It’s time for my sixth Week In Review post, and I’m feeling musical today so I’m going to share. Plus, I always like to start my week with some good mojo. You can thank me for the impromptu dance party later.
Today’s post is all about “Out with the old; in with the new.” Alright that’s not totally accurate; it’s only partially about that, but I thought it sounded catchy so I’m going to try to make it work, Tim Gunn style.
Out with my raggedy old lists of Things To Do and in with my bright, new, and shiny list of Things I’ve Achieved in the past week. Hooray! Do you know the real reason I love new things? Because they’re super clean. Sometimes if things are really dirty, I just want to throw them out and buy new. Thank god for the Hubby and his logical ways and his willingness to get his hands dirty.
Back to my newish (she’s only six weeks old and already growing up so fast) Week in Review, where we list out all the major things we crossed off a minor list, in the past seven days. If you love lists even half as much as me, you really need to give this concept a whirl. It’s completely invigorating or maybe that’s the extra cup of coffee I had today. Whatever the reason, just do it. Same goes for my Facebook page. Would you hurry up and like it already so I can stop asking? It’ll be easier for all involved.
Let’s get listing, you sexy thing. 😉
- Do you remember my beautiful Broccoli Cheddar Quiche from weeks gone by? If not, you totally should, and I feel slighted you don’t, although maybe that’s the extra cup of coffee talking again. My Quiche: I made it again last week, and this time it was enjoyed by both the Hubby and my baby brother. They unanimously gave it their official seal of approval, which isn’t too hard when there’s only two people involved, but I know they weren’t fibbing either because there wasn’t a morsel left. I’ll be sharing the recipe sometime this week, and I’m not going to tell you when because I’m a naughty tease or really because I haven’t typed it up yet, but the former sounds so much more exciting.
- Seeing as we tore through last week’s triple batch of granola (yep, you read that correctly; no shame in my game) I made a double batch so I’d have something for breakfast this week. Can’t go getting all “hangry” now, especially not the last week of the month when my job might as well be Work on Roids. At least, I’m honest about it. Oh wait, Lance finally confessed too, so it’s all good now.
- I did two fitness classes: Mixed Martial Arts and Yoga. I also went for an unexpected bike ride on Saturday when my car wouldn’t start, and I had a hair appointment on the agenda. I was close to full on shaggy dog status, so a bum battery certainly wasn’t derailing me. I jumped on my bike, wicked witch of the west style, and high tailed it to my hair dresser’s house. It was worth it. Old with the old; in with the new.
- In light of my baby brother being in town, I did my best to barely go into the office this week and seeing as I put in just shy of twenty hours, I’d say I was successful.
- I made my first ever batch of bean burgers, and they weren’t too bad. A touch on the dry side, but I can work with that, especially when it comes in the form of yolk porn, sautéed onions, and Asiago cheese.
- I crossed a bazillion items off the “Shit To Fix In The House” list. My brother actually did all the work, but I’m the one who physically crossed things off the list (seems fair to me), and it feels amazing. Seriously, I went from twelve major home improvement items to two. While my brother did all the heavy lifting, including repairing and repainting multiple ceilings, I took advantage of having the dining room chandelier down and cleaned the hell out of that thing. It was a son of a bitch and half of it fell apart in the process, but unlike Humpty Dumpty, I was able to put it all back together again. Now it’s pretty and sparkly, which makes me feel all fancy. Do I lose points if I have to point it out? Out with old; in with the new, and I didn’t even have to throw it out to do it. Bonus points.
- The Hubby and I joined forces to install our new fireplace façade. Remember that horrible brass. Alright maybe you don’t, but I have nightmares about that thing. It was a total travesty and now it’s trash. Out with the old; in with the new. Even Oscar approves, and you can bet your sweet glutes I spent hours relaxing in front of this thing this weekend. Real fires equal pure bliss.
- I made this lovely lady’s Apple Berry Crisp, and in typical me fashion, I bastardized her recipe and put brown sugar and walnuts on top. It was good.
- I did the normal run a vacuum through the entire first floor. When you have major home repairs done and own three cats, this is a necessity and also one of the reasons I love my vacuum. Don’t judge me; alright go ahead. It’s not like I can actually stop you.
Well that’s all I have to share this week, and this post is starting to get way too lengthy so I’m afraid I’m going to have to wrap it up. Until next time, my dear friends. Same bat time, same bat channel.
What did you accomplish this past week? Make anything exciting? Have you ever cleaned a chandelier before, and do you know what a son of a bitch it is?
LOVE the hair! Red is my fav. And I’m drooling all over the picture of that quiche.
