Blitz Week - Day 4 and 5

No pics today... but OH MY GRACIOUS I wish I had a before and after of the family room.  Because it pretty much looked like a Lego store had exploded in there.  And it could look that way again in about five minutes.  *sigh*  But they make the mess, they can clean it up.

I'm LOVING this spring break.  In part because we're getting so much done (yay, minions!) and also...

I haven't cooked dinner once.

Wyatt and Tate each cooked once, Gunnar is on deck for tonight, we got pizza on Tuesday (because Little Ceasars is only FIVE BUCKS a pizza on Tuesday, and I can hardly feed the whole family from scratch for ten bucks, y'know?), and last night my folks had us up.  They're so good to us :D  Had a fabulous dinner (orange chicken and egg rolls) and watched the Bill Nye / Ken Ham debate.

Also yesterday some friends from church invited Gunnar to go along with them to Mindport.  It's a hard place to describe - part science center, part art, part play... all very hands-on.  And budget-friendly!  He had a ball, and I was so glad they were able to come by and visit for an hour or so afterwards.  With as hard as we're all working this week, I'm glad for some rewards along the way for all of us!

And work hard we did...

1.  Finished painting in the arch

2.  Touch-up painting in the bathroom

3.  Cut up the hemlock branch from earlier (so it will fit in Grandpa's truck)

4.  Vacuumed (again) around the arch where Wyatt sanded

5.  Cleaned the inside of the windows all over the house

6.  Wiped off the tops (ledges) of door frames, window frames, and picture frames anywhere we hadn't yet

7.  Disinfected all doorknobs and light switchplates

KITCHEN

8.  Cleaned and inventoried "cabzilla" (kitchen pantry)

9.  Emptied every single cupboard and drawer in the kitchen, wiped out, and replaced/reorganized

10. Really cleaned out under the sink

11. Cleaned in/around/under the big corner lazy susans.

12. Cleaned the glass in all the cabinets in the kitchen

13. Cleaned out the "china cabinet" cupboards

14. Cleaned out the window sills (yuck)

15. Cleaned the ledge up above the kitchen cupboards (double yuck)

16. Emptied and cleaned the refrigerator

17. Repotted and "rehung" a vining plant around the kitchen window

18. Strung lights up through the vine

19. Sorted about half of my recipes (still working on that project)

20. Cleaned kitchen and bathroom light fixtures

21. Cleaned appliance fronts

22. Cleaned off the top of the fridge

23. Cleaned counter-tops and sink

24. Cleaned garbage disposal

25. Swept

FAMILY ROOM

26. Picked up Lego explosion (!)

27. Tidied the closet

28. Organized the Lego tubs

29. Fixed the curtain (rehung)

30. Cleaned the tops of all the bookshelves (hard to reach)

31. Organized all the DVDs

32. Wiped down the baseboard heater (the only one in the house)

33. Dusted every surface we could

34. Vacuumed all over and even in the corners

MUDROOM

35.  Inventoried the big freezer

36.  Stored winter coats

37.  Fixed the shredder and caught up on shredding

38.  Sorted the bins of hats and gloves

39. Washed the walls and doors (gross)

40.  Cleaned off the top of the big freezer (double gross)

41.  Emptied/wiped/resorted the cupboards

42.  Tidied boot/shoe storage

43.  Swept

There are still some fiddly little things (like sorting through all of Tate's HA and CI accessories) that still need to be done.  And then there's the master bedroom to sort through, but I really don't want the boys' help with that!  And my office... the staging area... needs some serious attention.  Tomorrow.  Or maybe later today.  I should get outside and weed if it doesn't start raining again.

The boys are going to be spreading gravel for a friend this afternoon (she's paying them!) so we wrapped up before lunch today.

And YOU!  If you actually read all the way through our chore lists you deserve a reward.  Or maybe some professional counseling ;D  At any rate, enjoy your weekend!  I'm off to make lunch for the minions.  Ta-daaaa!