One week down, one (+) to go.

Week one of LHS's production of Fiddler on the Roof is done. 

Phew. Glad we made it through!

Since opening night was on my birthday, Bill stayed with the concessions so I could see the show.

It was sooooooo good!

 She's a bit easier to spot in the following two pics.

We've concessioned four (4) times in the past week. It's a party, lemme tell ya.

 In between concessioning, we've been working away on our house goals, including tiling the backsplash in the kitchen. I'm pretty proud to say I got this project moving.

We cut the tile right on our brand spanking new countertops.

They clean up impressively, I must say.

We finished setting the tile on Saturday, grouted and caulked on Monday.

(I may or may not have finished off the area between the ovens and the fridge on Sunday. The ox was in the mire, as we needed to grout before Tuesday.)

I had to snap a couple pics of the flowers that have brightened our long days of work, performing (Mar), and concessioning.

Mar received these from her boyfriend following the show on Friday night.

 I'm not sure what "boyfriend" means these days, but he proposed boyfriend/girlfriendship on Valentine's Day, and Mar accepted. We had a mother/daughter discussion about this a few days later (I'm so glad Mar will talk about it), and, as for now, it's a "relationship." I don't think it's been very active, since Mar has been devoting all of her time to the play, so we will have to re-evaluate things if their relationship becomes more serious/intense/exclusive down the road.

She also received a cute little bouquet from her Seminary teacher.

A dear friend brought me these for my birthday.

There's that finished backsplash.

 I love it.

$100. Should've done that a long time ago.

You can also see that our floors are in the early stages of refinishing. Smells a lot like cough-producing-cancer-causing old floor finish around here today, but I'm sooooooo excited to see the finished product.

 You may be able to spot a few areas that are still in need of paint, but that will be an easy peasy lemon squeezy project, right before we list.

And here's the chaos we are living in.

 The refrigerator and kitchen table are in the family room...

...and the dining room has all kinds of miscellaneous stuff (including a pan of Rice Krispie treats ready for this upcoming weekend's concessions - we sold 5 batches last week and had people asking for them when we ran out).

I keep reminding myself that this will all be worth it.

It's been exhausting.

Even as I type, I can feel the tendonitis flare-up in my left elbow, the plantar fasciitis in my right foot, and my shoulders and neck are begging for a massage.

On top of all of this, my driver's license expired on my birthday, and my debit card was tagged due to fraudulent activity and has been blocked. I'm hoping to fix those little problems tomorrow (or the next day, since I have to stay off my floors for a good 4 hours). Today I'm going to start in on the laundry and tidying up our sleeping quarters (Shi's closet is in a bit of a disarray since we've taken over). Maybe I'll take a nap, too. I have to gear up for all the work to put this place back together once we finish up the big projects. Sooooooo much still to do.