Signs of Progress

Tim's Birthday Key Lime Pie!

It's been crazy busy last couple of days. We had to have the bedrooms painted so that the baseboards could be installed. It is much easier to paint without worrying about dripping paint on the baseboards. I took a vacation day today and Tim and I both worked at the house for pretty much the entire day. We are officially getting tired.

The painting necessitated multiple trips to Lowe's for roller trays, extra rollers, blue painter's tape, paint, you name it. But, well worth the effort and the blisters on my hands to get the work done without drips on the baseboards or on the nice tile. 

We also had our first "situation" between Tim and I this week regarding his painting skills. Or lack thereof, I should say. Up till this point, we've gotten along really great with no negativity or arguments about anything, and this was more of a "I can't believe you call this painting," kind of discussion.

So today is Tim's birthday and most of his birthday was spent painting closets (just plain white - it doesn't matter if there are streaks inside the closet). I couldn't sleep this morning and got up at 4AM and made 2 key lime pies for the birthday boy. So here's a shot of him having a little birthday pie. In addition, here are some of the painting and the crazy colors the kids picked out for their rooms in this post.

 A little blurry, but here's the "Silver Fox" in the guest bedroom. This was my $5.00 Paint Bargain!

On the left is "Gecko Green" in Timmy's bedroom, and below that is "Amber Wave" in the guest bathroom.

 Here's a couple shots of the orange / creamsicle in the kids' bathroom. This was a $5.00 bargain paint that I am still waiting to see how I feel about. The photos I think don't show how truly weird this paint is... it's probably going to be going away this weekend because I just can't get used to it.

I also bought a new light fixture today at Lowe's but I didn't have it in me to pull off the old one and replace it with a new one. Plus, the tile guy was working in this bathroom today, so we would have had to dance around each other all day. Maybe this weekend.



The Laundry Room in "Budoir Blue"





Here's Norah's Room in "Pretty Pink." This is the paint that caused Tim to be banished
to closet painting for the rest of our marriage. Two coats of paint later, It's pretty Pepto-Bismol.

  Also, we've got a lot of the tile floor in now, which is still the prettiest floor ever. The only room left to go  on the tile installation is the master bathroom with the master bedroom closets. On Thursday and Friday, carpeting will be installed in the bedrooms and the granite goes in on Friday.  We're having the windows professionally cleaned on Thursday. If you could see a close-up of the status of the windows at this moment, there is almost no price you wouldn't pay to not have to deal with them. Our appliances (minus the stove) will be installed on Friday too.The stove was unfortunately back-ordered until next Tuesday. Once we have it, we are in business and ready to move in! 

Kitchen Floor is In!!!!



Tim's Dad is here this week, which has been awesome. The floor is just about complete!