A new year’s hi
I almost forget how to do this already. That’s a very scary thought. I feel like I’m slowly falling off the face of the internet…so I thought I’d pop up for a quick hello and a what’s happenin’!
I’m upto my eyebrows in drywall dust and paint, literally (I’m thinking of going white, what do you all think?). This was after I finished sweeping off all the walls in the house before I could start priming.
(click on all pictures to make bigger…if you care to)
I’m currently 2 rooms away from being finished the primer. That is about 16 hours of painting under my belt already and I still have 2 coats left…oh, yeah. Good thing I LOVE painting. Very good thing. That new mp3 player has been coming in very handy to ward off the lonliness…and every so often someone will pop in to visit for a few minutes, usually well timed.
Doesn’t that primer look nice…one step closer to being livable.
Here’s the view out our living room and dining room that was absolutely brilliant the day I was painting in there. At times the glare was almost blinding off the very slick snow and ice.
We’ve only had one minor (which could have been major) mishap. On Wednesday night last week we had a wicked wind storm and it blew about 3 bundles worth of shingles off our roof. Thank goodness that’s all. So today my brothers came and fixed it and we’re okay.
My girlies were both sick this weekend. They are slowly recovering. So I spent most of the weekend at home with them. But yesterday I did go to the house for a couple of hours to help Jer with prepping our basement…shovelling gravel. Me…shovelling gravel. That almost deserves a “LOL,” but I have discovered I’m quite handy and that as girly as I can be, I know how to bust my butt when needed (I also learned how to put poly up on a wall over the insulation).
(Here’s my girlies having fun at the Children’s Museum last weekend.)
A HUGE highlight for me last week was when I went to the mail when I was taking a break from painting and there was a package for me. Now I LOVE packages. Especially when they sent from my Val!!! It was my Christmas/”thank you for visiting me” gift. It was the most thoughtful gift ever. I sat on the floor of our house in the middle of all my painting supplies opening it. With every item I pulled out of the box and every thoughtful little note written by her I got more and more teary eyed until I was finally just all out crying. I could tell that every thing that went into the box was put there with love and sweet thoughts and it made me feel so incredibly special. She even put a cd in with all my pictures from the photo shoot she did with me. There are so many lovely shots in there. I’ve been adding pictures to the link on the sidebar of my blog as I get them emailed from her, but here are a couple that I just got and I LOVE!!!
Hope everyone has had a good start to the new year! I CAN’T WAIT to catch up on all my blog reading. I feel so out of the loop and it’s rather lonely. I miss you all terribly and I look forward to reconnecting.
OOooo your dining room and lounge look GOOD!!!! as does your painted look LOL
praying for your daughters
bless Val aint she so sweet
have a good week Erin
Comment by jen — January 7, 2008 @ 3:05 pm
Yay! You’re back. Was missing your updates, but totally understand why. Your place looks incredible - even in the unfinished stage! The white hair looks like something I did ON PURPOSE to myself Hallowe’en 2006 (you can see picks on our blog if you like).
Comment by Nicole — January 7, 2008 @ 3:43 pm
Welcome back Erin!
We’ve missed you.
Looks like y’all are coming right along on your house! Yes, white is a good look for you!!! You are a better woman than I am- I do not like to paint.
Hope your girls are feeling better.
Comment by lil ole me — January 7, 2008 @ 6:18 pm
That is ALOT of painting hours! Wow… And it needs three coats? Oh I have so much to learn. Fun stuff though
Can’t wait to see the finished product!
Comment by PamJ — January 7, 2008 @ 9:52 pm
Jen - thank you for your prayers!
Nicole - I’ve missed all of you and your blogs
Lil ole me - I missed you too! The girls are slowly recovering…just a nasty cold (which I have now)
PamJ - It’s 3 coats of paint total…1 primer coat and 2 coats of the final color, not 3 coats of primer (sorry, I wasn’t clear on that). And yes it is a lot of painting hours, but it goes by so quickly.
Comment by erin — January 8, 2008 @ 10:12 am
I am sooo glad to see you, even if you are an old woman! :c)
The house looks amazing!! I’m so jealous! But I love it. Can’t wait to see the kitchen!!!!! (way to go . . .you are working so hard, I know!)
And you are more than welcome on the giftie which I had the BEST time putting together just for you. xo
Comment by Val — January 8, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
for me, 1 coat primer, 3 coats of the orange and 4 coats of the red. should have done 5 red but I just quit.
Comment by gloria — January 8, 2008 @ 10:27 pm
We in blogland miss you too. The pictures are lovely. Your girls are as pretty as their mother.
The house is looking good and what a view!
Hope to hear from you soon.
Comment by Nadine — January 9, 2008 @ 6:41 pm
Glad to have you back!
Misse ya!
Comment by My Semblance of Sanity — January 10, 2008 @ 9:11 pm
Happy New Year!!
Comment by Alexis — January 14, 2008 @ 6:02 am
Good to see you back! Hope your holidays went well. Looks like the house is coming along nicely.
Talk to you soon.
Mel
Comment by Mel — January 16, 2008 @ 1:41 am