Welp, Monday got here in a hurry, didn't it? I hope your weekend was good. Ours was pretty productive for the most part. I didn't bother weighing in because (dainty folk, look away) of 4 days of pure butt powder from what turned out to be your favorite spinach eating sailor man's spicy chicken breast last weekend for the first time. I was going over with the Mr what we ate and I misspoke about dinner and he reminded me we had fast food chicken for the first time from this place and a quick search for that restaurant and diarrhea brings up a plethora of reddit/quora threads of people desperately doing searches sick from their toilets. The one thing they all have in common? Spicy chicken. (And that is laughable because you couldn't taste a bit of spice but apparently it is triple spiked with MSG which is the only thing I can surmise didn't agree with me.) So any weigh in from last week would not have stuck around this week.
The Mr was craving deep dish so we grabbed a small and went for a drive for a little bit just to stay out of the house. I'm over being there right now but there's always something to do whether its work related, cleaning or home projects related. I just want a fairy to come in and finish it all for us. I also hate walking back in. I believe upon our return I said "our house smells like dead skin and despair." So any of y'all who have a great smelling home without use of plug in stuff, share your secrets in the comments.
Then we figured it was time to get some work done. We decided we should probably go ahead and get the top balusters off.
(That trim puller comes in handy for so much more than pulling trim. Best gift for a DIYer ever if you ever need ideas for a new homeowner.)
Then it was scraping, wood filling, sanding and generally filling my eyes with bits of crap that could blind me regardless of wearing safety glasses over the next two days. As you can see, our stairs look amazing now.
I wish I had more exciting things to report back but it was literally work and home project hell. I just can't wait to get the new balusters in and be done. (Given I have to paint the stringer on both sides, that's a lot farther away than I'd like.)
I've got my vein ultrasound follow up today which will be interesting. I don't think the amount of effort I had to put into scraping was probably the best thing for my veins just yet but que sera sera. I'm going to start appointment stacking my chiro and therapy appointments for the same day starting this week because I cannot take the distractions in the middle of the day on multiple days anymore. Then I feel like I have to make up getting a design done (up to 71 so far!) into the night and the Mr and I don't really get to talk to each other until we go up at 8pm to watch whatever in bed and then I'm wired. Feel free to swing by if you're in a Summerween mood!
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How was your weekend? Anything interesting or productive going on?
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You may have been in remodeling hell but you will appreciate the end result so much! My weekend was spent in the kitchen making jellies and relish and canning it all. I'm like you....hot and tired from the work but I do know that I will appreciate those foods come winter!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure we will. Sounds like you had a nice, productive weekend and winter you will surely appreciate the effort!
DeleteHome projects do seem to make weekends go by at warp speed. Glad you got out for a little drive to break it up a bit. My weekend was okay and just the usual work, errands, house stuff, and church. I have enjoyed watching the Olympics recordings every night before bed, so that's been nice.
ReplyDeleteYes they do!! I'm sure you're glad for the somewhat 'usual' routine after the past few months so enjoy them for now. So glad you're enjoying the Olympics and getting to relax at night!
DeleteI'm so lucky I chose not to get the spicy chicken but I felt so bad for you. I'm glad the deep dish we got was good because it hit the spot for me and that's hard to do these days with everything being ruined by shrinkflation and cheaper ingredients being substituted so often. The stair project is taking its time but that's a good thing because we aren't rushing it and that will pay off in the form of a better outcome. You just can't rush paint scraping.
ReplyDeleteYes, consider yourself lucky to not have chosen it. That pizza place was one of the few hits we've had lately. I know it'll look great when we're done and can't wait to be 'future us!'
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