Back to Business

We're back, with regularly scheduled posts - Monday-Friday. After the ankle debacle (severe sprain/tear and going to physio once a week) and Philip's drama madness (thanks again to those who came out!), we're back to sanity and you can once again expect posts from us on a regular basis. We're going to just forget about the February series, because we're so behind that there isn't really any point in trying to quickly catch up, and as we're approaching the end of our "Winter 2013" timeline on the To-Do list, we have a lot to accomplish! 

Just starting to get back into the swing of things here, but in the next little while as we get back to blogging every day we'll be revealing the new found privacy we've created in our living room, our very innovative but not useful bathroom, and some of the organizing projects that I did manage to finish as part of the planned February series. 

Looks like an electrical outlet...but it's not.

Things will definitely keep moving along here! Thanks again for your patience and continuing to follow along with this crazy renovation process as we chip away at it slowly but surely. Hopefully we'll have some progress to share soon! & an upstairs bathroom for all to enjoy! 

I'm Alive!

While I'm still pretty out of commission - writing this from our bed right now - I didn't have an ankle related death, and am hoping to be up and around soon!

I'm not sure what this means for blogging, as I'm pretty unable to get some of the things on the Reclaim 2013 series done with my limited mobility, and Philip has drama practice every evening this week in preparation for the dinner theater on the weekend so nothing much will be moving forward with our house renovations. We'll keep you posted! Also, if anyone local wants to buy tickets to the dinner theater let me know! There are still lots of tickets left - especially for Friday the 15th. 

Thanks for hanging in there and hopefully I'll have some exciting progress to share soon! All I can say is I'm thankful that I'm not a professional athlete who just lost their career, and I'm so so happy not to have a cast (I've never broken anything before). 

Christmas 2012: In Review

We had a great holiday, and now we're back Monday-Friday at Grandpa Joe's House. Before we get back into the swing of things with home renovation projects, we thought we'd give you a rundown of our Christmas break. 

Most ominous performance: Philip spent a large portion of his vacation working on the drama for our church which he directed and also performed in as the never-once-seen Director (it was a play-within-a-play) whose voice creepily booms throughout the sanctuary. He's now frantically working on the upcoming Valentine's dinner theater (mark your calendars!) and we'll see if we get to see him this time.

Jokes that live forever in our mammaries: The theme that quickly emerged as the gifts on Christmas eve were unwrapped was anatomy as I received some huge jugs (green in color) and some cute little hooters (white ceramic owls) for Christmas.

Our First Christmas Tree/Decorations: Although this was our second married Christmas, our house allowed us to bust out some more decorations than the condo did, so we improved from some ornaments hanging in our condo window to a real tree and even some additional decking of halls.

I love our versatile Ikea tree decor, and how it goes with my homemade pine cones along with a little  Russian ceramic rabbit from Philip's Oma and a classy polar bear ornament from my mom.

Thrifty Shopping: We set a budget of $30 for each other's gifts (in past years we've definitely spent well over $100 so this was tight), and were pleasantly surprised to see how creative we could get. Philip bought me a top to go with some leggings I got from my mom, a Wii game that simulates...wait for it...The Bachelor! (My avatar is already engaged to Jason Meznik, but I can still win those other Bachelors' hearts.) He also made me something that we'll share sometime soon! As for what I got him, I also made something, got him a shirt, some dominoes for playing Mexican Train (we're getting old, people!), an ornament for our tree, and a Christmas pancake pan. I think we did pretty well!

No words can describe how stupidly addicting this game is.

Most Epic Adventure While Sitting on a Couch: One activity that really lived up to the relaxation we hoped for over our break was watching all three Lord of the Rings movies with Philip's brother and his wife. I'm not sure if I'm a total fan of the franchise yet... but it was worth watching. Definitely long though.

One of three movies watched over the break.

Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back to IKEA: We hoped to get further on our bathroom reno than our break ultimately allowed, but we did make a trip to IKEA and ponied up for some bathroom cabinetry and fixtures that we'll talk more about soon!

I think that gives a pretty decent glimpse into how we spent the last week. There was a lot of couch potato behaviour, some crafting, a few shopping trips, and lots of family bonding. Now we're back on track and ready to share with you some of the renovations we've been working on. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and even though most people had to go back to work today, it can be nice to get back into routine and get productive again. 

What did you do over Christmas? Anyone else turn beautifully innocent gifts into something else with a gutter-visiting mind? Watch twelve hours of movies?

Also, just to be different, I just shared a question on the Grandpa Joe's House Facebook page in lieu of the typical blog poll. We'll try out that way of doing things for a week and decide what we like better. Head on over and vote in this week's resolution related poll.