Man oh man March was rough. For about three weeks 4 out 5 of us passed around the stomach bug. Let me tell you I got really good at taking the couch covers off to wash. I’ve got my fingers crossed that we stay healthy for a while now.
On Friday it snowed. Not enough to get a snow day, but enough were the girls were able to play outside when they got home from school. And you better bet I sent them out to play. A neighborhood friend came over to see if they wanted to play, so they stayed out even longer. By Sunday most of the snow had melted so I’m glad that got a chance to get outside as it hasn’t been a particularly snowy winter.
I thought it was pretty funny seeing my snow boots along with my Easter door mat. Only in the midwest….
The thing that kept me the most busy this weekend? Starting construction on our home theater room! When we moved into our house the pervious owners had a home theater. They ended up leaving the screen, projector and seats. The only problem was the room it was in is what Matt wanted to use as his workshop, so we figured we’d move. Five years later we are finally getting started on it.
As you can see below, the room had become a dumping ground for lots of random stuff. So the first step was clearing it all out.
And this what it looked like after we cleared everything out and removed the carpet. It was a big job, but we got it done!
The next day we worked on getting down the track from the drop ceiling, which was quite the task. But man does the room feel bigger now! It is still the same yellow, but since we had to cut the power to remove the lights we are using a battery operated light source.
The next task will be drywalling the ceiling, which also involves building a frame for a soffit, which is a task we will begin this weekend.
Surprisingly enough I didn’t do any baking this weekend. The home theater room took up a great deal of our time, so I wasn’t able to do anything else. This week is Spring Break and I am hoping to get some more baking in (and maybe even a YouTube video… but I feel like I have been saying that for a while and I still have to get on that).
I hope that everyone has a fantastic week! Be sure to check back here on Wednesday, as I am sharing a super simple beef and bean soup (it’s already scheduled so it will for sure be there 😉 ).