This was a long weekend...Yippee!! Three days to work on the house...in the heat...and the humidity... You see our A/C is not big enough to cool the entire house. Sometime down the road this will happen...not soon enough after this weekend.. The attic fun does help. We flip it on at night with one window open to let in all the cool air we can...then we close up in the day and hope the cool air stays.. It worked Saturday...not so much on Sunday when the temp got over 90. I do not know how people manage to live through the summer without A/C and I know there are plenty that do.
So on to the work and photos..
Friday we stopped at Lowes on the way out and picked up some more supplies...
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| That is one door and 360 linear feet of baseboard.. the blue tote carries our clean clothes for the weekend.. |
After we unpacked the truck we realized we had company...
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| Momma and her babies |
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| They found a nice hidey spot behind a board in the garage |
One of our kitties had her a family sometime last week. FIVE new babies... So cute...and they need new homes (except for gray kitty who has been spoken for)..
Then I painted...and painted...and painted some more...
Saturday Don and Donna came out to help us lay baseboard which thankfully was completely dry. So really that means Rich and Don laid the baseboard and Donna and I helped..
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| bedroom 2 |
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| we had more company...gray kitty is going home with them as soon as she is weaned. |
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| entry way |
They did an amazing job...it looks so good... Then we had a wonderful steak dinner. Thanks to Don and Donna for giving up another Saturday to help...Call us when you are ready to start your deck...
Sunday Rich finished adding the baseboard to the dining room and I did more painting of doors..and trim.. Then we started on the trim in the kitchen...
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| We finished all the trim underneath the cabinets... |
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| This trim just has glue, so the blue tape is there until it dries...and notice the cabinet baseboard and trim.. |
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| and the last of the trim on the other side of the kitchen.. |
Monday Rich mowed the grass and I cleaned up the tools, shop vac'ed the whole house and painted two doors...
Know what the best part of the weekend was? Sunday night...taking a shower...and then sitting on the deck in my nightgown and drinking a Bud-Lite.. (except for the dang cicada's )
3 comments:
It is looking WONDERFUL!!! As for a/c......I don't know how we grew up without it (but I don't think a/c existed when I was a young child). I guess we didn't know any better and just rolled with the heat. I think now that we've become used to a/c, it makes it harder when we don't have it someplace.
How wonderful to see things so close to completion. The description of the best part of the weekend was great! Your 'work crew' (especially YOU and your husband) have just done an awesome job. Those floors look marvelous. Well done!
We lived in a mobile home growing up... and when we got a air conditioner... it was heaven! Of course it didn't need to be huge to cool the whole thing... we just needed a window type! I'm here with you... although, right now... I will give you our cool weather!
The clouds are back... we've had 3 days of no rain... yeahhhh! Summer may show up after all!
Just think of the cicada's as free
entertainment! You know, along with the somewhat free vermin catchers!!! The kittens are cute!
Nice to see that they've just sorta made themselves at home! 8 weeks to go! Be aware... if mama is a mouser.... she may bring home a mouse to show the kids!!! A live one! It's how she teaches them! I'm sure she will show them how to take care of it too! Just soo's you know!
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