I had to use the flash to take these photos, so sorry about the poor image quality. All the paint is FreshAire from Home Depot. We’re really happy with it. No smell, and nice colors. (I haven’t taken any bathroom photos, but the color we used is Northern Pear Tree, and I love love love it. I would paint my body with it.)
Yes, the painting is complete. I actually finished the final room (the bathroom) by myself yesterday, because Moon was with her best friend Brooke, picking up Brooke’s boyfriend from the airport. Brooke’s internet boyfriend. He’s from Pennsylvania, and although they talk every day on the phone, they had never actually met in person.
He’s staying for 4 days. Brooke’s parents are making sure that they don’t spend a single minute unsupervised.
Moon, Brooke, and T (the boyfriend) came over to play Guitar Hero a few minutes after the new sectional sofa-thing was delivered. T seems like a nice kid, and plays Guitar Hero on expert. I hadn’t played for quite a while, but I can still sort of rock the medium.
Today Pete and I are going to hang pictures and try to straighten up a bit. It’s looking like home.
I’m in my PJ bottoms and a t-shirt, sweaty and paint-splattered… but we’ve finished yet another color. The stairwell is now Canyon Pebble. I just cleaned up the paint supplies, and we’re going to keep taping the kitchen after lunch. It’s starting to come together.
I’ll definitely post pictures after the whole thing is done. Our new sofa unit is being delivered on Friday.
In other news, I’m getting a haircut this afternoon. I better take a shower before then.
My vacation started today, and I’m spending it painting the inside of the house with the kids. We started with the two biggest walls. After 15 years of white walls, we finally have color. It makes a pretty dramatic difference. We just finished a little touching up, and moved the TV and all the various electronics in front of one of the newly-painted walls. I think it opens the space up a bit.
Day 1, and I’m already exhausted. The hardest part was all the cleaning and vacuuming that needed to take place before we could start the real work.
The kids are amazing, though. Peter is a powerhouse with a paint roller, and Moon is precision embodied.
It’s an hour and a half past bedtime, and I’ll be up in 7 hours starting the next wall.
The gods have been hurling thunderbolts and swirling clouds all day, it seems. I was able to make a quick trip to Home Depot for some painting supplies during a lull between storms… Moon has already started taping, and she wants to paint the hallway tomorrow. It’ll be good to have something done before we start tackling the living room.
A few weeks ago, Peter decided not to go on his class trip to the Wisconsin Dells, and that ended up being a wise decision. For one thing, did you hear what happened up there over the weekend? Lake Delton drained out, some houses collapsed, and some roads were closed due to flash flooding. The trip was today, which makes me wonder how much actual water park time the kids got before the tornado warnings and pestilence began.
We received an automated phone call right after hearing an announcement on the news that a group of kids from Peter’s school were stranded and awaiting a police escort so their bus could get them back to Madison. The call was a recorded message saying pretty much the same thing, but with a later time frame. I’m guessing that the kids are back by now (it’s almost 10 p.m.) but imagine how worried all those parents must have been. My anxieties would have taken over my body well before the 3rd or 4th tornado warning.
I’m sure the kids will have lots of good stories to tell, though.
Peter is officially finished with 8th grade. He decided to wear his suit to the ceremony this morning, much to the surprise of his friends and teachers who have only seen him in shorts, t-shirts and hoodies for the past year or so.
I’m relieved. Next year will be the first time both my kids have attended the same school together since 2002. They’ll even have a class together, as both of them wanted to take first year German.
I won’t need to drive anyone to school or pick anyone up. Now, we just need to get through the summer.
So, I’ve been dizzy since Monday night. Not nauseated, just dizzy. I saw the chiropractor yesterday and I think it helped somewhat. Haven’t felt like doing much in the evenings except knit mitered squares and watch TV. (So You Think You Can Dance = awesome.)
I awakened to crashing thunder at 5 a.m. We’re supposed to have rain for the next four days, and it’s going to be in the 80s. It’s still June, right? What’s August going to be like? Pitta is not amused by this sort of weather.
I am down to the last five squares. Can you believe it? I’ve knit 75 of the things.
