I’ve got another crazy weekend planned! You may have all read about the craziness of last weekend and helping my mom paint, plant new plants, and rearrange her living room. We were busy, busy, busy last weekend! (Oh, I forgot to add that going to my moms from my house is a 4 hour drive too!). We took our kids to Bay Beach last weekend too! (For those who don’t know, Bay Beach is an amusement park in Green Bay. Rides cost 1 ticket to get on (each ticket is 25 cents!). There are some two ticket rides too. The new roller coaster they put in, The Zippin Pippin, is $1.00. (We wen’t on it — it’s worth a $1!).

This weekend is shaping up to be busy — just not quite as busy. Tonight, I have to go to a dinner with Bill for work. These things are always nice and well, boring. I’m hoping to get some more of my own yard work done this weekend.  I want to put a border around my front pine trees, and then add the rocks that are around the side of my house under the tree.  It isn’t like we can grow anything under those trees anyway.  However, something I’ve noticed that has happened with all of the yard work I’ve been doing — I want to be more active.  Now, I’m not saying that I am going to run out and get myself a Recumbent exercise bike or a gym quality bikes or even a Keiser indoor bike (though I could if I wanted to). Instead, it just makes me want to get out and exercise.  For me, that is a great thing since I don’t normally have any motivation to do so.  If it doesn’t rain, I’m going to paint my front porch too.  The only problem is that I can’t figure out what color to paint it!  Also, if it doesn’t rain, we are going to take the kids to be Morton Arboretum.  They have an awesome kids section there and I got a great GroupOn for it a couple of months ago.

As you can see, we have a crazy weekend scheduled.  What does your weekend look like?

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We had an awesome weekend this weekend.  My sister and I promised my mom about 2 years ago that we would paint her living room and hallway.  This had not been done in about 30 years, so it was well overdue.  We finally had a free weekend, so off to Green Bay we went.

My sister had taped everything, so we could start first thing Saturday morning.  The weather held out for us (it was suppose to rain), so the kids could play outside.  My mom also wanted ceiling fans put into the bedrooms, so Bill took care of that.  He also replaced their outside light.  Needless to say, it was a pretty busy Saturday!  The paint color my mom chose looked brown on the paint chip, it even looked tan in the paint can.  However, once we got it on the wall, it ended up looking like the color she already had (just fresher and newer now!).  That was a tad bit disappointing.  After we were done painting (and letting it dry), Bill realized how old their outlets look.  We ran to Menards real quick and got new outlets and trim plates.  Bill hooked those up for them too!  To finish off their new living room, Kari (my sister) and I bought new curtains and a new curtain rod too.  We also rearranged their living room sofa sets. Now, they don’t have contemporary sectionals or even a sleeper sofas. Instead, they have just a plain couch, 3 chairs, and 2 endtables.  All in all, I think we were able to freshen up the room and bring it into the 21st century!

I also fixed up their flower garden.  This was a project I started last summer and half of what we planted didn’t come back this year.  I again went to Menards with my mom and we picked up some new plants.  With some help from my dad (he dug the holes), I planted to the new plants and am crossing my fingers they take this year.  It has rained since we left, so that can only help them!

That, in a nutshell, is how we spent our weekend.  How did you spend yours?

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With Father’s Day around the corner, it’s time to think about what to get the Dads in our lives.  I’ve already picked up my Father’s Day Cards.  However, I am still working on the presents.  I’ve got something for my husband but nothing for his dad and nothing for my dad yet.  We don’t have any set Father’s Day traditions.  It all depends where we are.  If we are here in Chicago, we go visit my father-in-law.  If we are in Green Bay, we see my dad before we leave to come home.  However, is liu of having no traditions, I asked my kids what makes their Daddy a hero.  Here’s their answers:

How would you answer that question? Or better yet, how would your kids answer it?

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When we came back from Green Bay last weekend, we started getting to work getting ready for Will’s birthday which is coming up very soon (I’ve only got 2 weekends left to get a ton of work done!!!!)  We decided that we wanted to pull my curio cabinet out of the basement (though I could really use some Corner Etageres instead — right now I’ve got it angled in the corner and it is such a waste of space!).  We put my water globes, plates, figurines, and my Thomas Kincade items in there.  I have to admit that it really does look pretty nice.  Unfortunately, we did have to move Bill’s rocker recliner downstairs (which is he super excited about) into the man cave.  However, the chair was so large that I can probably put up 3 cardtable chairs up in its spot when we have company!  We also moved a ton of pictures around too (which had to be done since Bill bought me a big screen TV for the living room for my birthday.  The TV is now where 3 pictures use to be).  By moving some of our artwork (one piece is now hanging in my bedroom) and pictures around, it has made a big difference.  I even cleaned off the top of our huge IKEA bookshelf, and we put picture up there too!

Do you rearrange your rooms when the seasons change?  (Or am I the only weird one that does that?)

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This has definitely been a busy month — both personally and well, for everybody. The kids schools and activities are wrapping up, and as I’ve written before, life has definitely gotten a lot crazier. As I type this, we are planning on a trip to Green Bay for my nephew’s birthday. (Yes, I’d rather be sitting in a leather recliner than in a car for 4 hours or more since we are driving up in rush hour traffic!).  It is hard to believe that he is going to be 2!  I’ve got a picture of Madison holding Gabe on my wall.  It was taken when he was just a couple of days old I think. 

Since the party is Saturday afternoon, my mom and I will most likely getting our shopping (everything is cheaper there including sales tax!) done in the morning.  I’m still debating if I’m letting the kids bring their bikes.  My sister has a huge driveway (whereas my kids don’t have a driveaway at all).  But after chasing them around all days and shopping, I may need one of those catnapper recliners.  I’m over 30 now, I definitely need a nap some days!  LOL

Well, off to finish packing and then getting the van loaded.  (Think I can get a black recliner in there?  It would make the ride so much more comfortable.)  Have a great weekend!

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