What I Ate Between Coats of Paint
Phew. This homeowner stuff is exhausting. Alex and I spent the whole day working on the house, with the help of my parents. I have to say, I think we ended up with some pretty dramatic transformations! After 4 days in the house, we’ve replaced a lot of the plumbing, taken down a fence, painted the bedroom, living room, and dining room, cleaned the kitchen (and wow did it need to be cleaned) tackled a few Ikea projects, and fixed the leg on the piano. Thank goodness for the help of my parents. Linking up with Jen, here’s what I managed to eat between projects.
Breakfast
After a trip to Sherwin Williams, I had some Greek yogurt with frozen berries and coffee. Coffee is clearly a must.
Lunch
It actually took two attempts to cook a frozen pizza (no really, it did) since were still figuring out our new ovens. (Uh, how do you know when it’s preheated?!) but I was so hungry, it hit the spot.
Dinner
There was no time for snacks, while we were painting but once we finished up, dinner ended up being a delicious combo from Panera. Still no cooking happening in the kitchen, but we will be tomorrow! I went with half a Greek salad and half a Mediterranean veggie sandwich, made classy by a glass of wine! Once we finished up dinner, Alex and I put together a second Ikea wardrobe while my parents finished up painting and cleaning downstairs. It was an exhausting day, but we’ve made tons of progress on the house! I can’t wait to show you some before and after pictures.
Given my lack of skills in that area successful IKEA projects alone should get you an award – and accomplishing all the house work you mentioned even more so.
About the oven: I’m not sure what kind it is but mine – unlike my mum’s – doesn’t give any accoustic signals of reaching the desired temperature so I usually go with a rough guess of about ten minutes. Or ask Google? (: And pizza is always awesome.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Looks like a delicious and healthy day of eats! For my oven it will beep when its done preheating.
Loving reading about the new house!!!!!!
Congrats on getting moved in AND painting AND celebrating Thanksgiving all in one week. We are two years into our house and only have two rooms painted to our liking. 🙂 I’ve been eating leftovers to clear out the fridge. That and lots of peppermint bark.
I love the med veggie sandwich! Has always been my favorite!
Pizza and Panera sounds like my dream day of food!
That pizza looks bomb! In fact, I’d take the whole day of eats!
Coffee is always a must! Especially while moving 🙂
OOh can’t wait to see the new house tour Liz!
You guys should get an award for how quickly you’ve finished projects since moving in 4 days ago! Super impressive 🙂