Whoops!  Where did last week go?  I had good intentions to write all week, but I spent it doing stuff instead.  What stuff, you ask?

This month is all about focusing on our homes, and I got a little email from Ikea letting me know that the Applaro outdoor dining table I’ve had my eye on is on sale this month.  It looks like it will seat all 8 of us for just $100.  Last year we ate out a lot, but crouched around our furniture-less deck on lawn chairs.  I’ve been hoping for a dining table deal all year.   I didn’t have $100 in that fund, so I gathered up a bunch of our clutter and took it over to a garage sale my Mom was having with her friend.  They were really hospital to let us join in.  I made just enough to buy the table plus tax…..I hope to go get it tomorrow :).

Then we had a little bout of stomach flu.  My son woke us up Tuesday morning and said, I have good news and bad news….I threw up, but I saved the bed.  My brain doesn’t work quickly at 3am, but it didn’t take me long to figure out he meant the 45 year old red shag carpet was toast.

So I spent the week planning a 24 hour bedroom makeover, that we’re doing today (since the kids are off school and we have extra hands.)  The first thing I did was check rugsusa.com and see if they had a rug to fit our theme:  Gray, black, white, with an arrow theme.  This one was 70% off and I ordered it with part of the remodel funds we gathered during the spending freeze. (I ordered it Tuesday and it was in my house by Friday!)

When we did Heather’s room, I figured out that even cheap $1 a square foot flooring can add up quickly when you add the necessary underlayment ($500 later!)  So our plan is to just paint his plywood subfloor and throw the rug on top.  There will be about 2 feet around the edges that the rug doesn’t cover….it should be awesome.

Here’s his room before:

I’d better go get busy!