My Staycation

I blessed to have a great job that I love (most of the time) and 3 weeks vacation time.  Scott only gets two weeks, so that leaves me with an entire week to spend by myself!  While I have no grand plans for the week, I do have quite the list of things I would like to get done.    

1. Sew

Boppy covers- do you have any idea how expensive they are?  It is ridiculous to spend $15-30 for something I can make from what I already have in my fabric stash.

Maybe a couple of these boutique style bibs for my bebe and my brother and his wife (they are expecting their first little one around the end of October).  Again, from what I already have in my stash.

2.  Clean out spare bedroom, which will be the baby's room.  We have lived in our home for over a year now and have never really done much to this room besides just throw things in there that we don't know what to do with.  It is pretty much a black hole. 

3.  Cook

Zucchini bread or some variation of it.  I will probably make muffins instead of bread, so we can freeze them for easy snacks.

Meatballs- I make mine with either ground chicken or turkey.  This time, I will definitely be using ground chicken due to all of the recalls on ground turkey lately.  I will probably freeze these, as well.

Buffalo Chicken casserole- also from Eating Well magazine.  I have not made this, but it intrigues me.  I will probably split the recipe between two smaller casserole dishes.  One for now, one for later.  If I make it, I will let you all know how it is.

4.  Organize

This sort of goes hand in hand with cleaning the spare bedroom out.  I have piles laying everywhere of my craft and sewing supplies.  I need to come up with some sort of system for them and a place to store everything.  I also need to go through my clothes.  My friend Amanda gave me a great idea to go through my closet and pack up the clothes that I know for sure I will not be able to wear while pregnant.  That way, my closet won't get all clogged with regular and maternity clothes (I already have a TON of stuff Amanda let me borrow.  Not all of it is my taste or will fit, but it will help me so I don't have to spend a lot of money on maternity clothes.)

5.  Paint foyer

In the year we have lived in our house, our foyer has already been 3 colors.  I bought paint this morning and will be painting it again this week.

The original shade was the color of flesh.  No lie.  I wish I knew what it was to show you the awfulness of it, but I don't.  I know you're sad.

The second shade was supposed to be a really pretty apple green.  It looked like Kermit the Frog green.  It looks rather lovely on the swatch.  Hideous in my house.

The current color was good for a while, but I'm over it.  It, too, is a shade of green, but lighter and brighter than the previous.

The shade I purchased today is.....you guessed it!  Green.  Hopefully this is the keeper.  A little more gray and a little darker.

6.  The in-laws are coming for a couple days.  I have no idea what we are going to do, except for one thing- eat!

So, those are my plans for the week.  I will be pleased if I get half of them completed! :)