Busy weekend

Wow, I think I'd like to have more hours in the day on the weekends so I can get more done! Yesterday my mom and I spent hours looking at paint samples and found colors for the entire cabin. Menards is having a paint sale through next weekend so this was good timing to find colors. We brought samples of the bedding, towels, couches and pictures I already had and matched to both the carpet, hardwood floors, doors and cabinets. There is so much to think about when picking paint colors so I'm glad I had my mom with me because she is an expert at this stuff! She said she actually LIKES doing it, so I picked the right person to help me :) Dan was gone at a cabin with some friends from college so it was nice I could get such a big project out of the way.

Today our church started its fall schedule so we went to our normal 11:00 a.m. service. I love sleeping in on Sunday's, and if it means missing part of the Vikings game I am ok with that. We went over to a friends house for lunch and then drove out to the lake. On the way we picked up our phone system for the lake from someone who was selling it on Craig's list. Apparently it is the top of the line phone system that retails for hundreds of dollars (Dan's been researching it at Best Buy), but this couple sold it to us for $40 because it interfered with their baby monitor frequency. Good deal for us! Then we went to our favorite Menards in Buffalo where we spent almost 3 hours shopping!!! Our electrician is coming out tomorrow so we have all the recessed lighting and found a great deal on toilets as well. They have these things called Sorry Slips which locks in the sale price for 90 days if they don't have the items in stock. We love them because then we can buy them whenever we want and won't miss the sale price. That way we don't have toilets sitting all over our basement along with all the other stuff we've bought so far. Then we picked out the paver stones we are going to use for the patio. Next weekend my dad is coming out to help us lay our 12' by 18' patio and our friends Tom and Becky are coming too. We were trying to determine how we were going to get 120 blocks that weigh 42 pounds each out to the lake, when we saw they have a delivery option that was very cheap! It was definitely worth it to avoid sore backs dragging those things to our car not to mention the wear and tear our poor Vibe! So, instead they will deliver everything to our lake Saturday a.m. before the crew gets there to start installing the patio. What a great deal. We almost thought we'd do the sidewalk ourselves too... but then thought better of that idea and only added on all the river rock that we are going to put around the patio and house for landscaping. The best part is that it was just a flat delivery fee so adding on 60 bags of river rock just joined the patio blocks and will be there bright and early on Saturday!

Now I am supposed to be finishing my homework for the first week of our class, but I'm busy watching the Vikings game we taped and catching up on work before tomorrow (oh and posting to my blog!) Our class is very difficult, but I am learning things so far so I suppose that is a good thing. No pictures this week since it was just more plumbing/heating/venting stuff. But, next week is supposed to be busy with the electrician and framing inspection. If all goes well they could be insulating by the end of the week so Dan and I can tile the downstairs bathroom when we take a few days off the following week. Siding will be awhile because they want to get a lot done inside before the cabinets arrive.

Hope you had a nice weekend!