Have you checked out the latest on the Summer Blog Party? This week I’m your host and I’m giving away a Walk Away The Pounds DVD. Natasha is still avoiding those restaurants in the Rub-A-Dub-Dub Only Homemade Grub challenge and Pattie is still accepting entries for her quilted table runner. Head on over to LoveBugs blog for the walking challenge too!
The Biggest Loser Challenge is underway on Thinking Think Too’s blog, stop over there and cheer them on to victory! The Grumpy Chair’s Why Drive When You Can Walk or Bike Challenge is still going on and DaDivaStreet’s New York Frame of Mind party is going on all summer long. Don’t miss out on these challenges and giveways.
On Friday the workmen came to install our floors and they look fabulous. Tomorrow they will demolish the kitchen and install new cabinets. They are also replacing the cabinet in the main bathroom. I’m hoping they have enough time to lay the tile in the foyer, kitchen and bathroom too…yes, we’ve decided to go ahead and have them do that too and update the lighting in the kitchen because they did a beautiful job with the wood, so much more professional looking than we would have done and we want the tile to look just as nice.
The piece of granite for the kitchen counters was large enough to make the bathroom vanity top too so it will keep with the same theme throughout the main part of the house. The bad news is, they won’t install the granite until Friday which means not only will I not have countertops in the kitchen and bathroom for three days; the water will be turned off too. Cooking will be a challenge.
I’ve emptied the bathroom cabinet and cleared the countertop and started on the kitchen but it’s a mess. I don’t have boxes to put things either. I thought Ken had a stack of empty boxes in the garage but then I remembered back a month or so ago when he and I went in search of cardboard recycling bins…oh yeah, there went our box surplus, but perhaps I’m too efficient at recycling? As soon as I get the kitchen emptied this morning I’ll take a few before photos so you can see how hideous our kitchen is now and why it needed updated. I’ll post the before and after shots next week even if we haven’t done the wall tile yet.
Eating has been crazy this weekend and I’m paying the price. I woke up at 3am and my body just ached. I know it wasn’t from the physical activity but rather from the junk I’ve put into my body. It will be challenging with kitchen chaos this week but I’m going to do better this week. I need to listen to my body and right now it’s hard to ignore because its SCREAMING at me. I was watching Oprah a while ago and she had an author talking about a book called Quantum Wellness a 21 day diet cleanse, I’m wondering if there is a mini version, maybe a 7 days because there is no way I could go 21 days without caffeine and not completely alienate my husband. Have any of you tried this?
I havent tried it...and am not sure I could make it (to be brutally honest).
ReplyDeleteI have, however, ENTIRELY BEEN THERE with the body acheage.
for me it's the refined sugar body blues that makes me swell and throb from head to toe.
M.
I clicked on the link and saw the "no animal products"- I definitely couldn't make that. I'd miss my meat and milk and eggs! Hope you find something that works for you:)
ReplyDeleteI would probably off myself with more than 2 days off with out coffee!
ReplyDeleteOh, my heart goes out to you with the remodel! We redid our kitchen and dining room six years ago, and lived in chaos for three months. The end result is well worth it, however - so hang in there. It's such a treat to prepare healthy meals in a beautiful kitchen!
ReplyDeleteOh, Diana - you don't need to do that stupid cleanse. Everybody is jumping on this latest bandwagon, without really stopping to think about how restrictive it is. And Oprah makes it sound so easy, what with her personal chefs and staff of grand poobah butt-kissers.
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be such a hard week for you. Stick to your guns, because you know how much better you feel when you eat healthy and take care of yourself.
(((((hugs)))))
I certainly hope you are going to post some pictures of this remodeling project you have underway! It sounds fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried it but it doesn't look like something that I could do. Let us know if you try it!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the remodel.
I'm so excited for you. I love home makeovers!!!
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