Friday, Where did the week go?

     Good grief it cannot be Friday.  This week has zoomed by and the weekend is full it will be Monday before I can blink.  I guess having 100 irons in the fire can make time go by swiftly.

     All the tiles are relayed (right word?)  in the kitchen awaiting grout. We have moved the bed out of the bedroom and have assessed the damage to the sheet rock. This will be taken care of next week.  Anonymous posted that I should not be putting all my houses faults out where people can see them.  In defense this water damage was caused by us and our stupidity, not nature, not the house.  We will fix it and be honest with anyone who buys the place. We are not covering up damage we are fixing it.

     I feel pretty good about the week as I did everything I could to lower our expenses.

1. Did not eat out
2. used food from freezers and pantry
3. worked in shop to offset handy man fees.
4. traded an expensive musical wind chime that was dad's to the Handy man for services
5. traded curtain making to the handyman for services
6. Paid as much to handyman in cash as possible in order to not touch savings
7. cleaned up after handyman and helped where I could to save him time
8. pulled all the molding from bedroom myself to save money
9. received new plastic/glass ware for kitchen

So things that got done this week on the house:

1. front door latch and locks fixed
2. bedroom door latch fixed
3.fixed hole in the siding around kitchen window
4. replaced ugly old light in bathroom
5. assessed damage to downstairs bedroom and came up with a plan to fix.
6. started on fixing tile in kitchen
7. finally got one of the door lintels replaced in kitchen (one more to go)
8. patched nail hole sin bedrooms and sanded awaiting paint

     I did not get to finish the curtains I started but have them ready to sew.  16 straight seams and I am done.  It will just take a few minutes. I also had several more sets of police uniforms come in yesterday, which I have to sew today.  Several new recruits are leaving for the academy.  New uniforms just came in and they want each one to have at least one set for pictures.  I also had an emergency wedding dress come in yesterday, so that took up my time.

     So today it is sewing and cleaning and cooking.  Tomorrow we have to do our missionary rounds to Grangeville, Kamiah and Orofino which will take at least 4 hours if not more.  We have to deliver smoke alarms and a new vacuum. Sunday the choir is singing so we have to get to church early for that. Then it will be a new week. Time is flying.

     I have to make 4 important phone calls today.
1. call friends s about dinner invite
2. call Aunt about plane ticket
3. call mission headquarters about time lines
4. call sister in law about trip

     I ques I will do all of these as soon as this post is up.  What have you done this week to save money?  Any plans for the weekend? Are you making progress on any projects?

Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.

Kim