Eating at the kitchen table. What a concept! It's like eating on the floor - only higher!

The kids were very happy to be able to sit at the table to eat. I feel so bad that it's been as long as it has. It's not like the kids weren't fed. They were. Just not at the table. I will be doing everything in my power to not allow it to get covered again.

I did go through the condiments and got them ready for hubby to take to work on Monday - a full 8 days before my phone will remind me to send them in. I only saved 5 packets of honey from the one box. The rest is going in. I was really sort of grossed out by the 'honey sauce' that was in there. I'd never paid any attention to it before. It's a mixture of honey and high fructose corn syrup. At least honey has some nutritional value, but 'honey sauce'? What's the point?

Got a thick thermal underwear shirt on clearance. I'm hoping it will help keep me warm and keep things a bit more under control with the fibro. Getting winter weather again seems to have an impact on my achiness. I'm hoping it will help.

Working on putting up the cubby above the refrigerator and stove this weekend. We had to tear the old cabinets down several months ago when we bought a new refrigerator. They were so low the new refrigerator wouldn't fit. So we're hoping to get the cubby up this weekend, so we can get the small appliances in the baskets we bought and put them away. That will help tremendously with the clutter in the kitchen area. It's been really frustrating having to work around it all this time.

So. Now you know what we'll be doing this weekend. What are your plans?

Our clothing optional refrigerator.

Just a quick post.

Still not feeling the best, but things did go better today than yesterday. For that I'm very grateful.

Made an executive decision the other night. Instead of tossing the ketchup packets in the trash, we got turkey hot dogs. We only eat them 3 or so times a year. This will be one of those times. we've used about half the ketchup packets. I'll send the packets of other condiments (except the honey) to work for the hubby's breakroom, and we'll have only 1 container of condiments left in the fridge. We'll always have some condiments, but we really don't need as many as we've had. The refrigerator will look naked without them. But the artistic, good kind of naked, not the ewwww, gross kind of naked.

Also. Got the table cleaned off today. The countertop still needs work, but at least we'll be able to eat at the table again. That will be nice.

Off to spend time with the hubby. He had some dental work done today and stayed home. I so appreciate the company.

Hope everyone's having a great Thursday! :)

I'm done for the night.

The last few hours, I've been trying to stay calm. Hubby's out in this horrible snowstorm/blizzard that is hitting the area. Cars off in ditches all over the roadways, white-out conditions. Just not good. And I can't think worth a darn when I'm worried, so I'm done trying to make decisions on where things from the counter or table go tonight.

On a good note, I got 4 loads of laundry done today. I still have several loads to do, but I made a dent.

I also vacuumed the stairs which was no easy task. We have carpet in the basement for the first time ever. And while we have an upright to vacuum the carpet downstairs, my back can't take trying to use it on the stairs. So I had to use the canister vac to clean the stairs, and it probably took 30 minutes or more. It allowed me to get at least 30 minutes of cardio in today, so I'll take it.

And although I didn't finish the counter or the table, I'm about 90% finished with the countertop that has not been clear since Christmas '08. I'm horribly embarrassed to admit it's been that long.

My husband has finally made it home safely. It took him over 90 minutes to drive 28 miles. It's supposed to snow all day tomorrow, too. I'm so relieved we're all warm and safe at home.