Not really, but I am on spring break until the day after Easter. Unfortunately, that is when Charlotte's spring break commences. Sigh.
BUT...having a full week for me and El to bum around together is getting my wheels turning on things I can get done around here. I think we are due for some pleasant weather next week, which will lend itself BEAUTIFULLY for catching up on garden-stuff (on which I am woefully behind), so what to do with the yucky weather days?
I have been saying for some time that I want to rearrange the tv room. I am going to go ahead and assume that Michael isn't religiously checking my blog, so I'll let you in on a little secret...I think I may go for it this week*. We've had flooring for the room for a LONG time, it is hanging out in the garage awaiting some weekend when Joey O and Michael have NOTHING going on and for some reason feel bad for me or like they owe me something. Before we do that, though, I want to do the furniture flip flop and paint over the wood paneling, something that I've been nervous about doing for a LONG time, which has led to me putting it off and putting it off and living in a world of 1973 style wood paneling. Funny how if you don't do something about it in the first 8 years you live somewhere, you just tend to get used to it and not even notice that you live on the set of Freaks & Geeks**.
One of the main goals of cleaning and rearranging this little room is that we have these pesky long and narrow closets that flank either side of the room. Because we have the sofa on the same wall as the closet doors, it is difficult to get in the closets and they become horrible black holes where toys, games, wrapping paper, clothes, gifts-for-future-use, and lord knows what else goes to die. Or disappear. Hell, I may even have another kid in there somewhere. Even though I can't make the closets any larger, my idea is to clear one out and make it into a rec room for Char. Again, totally narrow like a little hallway, but she really needs her own space. With her and El sharing their wee tiny bedroom, it is rough for a 6 year old to not have any place to put "her" stuff, do "her" thing, get away from us for awhile...
Other stuff to do...Go downtown with Ellie for lunch and maybe Navy Pier, take naps, clean out closets, take naps, read some books...
OR, more likely, Ellie and I will just bum around, waste a day or two by my mom's or aunt's house, hit the zoo, hang with my nephews who are also on spring break and finally meet Tally-the-pup...you know, really I can't lose either way.
* Or I could clean the basement. Or clean out some closets. Or paint the front room (ooh, that MAY be something I actually do). Or break out my favorite Christmas gift (sewing machine) and finally start to utilize it.
** Sara - do you and Dan watch Freaks & Geeks? If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it and think you should get it...