Utility Room Remodel: No More Icky Concrete Floor

Yeah No more icky concrete floor- This is not the full remodel of my Utility Room but it is a start- Eventually we will get the new shelves up and the folding table but for now it is a start. Hubs finally tiled the icky concrete floor that I have been living with for at least 4 years. We aren't very speedy with home improvement projects.

Icky concrete floor. Those will be the new tiles.

Brand new washer and dryer. My old set died. I should have taken a picture of my old ones before they were hauled away but I didn't.

Had to get the laundry caught up before the project could start. Reminds me of the comment Milehi Mama said about her dryer throwing up in her bedroom. Mine well threw up in the living room LOL

Hubs cutting tile with the borrowed tile saw.

Placing the tile or gluing them down-- Whatever it is called in tiling talk.

Now for the grouting. Was worried the grout we picked was coming out too dark but it lightened to what it was suppose to upon drying.

Hubs hooking my new washer and dryer back up.
Very nice!!! No More icky concrete floor. :-)

My New Washer and Dryer

My new washer and dryer. They are both awesome, but the dryer is phenominal. I have never had a dryer that dried this fast. My bed spread was dry in 34 minutes! In my old dryer it would have taken an 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Lighter loads use to take at least an hour. I guess in 20 years I never had a good dryer and assumed that was just the norm. This dryer dries faster and things are dry in less time than it takes to wash a load- I use to always have to wait on the dryer. Oh and another cool thing instead of a beep at the end to let you know the wash or dryer is done it plays a little tune. Ok I am in washer and dryer heaven :-)

This is my utility room. I purposely did not take a picture of the yucky concrete floor. Hubs is in the process of tiling it- Ok so far he has only borrowed a special saw to cut the tile from a friend and done some measuring but I am hopeful by the end of the month to finally have a floor in the utility room plus some new shelves and a folding table. If it gets finished I will post pictures of the newly remodeled utility room.

Home Management Binder- My Schedule -- Under Development

Ok another attempt by me at better home management by once again working on a type of home management binder in the quest to find something that works for me.

I am not a schedule person, but I have discovered that as a Stay at Home Mom I do need some kind of schedule or plan else I don't make good and productive use of my time. I am a procrastinator and a time waster.

One of the smartest things I have learned from my engineer husband is to get the machines up and running. When the machines aren't running at my husbands plant it means less productivity. The machines can be running while you get other things done.

My Early Morning Schedule

My early morning schedule consists of getting breakfast or having breakfast options for hubby and the boys. I get up first and help my special needs student get dressed. I also pack everyone's lunches however the boys do help with that. Everyone makes their own beds and hopefully keep their bathrooms tidy. I'll check tidiness of bathrooms later in the day.

After everyone has had breakfast, is dressed and off to work or school. I am going to sit here and have a cup of coffee, (ok I don't do coffee, it is actually a diet coke) and typing this post I am going to do the following (hopefully);

My Morning Schedule:
(I will have to see how long all this takes and adjust accordingly)

1.Unload and load the dishwasher
(I was lazy last night and didn't quite finish cleaning all the dishes. Yes I left a load over night.)

2. Load the washing machine with a towels load and get it going.

3. Start dough in the dough maker for rolls (I am only going to use half the amount of butter because I think my roll recipe is too rich for every day.)

4. Start Dinner in the Crockpot.

Da Da
All the Machines are Going.

5. Exercise - this amounts to my walking tape. It is only a half hour. I have to start somewhere.

6. Shower/ Dress/ makeup (Only included so I can calculate a time frame)

Hmm what next?

7. fold and put up laundry that is sitting in the living room.

8. Work on a needed organization or deep cleaning project
Today will be to tackle the dismantling the Christmas tree and putting away rest of Christmas decorations.I took down all the out door decorations and lights yesterday.

9. I am guessing it will be about lunch time now. Fix healthy nutritious lunch for me.

10. Make a batch of cookies so I have a supply for lunch boxes.

11. Finish rolls up throughout the day, attending to as needed.

12. Straighten family room and spruce up kitchen.


OK That is all I have so far for today.
Now that it is such a nice list I guess I should follow it.

Please share tips and ideas.