Martha Stewart

I tried. I tried, but alas I am not an old Caucasian lady who's super crafty.

My first order of business was to get the weed bulbs out from in front of my front door. When I first moved here, I had these MASSIVE weed bush plants in front of my front door. I was glad when the snow came and crushed them. But the snow is melting and now is my chance to get them before they bloom again! So I took my spade shovel out this morning. While the snow is melting, it doesn't mean the ground is unfrozen. I got a few of the bulbs out, but I need to get the roots out. Maybe next week when the ground is a little less frozen.

Secondly, I needed to build my kitchen island. After an hour of sitting on my floor with metal poles and wheels and screw drivers, it was standing and rolling around my kitchen. The thought of having 90cm of counter space is glorious...and reachable storage space. So much more freedom to cook (not that I cook that often).

Lastly, the living room needed to be fixed. I've been sitting on a floor chair for the past 8 months. I have a couch and a TV in my "cold" room--the room without a heater. My boss told me I could move the furniture and TV if I wanted to--it was, after all, MY house. But I don't watch TV and I figured sitting on the floor would be fine. But in my remodeling, I decided it needed to be done. I bought a couch cover (doesn't quite fit nicely) and started moving furniture. After I moved the couch and TV into my living room, I plopped down and turned the TV just to make sure it worked. Lo and behold, the Bulls/Celtics game was being shown...in English. It felt like home.

Before: chair on floor

After: COUCH AND TV!