The Green's headed back to Decatur last week in the new Focus! Our mission: clean out Judy's (Jay's mom) garage and remodel kitchen!
To start the trip off right we got bluff seat tickets to watch the Memphis Redbirds vs. New Orleans and spent the night in West Memphis. It was a great game the Redbirds won and relaxing on the lawn with my family was nice after a hectic week!
We arrived on Saturday, assesed the project, went to Lowes to gather supplies, the first of many trips to various hardware stores including Ace, Mt. Zion, Lowes and Menards, Forsyth and True Value, Decatur!
Sunday:
Judy and I took on the yard with mower and weed eaters while Jay started moving furniture and things out of the kitchen. The kids were off with other grandparents for the day!
Monday and Tuesday:
Judy and I with some help from Tony spent cleaned out the garage-we rented a dumpster and everything! Even item in that garage has now been discussed, tossed, donated or -if staying catergorized and placed in it's proper place! While I did not threaten my mother-in-law-we did discuss how to avoid accumulating stuff-just say NO!
Judy and the kids went to the library to replenish their book supply!
Jay again with some help from Tony began ripping out the old linoleum floor, this took for ever! By Tuesday night the floor was up and the primer was down and walls patched and ready to paint!
Wednesday:
Jay and I laid the new vinyl tile while the kids went to see Kung Fu Panda. Pugsly came to pick up his dumpster and Judy worked on various projects. Jay, the kids and I headed over to Keith & Jamie Brooksher's house for steaks and to catch-up since we had not seen each other for about 5 years! Jay went to high school with Keith.
Thursday:
Jay had the house to himself to paint the kitchen. Judy, the kids and I headed out on a daytrip to Indianapolis to have lunch with my best friend and Tony's godmother, Kelly.
Friday:
Little touch up in the kitchen paint, re-did a smaller table found in the garage to put in the kitchen to give Judy more space. Moved all furniture back in and celebrated the 4th with Krekel burgers! Yum! Watched the fireworks on the lake from the front yard! Went back to the hotel tired!
Saturday:
Judy met us for breakfast and we hit the road for the 10 hour trip home. We stopped for a picnic in southern Illinois for lunch and Memphis Pizza Cafe for dinner and made it home by 9:30pm!
What we learned:
While the shows may claim to do it in 48 hours I am very suspicious, maybe if we'd had a crew at our disposal-but we sure did get a lot done in one week!
You can cook anything in a hotel kitchette if you try hard enough-we had pasta with bolonese sauce, fajitas, and pasta with chicken and veggies!
The Hawthorne Suites in Decatur has great breakfasts, there was actually a real person cooking real eggs, potatoes, bacon, etc each day!
Now we need to start on a few projects at our house!
To start the trip off right we got bluff seat tickets to watch the Memphis Redbirds vs. New Orleans and spent the night in West Memphis. It was a great game the Redbirds won and relaxing on the lawn with my family was nice after a hectic week!
We arrived on Saturday, assesed the project, went to Lowes to gather supplies, the first of many trips to various hardware stores including Ace, Mt. Zion, Lowes and Menards, Forsyth and True Value, Decatur!
Sunday:
Judy and I took on the yard with mower and weed eaters while Jay started moving furniture and things out of the kitchen. The kids were off with other grandparents for the day!
Monday and Tuesday:
Judy and I with some help from Tony spent cleaned out the garage-we rented a dumpster and everything! Even item in that garage has now been discussed, tossed, donated or -if staying catergorized and placed in it's proper place! While I did not threaten my mother-in-law-we did discuss how to avoid accumulating stuff-just say NO!
Judy and the kids went to the library to replenish their book supply!
Jay again with some help from Tony began ripping out the old linoleum floor, this took for ever! By Tuesday night the floor was up and the primer was down and walls patched and ready to paint!
Wednesday:
Jay and I laid the new vinyl tile while the kids went to see Kung Fu Panda. Pugsly came to pick up his dumpster and Judy worked on various projects. Jay, the kids and I headed over to Keith & Jamie Brooksher's house for steaks and to catch-up since we had not seen each other for about 5 years! Jay went to high school with Keith.
Thursday:
Jay had the house to himself to paint the kitchen. Judy, the kids and I headed out on a daytrip to Indianapolis to have lunch with my best friend and Tony's godmother, Kelly.
Friday:
Little touch up in the kitchen paint, re-did a smaller table found in the garage to put in the kitchen to give Judy more space. Moved all furniture back in and celebrated the 4th with Krekel burgers! Yum! Watched the fireworks on the lake from the front yard! Went back to the hotel tired!
Saturday:
Judy met us for breakfast and we hit the road for the 10 hour trip home. We stopped for a picnic in southern Illinois for lunch and Memphis Pizza Cafe for dinner and made it home by 9:30pm!
What we learned:
While the shows may claim to do it in 48 hours I am very suspicious, maybe if we'd had a crew at our disposal-but we sure did get a lot done in one week!
You can cook anything in a hotel kitchette if you try hard enough-we had pasta with bolonese sauce, fajitas, and pasta with chicken and veggies!
The Hawthorne Suites in Decatur has great breakfasts, there was actually a real person cooking real eggs, potatoes, bacon, etc each day!
Now we need to start on a few projects at our house!
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