This weekend, like most of Americans, I will be outside cooking on my grill. Unlike most Americans, I will be cooking outside because I don't have a working kitchen. So far it hasn't been that much of an inconvenience, because who doesn't like to have a break from cooking every single night.

Though tonight when a huge storm rolled through right before I was set to cook I was at a loss of what to serve for dinner. Finally I pulled out the cold cereal. And my children cheered.

This long weekend we have lots of plans, all of them involving working on the house, and none of them involving parties.

Let's see what other people have been up to lately.

Patti from Patti's Ponderings shows off her new bathroom. I love the tile work, it is beautiful.

Lestercat received a letter from their city telling them to clean up their property or face fines. This happened to us when we bought our house. Our insurance company dropped us saying that our house looked like it should be condemned. Ouch.

Jennifer at Tiny Old House completes two small projects that didn't require much effort or money and yet made a large impact on how they feel about their house.

Inspired DIY asks what you think of painted white wood floors. I like them, in theory. The idea of living with them and my dirty children makes me start twitching.

When she isn't blogging about her life at Notes from the Trenches, Chris is working at rescuing her house from a century of neglect and bad taste. She can also be found writing about home improvement and design at DIY This N' That.