Thanks, red is my winter color and I have to say you rock a mean shade of red too. The quiche is really good; you should make it…as soon as I publish the recipe. Minor detail.
Love the new hair. My locks need cut over spring break in a few weeks. If you have shaggy dog status, I look kind of like these dogs: http://spbergamasco.com/aboutus_beginnings.htm Except not quite as bad. Not rocking the dreadlocks yet. Lol.
The new fireplace looks beautiful. My dad was chopping a whole bunch of firewood from our woods this weekend to sell… We have a fireplace and a wood-burning stove and we haven’t used them in a few years. 😛
Thanks Madison. Oh no, it’s definitely time to see the hair dresser, simply just to prevent dreads. I don’t really get the whole dreadlock thing; it just looks unkempt to me.
I can’t believe you guys don’t use the wood burning stove; I practically live next to my fireplace in the winter. I find it incredible soothing.
My house is from the 20’s. Your house looks old, too! I love the colors.
Does your baby brother have any idea how to find studs (easy, Meghan) behind bathroom tile in a plaster-walled house? My spouse is ready to install grab bars but is stumped with the “Step 1: locate studs.” instructions when his stud finder only works with drywall.
Yep our house is from the 1930’s. I love old homes, and if possible I try to stay true to the architecture of the home, although the colors are a different story. I really love bright colors and judging by your kitchen color, I know you do too.
Tell the spouse to lightly (key word being light) tap the wall with a hammer in various places. It will sound different (less hollow) when he finds the stud. After he finds one, they should be spaced evenly (usually every 16″) thereafter.
LOVE the hair!! But isn’t it too cold to ride a bike up there right now?
How did that bastard crisp turn out, anyway?? LOL
Thanks Caren. It’s way too cold to ride a bike here now. I was bundled up tight because I was not missing my hair appointment for anything.
The bastard crisp was really good. I love the layer of mixed berries underneath.
Is that the bread stealing pussy cat in front of the fireplace!? HAHA. Love the new hair, and LOVE that chandelier. This week I didn’t accomplish much..I made some good BM but that’s about it. HAHA. I had to I’m sorry.
Actually that’s a different pussy cat. This one just might jump into the fire he likes the heat so much. I’m totally digging the chandelier not that it’s actually clean.
Good BM’s are a sign you’re eating right so that’s something.
LOVE your hair red–always have!! 🙂 I also love your new fireplace cover–ours is still a yucky brass one and on our “things to buy/replace/fix” list too! It’s a never ending list…I do not like it!
Thanks Stacey. It took us four years to change the fireplace façade and we never even did it in the old house, but I’m so glad we did now. It’s amazing what a difference it makes.
Love the red hair! And I’m not usually a bean burger fan, but that one looks pretty amazing. Sounds like you had a great week!
Thanks Melissa. Actually The Green House in downtown Cleveland has the best veggie/bean burger. It’s sloppy, messy and one of the best burgers I’ve ever had. The top it with Russian dressing so I need to make something similar.
Yum! Now that I don’t work downtown anymore, I don’t get to Cleveland much. I’ll have to put that place on my “Need to Try” list. Thanks!
Meghan is on fireeee!!! (singing you alicia key’s and talking about your hair) 🙂 Can I come over and make smores in your fireplace??
Oh my gosh, yes. I love smores and I can’t believe I haven’t done this yet. You’re going to be stateside soon right?!
LOVE the hair!!! And the yolk porn. 😉
Thanks Laura. Can’t go wrong with yolk porn.
Woo hoo! *whistles* Look at YOU you sexy thing! Don’t lie, that’s EXACTLY where you were going with this post…but don’t worry, I love you anyway! 😉
Hell yeah to egg and cheese covered bean burgers! And you get mucho props from me if the bean burger was vegan to start with! Ha, love it!
And seriously, I am the same way with the whole “out with the old”…like literally…get OUT! I do that with clutter all the time! Then, months later, I bang my head against a wall when I realize that I threw out something I needed! Ugh, one of these days I’ll learn!
What did I accomplish this week? Hmm, well…I finally tackled my recipe conversion on the blog…slowly but surely it’s coming. And I do mean slowly…looking through old posts is like stumbling across old pictures or high school year books…you get sucked in and before you know it, memory lane ends up being a 3 1/2-hour stretch of highway! 😉
Oh my god, you’re so right. I end up rereading every post and before I know it, I’ve lost hours.
The burger was pretty good, but it needed a sauce of some kind. Still trying to figure it out and they weren’t vegan. They had eggs in them which is even funnier now that I think about it, since I topped them with more of the same.
I’m with you; clutter must go. If I haven’t used it, I pitch it too and then of course realize I need it later. Oops.