Posts Tagged ‘remodeling’

No Time to Kill

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Okay, so the bedroom remodel project is in full swing.  Last weekend, Candy and I moved all of the furniture out of the bedroom.  As of last Saturday night, we are officially sleeping on our memory foam mattress on the kitchen floor, and Isaac is currently sleeping in the play pal next to us.  It’s crazy. 

Over the weekend, we managed to scrape the ceiling and texture the walls using trowels and joint compound.  Candy has been working to help during this week by finishing the bit of texturing that we had left and sanding down the window sills.  We have also managed to make THREE trips to Home Depot, and on the last trip, finally picked out our paint after having brought home 3 samples.  We ended up liking one of the colors so much that we decided to use it on a small part of the room, even though it would be too dark for the entire bedroom. 

Today, after enjoying the afternoon at the ESC picnic out at Will Rodgers Park.  I came home, and helped Candy sand the window seat and cabinet doors, and then I made a few wood repairs, and stained them.  While the stain dried we ate dinner, I mowed the yard, and now the stain is just about ready for primetime.  Next up, is painting primer over the new texture, a task that I plan to accomplish tomorrow afternoon, and maybe, with any luck, we can be done with the thing by Monday.  

So, as you can all see, it’s been a busy week, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.   I really like for us to keep busy by doing projects here an there.  I think it’s really good for us to keep focused on stuff that improves our lives, and makes us feel good about our home.  I can’t wait so get the new trim up, and I’ve been itching to pull that old, painted-over trim with the phone cord tacked to it off the walls since the day we moved in, I just didn’t have the money, the time, or the know-how to replace it before now!  I will post pictures when we are finished.

Updated, Finally

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Okay, people, I am still here!  I know it’s been a while but we’ve had a bunch of crazy stuff going on.  Between hail damaged roofs and cars, and lightning catching people’s houses on fire, we just haven’t know which way was up.  The best part is, none of that crap really matters because when it comes down to the nitty gritty, God is in control.

So I’ve managed to stick to my healthy eating lifestyle, and as of now, I’ve dropped somewhere between 15 and 20 lbs.  I recently gave blood at work for the OBI blood drive, and got my free blood checkup thingy.  The results were good.  Really good!  I was thinking that they looked better than anything over the passed 3 year, but when I looked over my entire history of blood donation, these stats are actually the best that I have ever had, and I have been giving blood since 1998!  I really owe it all to the support that I have gotten from my wife, and my recent decision to start taking control of things in my life, and being a victim of circumstances.

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I am super excited about this summer.  Lots of good stuff coming up.  I went to Home Depot with Candy the weekend before last and bought up a bunch of stuff to use for remodeling our bedroom.  We plan to repaint, stain and replace trim, stain and replace doors, and scrape and retexture all of the walls and the ceiling.  Should be a real big project, but I know our bedroom will really look nice when we are done.  Then, of course, it’s on to the remaining rooms that need refinishing.