This past weekend - Steve and I embarked on a house project that neither of us like to do.......painting. And with an century old house - there is a lot of beautiful trim. The task before us was daunting. Once Steve decides to do something - it happens. And you can either get on board or sit on the sidelines and watch. I would have loved to sit on the sidelines and watch - really and truly. I was so exhausted and the last thing I wanted to do was move all the furniture and clean and then on top of that....paint.
He edged the trim and I did the rolling. Several times - he tried to tell me how to do things and I told him - "I know what I'm doing". If you can't tell by now - I really don't like being told what to do. Saturday - we painted the dining room together. Sunday - the living room had more windows and doorways and not a whole lot of "rolling type" walls. So I decided I was going to pack up some more of our non essentials while he painted. That went well until I was done packing - so I crept into the "man cave" room and sat down in the chair and actually took a nap. Then I woke up and felt a little a little guilty. So, I went down and helped him finish up the living room.
This next weekend - we tackle the upstairs bedrooms and landing area. But as "fate" should have it - Hannah and I are going on a road trip to Northern Wisconsin to see my mom. Steve will end up tackling the bedrooms. So much for me helping him paint.....hahahaha That turned out really well if I do say so myself.
In a week or so, I think we're ready to list the house on the market. If it sells as fast as I see other places sell - we may be living in our camper. There just isn't a lot of houses in our price range that don't require a lot of "work". We've done our share of remodeling - now it's time to get into something that is move in ready. =)
Not real sure what we want to do when we grow up. We have lots of ideas but most of those ideas involve money and I guess we need jobs to have said money to do the things that we would really rather be doing.
Stay tuned for future developments - I'm not even sure what will develop. Isn't life grand and exciting? Never know what's around the river bend.
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