It is Finished!!!

Yes, it's true.....I have finished my painting project with 5 days left until Christmas!!!! The walls were fixed by the drywall professional, the Kilz 2 was rolled or brushed on to prep the walls for new paint, the walls have two new coats of  Valspar's Baking Clay, the wood trim was cleaned and prepped with Kilz then painted with two coats of Valspar's Swiss Coffee, the painting supplies were cleaned up and my new Forest Oak floors were vacummed and cleaned to a shiny luster!!!

Last night, 4 men were in my home moving our furniture back in...thank you John, Scott, Mark and Harley Man!!!!!!!!  I'll post photos after Christmas, once everything is back in it's place (maybe). :)  For now...............IT IS FINISHED!!! Let Christmas begin!!!!

Seriously?! Thursday...Whew!

Seriously???!Why is it you can start off with so much enthusiasm and energy for a project and then get so tired of it after only a few days???  How in the world do those guys paint day in and day out for a living??? Where is that paint fairy??????

 Seriously???!If you've never seen a Trans-Siberian Orchestra Concert you need to get you some tickets and go!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Great music, laser lights, dancing and special effects!!!  Just awesome! Plus for every ticket sold, $1.00 is donated to a local charity.  Last night $12,500.00 was donated to Operation Smile!

Seriously???!Why does December seem to fly by???  I mean...17 days till Christmas???  You've got to be kidding me!!

What made you go Seriously???! this week???

The Floors Are In...Now What???

 Hallelujah, the floors are finished and the porch railing is up (not stained yet but that will happen soon enough once the contractor gets back here)!!! I am so excited to have this completed and get my house back to myself!! LOL! Nothing like having people everywhere to put a damper on what can get done during the day. Don't get me wrong..I knew they'd have to be here but there isn't lots one can do while 1/2 of your house is being torn up and redone!!! Limits movement too!

Now comes the hard part (for me anyway), painting the rooms.  Yep, that's the next step in this refurbishing process I've decided to take on.  So I'm off to Lowe's to get all the paint and items I'll need to start my painting adventure!!  Notice I said me...yep, this is a one woman show at this point since Harley Man works all day and I'm the "lady of leisure" or "work at home woman" as I call myself!! Ha Ha

So for now....I'll leave you with some photos of the new floors and the porch railings!  Oh yeah, I have to get a floor duster to clean up those beautiful new floors...don't own one of those just yet!!  So please forgive the dusty prints on the new floors....gotta get those clean and shiny today too!

While everyone else is talking about their Christmas decorating....I'm talking about refurbishing!!!  What is wrong with me???  LOL!!  Oh well, Christmas decorating will have to wait.  Wish me luck!!