Day 3 - Not Working

Yesterday was Friday so I would have likely worked at home so not much in the savings department.

TV Room - Computer Nook 

 Living Room 

The painters finished on Friday. Have spent most of the day getting stuff back in place and that will continue all weekend.

Staircase being painted

Bedroom closet shelving has been put back as have the clothes.  The swords are back up on the walls.
Other stuff is making its way back to its rightful room.

Painted Front Door - colour is chocolate sparkles

I have cleaned down most of the stuff in the kitchen and office and some of the living room decor.
The living room was finished and we have done the first washing of the floor. We also decided to rearrange the furniture and I think it really opens up the room.

The cat after a stressful day being locked up

SAVINGS - none today as I normally work at home.

TOTAL TO DATE - $20.40

Day 2 - Not Working

Up at the crack of dawn again today as the painters arrived at 7:30 and are determined to finish by tomorrow night. It is a scorcher here today!

Morning was spent chatting with friends and doing emails. I headed out in this crazy weather to meet a GF for lunch, intending to go to Metro Hall Farmers' Market and try something tasty!
But once I met her I suggested that was too crazy to even attempt in this weather and we opted for the food court instead.
Back home and the painting is moving along slowly but surely.

Lots of priming to be done before the staircase can be painted!!!

Upstairs rooms are done. We reclaimed our bedroom last night and I tidied in there. Tomorrow DH will be home and will re-install the shelving in that closet so we can put that stuff away. Now the carpet needs cleaning.

BEDROOM

There's not too much I can do here in the house other than read. There's no point in cleaning as they still have all the living room to do which needs sanding.
Don't even have to plan dinner as DH is out golfing!!
Will be able to tidy a bit more when they leave tonight, however they do plan on working late.

SAVINGS

Homemade coffee - $1.40

Transportation -       $0.00 went downtown

Breakfast -               $4.00 had cereal instead of picking up something

Lunch -                    $5.00 lunch with a friend

TOTAL SAVINGS  $5.40

TOTAL  TO DATE               $20.40

Day 1 - Not Working

I finally got a package from work yesterday!!I am now officially redundant!  I am thrilled but won't go into any details here.
I thought I might begin blogging about how I'm spending my time, for awhile anyway. Also use this to track my spending (lack of) out of curiosity.

I am stuck in the house as the painters are here doing most of the rooms and DH is out golfing. The plan had been to "work' from home anyway so he could go out.
We had the house rewired in November, the bathroom gutted and redone in May, some unplanned roof repairs (water damaged our bedroom wall), a new furniture purchase which necessitated rearranging furniture so it was time to get the repairs done and most of the house repainted.

BEFORE

To be painted

Water damage from hole in siding (repaired)

My closet - to be painted

TV room - hate the colour!!

Computer nook in TV room - messy and neeed ceiling repairs from another leak pre- new roof

Since I'm stuck, I have been deep cleaning my oven. I am really scrubbing down the racks to bring them back to pristine condition.

I pitted some cherries to freeze (if I was working they probably would have gone into the garbage).
Cooked chicken got cut up and frozen for soup.
Caught up on my blog reading and writing.
Made plans with a friend for coffee next week and lunch with another friend tomorrow.
Cleaned some of the kitchen items that got covered in dust when the central vacuum blew it's basket and spewed dust all over the house, luckily most stayed in the basement but everything does have a fine coating, including this computer.
Installed batteries in stick up lights for bookcases in living room.
Did a load of laundry and put it outside to dry!
Made a new chicken recipe - citrus chicken with peppers. Will post after we try it tonight.
Bedroom painting is finished. Dusted everything down including the screen and we can sleep in our own bed tonight!!

SAVINGS
Homemade coffee - $1.40
Transportation -       $5.00 (would have been double if I had to go to the Big House but that was usually only once a week)
Breakfast -               $4.00 had cereal instead of picking up something
Lunch -                    $5.00 but I had started bringing my lunch some days. Instead made a salad
TOTAL                 $15.40

Eat from the Pantry Challenge

I've been working on this since the new year.