Saturdays

It's so nice when you have a slow Saturday. It helps if that slow Saturday is also sunny. We slept in (while the kids watched Incredibles), got ready, then ran errands. I got to go to the post office all by myself. It's amazing how fast and easy errands are without having to get kids in and out and haul them into places. Ian took the boys with him to the man store (aka Home Depot) to get a new propane tank so we could grill for dinner. While there he checked into getting new blinds for the den.

Side note:
When we moved into this house it had no window coverings except for in the den. We bought blinds for the whole rest of the house, but kept the ugly, dirty, old ones in the den just because we could. They have endured additional wear and tear (aka kids pulling on them and lots of dust) in the 3 years we have lived here and were looking quite shabby.

When I heard how inexpensive it would be to replace the blinds in the den I said we should do it. Today. We had a birthday party to attend this afternoon, but afterwards Ian went and bought the blinds and had them trimmed to size. It took him under an hour to get the old ones down and the new ones up.

They look so nice! They actually match the blinds in the rest of the front of the house now. I like that they let in more light since they are the 2 inch faux wood ones rather than the 1 inch vinyl ones. Despite the ease of this little project we still ended up with 4 trips to Home Depot. Good thing it's only a mile from our house. Hooray for easy, inexpensive facelift house projects. And for sunny Saturdays.