Chris getting the old transmission out, and getting the new one in. I wouldn't mind it so much if I knew in advance, and had prepared myself for being inside with the girls all day by myself, but when I have other plans that get interrupted, I get angry. There are plenty of things around this house that should be a lot more important than that transmission. I don't care if that truck has to sit here for a year until we would get our things done first.

We got our photo shoot done with Lexi for the front of her birthday invitations. Now I just need to get them ordered, and the collage we put together looks OK to me, but I don’t think Luke likes the way it looks on the invitation, so he will probably sit here for hours tonight tweaking it, and all I want are invitations ordered.

After getting most of the e-Bay items shipped off on Friday, the dining room still looks like a disaster. There’s photography equipment and books everywhere.

We charged wet bags and cloth diapers that I wanted on a credit card, and because I felt so bad charging something I wanted, I let Luke charge his lens. Unlike his lens, the stuff I charged is for the house, and will help save us money in the long run…and it’s 4 times less expensive than his lens. We have more things to e-Bay, including 2 lenses he won’t need since he has ordered this one, so he will get his portion paid off pretty quick. Chelsea is doing hospital training this month, so she is getting lots of hours, so February should be a good babysitting month for me. I’m not worried about paying for the balance, it’s just buyer’s remorse, and being a little upset that everything I tend to want is for the girls or the house, and everything Luke wants is for him. I know he is trying to start up a business and all, but if you don’t even advertise that you want portfolio-building clients that you will charge a next to nothing fee for pictures, you’re never going to have an established business.

The kitchen always upsets me. The wiring is dead in the kitchen, except for new wires running in there for the dishwasher, fridge, and freezer. We also have an outlet strip that we can plug small things into above the freezer, so the microwave works, and anything else I can plug in. Problem is at night, when you can’t see anything. The pantry area still has a ceiling light that works, but it doesn’t put out much light, so we have a trouble light that hangs above the stove, so we can turn it on for light, and the stove is plugged into it. The cord for the light runs across the floor in front of the cabinets and plugs into the bathroom outlet. That wire always hangs up my kitchen drawers when I push them in and it drives me crazy. Every time I put silverware away, there it is!

I must just be in a mood, because all kinds of little things just aggravate me today. Lilly won’t stop climbing on things, Lexi won’t help pick up toys, there are Cheerios all over the living room floor, and I’m ready to walk out the door. Sometimes the stay-at-home mom life isn’t very appealing to me anymore…

I think I'll go pound on the pantry wall. It's going to come down sometime anyways...