Life with Our Magnificent 7: Week 9

Welcome to the chaos we call our life & family!

My DH often says this is the chaos we like to call our family, or something to that effect. To answer the basic questions we here often: Yes! With 7 children we are busy! Yes! It often gets hectic, chaotic, crazy, & overwhelming, we love it anyway! No! We do not wish we had a smaller family we can't imagine our lives with less children, we love them all! Yes! It's tricky co-ordinating everyones schedules thank goodness for the FLYlady calendar (if you haven't heard of FLYlady I really recommend looking up her site!). Yes! We do cook a LOT of food, and we eat all or most of it in one sitting! No! You probably do not want to see our grocery bill, or how much we spend on clothes, footwear, sports, etc. each year! ;-) UPDATE 2019: We now have 1 of the original 7 that lives at home. We have added a 3 wonderful daughter-in-laws and an awesome son-in law, as well as 3 beautiful granddaughters and 3 handsome grandsons with our oldest 4. We have 2 adult daughters who have also moved to their own places.

Chaos, maybe, boring, NEVER! There is almost always something going on in our home, never a dull moment from the adult perspective anyway... you know kids, if it gets "too quiet" they are sure it's a sign of being bored! LOL

In 2008 we moved into a new "project home" I have posted some of the fun & craziness that has happened while replacing flooring, adding a furnace, roof, pantry, texture to the walls redoing a kitchen and much more.

2019 UPDATE: WE NOW have purchased a new "prject home = rehab home" that we hope to move into by the end of September 2019! Again feel free to join us for the ride as we continue our new adventure to upgrade get our home ready for move in! It has been interesting to say the very least!

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Week 9 - My Holiday Plan

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Halloween is this Thursday, are you ready for trick-or-treating? Have enough candy at your house? Decorations up? Jack-o-Lanterns carved? Have all the costume pieces that you need for everyone including the accessories? Have treat bags? Glow sticks, flashlights, batteries, etc.? Make a plan for trick-or-treating! Then remember to shop the After Halloween sale on the 1st, great time to add decorations, basic costume pieces, costume makeup, etc. for half the cost.

OCTOBER 27 - NOVEMBER 2

DEEP CLEAN:

~~Living Room~~

~~Family Room~~

~~Kitchen~~

~~Entry~~

Bathroom

Zones 5 & 1 - Living Room & Other Public Rooms Halloween Final Deco:

~~Clean up Living Room~~

~~Clean up Family Room~~

~~Clean up Kitchen~~

~~Clean up Bathroom~~

~~Clean up Entry~~

~~MONDAY - Remove Cabinet above Stove~~

~~TUESDAY - Install Cabinet over snack cabinet~~

~~WEDNESDAY - Install water house for fridge~~

~~THURSDAY - Clean up Kitchen~~

~~FRIDAY - Pack up Halloween Decorations & Party Supplies~~