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making it about us...
So my BF and i bought a house about a year ago. We had been living in apartments for years, and decided it was just time to buy. We LOVE our new house. Lately we have been basing our whole weekend off of getting stuff done around the house, doing things we didn't have time to do 8 months ago. I absolutely love getting stuff done. The problem is there is so many things that we want to get done (painting upstairs, installing shelving in the closet for more storage space, insulating the attic, re-doing the bathroom, and so on) that we have spend every minute of our weekend shopping for house items, planning ahead on when we are going to get the big ticket items done. I want to spend part of our weekend doing something that is about us...not about the house. Any of you ladies have any good ideas for some cheap, fun activities? I guess they could even be centered around the house, but not entirely? I hope i'm phrasing this right......
Anyways, hope you ladies are having a great Monday!
Re: making it about us...
Date night--out to dinner, bowling, movies.
Or take a day trip somewhere and look for stuff for the house there. You can go to Madison (don't know how far you are but I love Madison) and look around the artsy stores there for things for the house. Go to a town you've never been to before for lunch and walking around.
Cow tipping? Kidding (but come on, it's WI
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Make every 4th weekend a housework-free zone. No shopping for home stuff, no working on the house.
Yeah that's right my name's Yauch!
Ha! Very true :P I also love Madison! We have not been there in a long time, at least not together. Good idea Mint!
I have talked to him about this....he seems like this is something he really wants to do (the house) and wants to do it until it's done. I feel like that's kind of beating a dead horse. We are not going to be able to do everything all at once for many obvious reasons (money, jobs, time constraints with other obligations) so i think he needs to let go of this a little and just relax.
Every 4th weekend is a great idea!
I will have to check that out! How fun!
I'll have to hold off on the beer for 1 more month- we took January and February off from drinking. I can't wait to have a beer!!!