Gettin’ Down to Bidness…
And the “Great Paint Project” has begun!!
Again!
Seriously, it feels like I was just here…doing this. Â Incredibly, it’s been almost 2 years since we built our house! Â TWO YEARS! Â Where has the time gone?!
I’m lucky not to have had to prime the house or paint the ceilings this time. Â We put it in our budget to hire that stuff out. Â So I thought I had it easy to just have to paint the walls, even though I only have about 2 weeks to do it.
I must have tucked away a few important details into the recesses of my brain. Â Like how much work all the preparation is to actually paint the walls. Â Oh no…you can’t just take out your paint brush and roller and begin.
NOOOOO…
(Sidenote: we do things a bit differently in the houses we build.  We put up our  casings around our windows and doors first and spray them on, thereby eliminating painting casings, putting them up and then doing touch-ups and repainting them.)
So there I am in our new house, surrounded by nicely primed walls and freshly painted ceilings, excited to start, when I’m told that I need to start caulking around all the doors and windows. Â SEVEN and a HALF HOURS later, I somewhat dejectedly left our new house wondering where in tarnation I put THAT particular memory.
Today Jer and I spent another 11 1/2 hours sanding down where we touched up nail holes on the casings, priming the door jambs, putting plastic in the windows, and finally, spraying all the casings. Â Which means tomorrow, after 18 1/2 hours of prep work, I can start painting.
Whew!
So now, to unwind after a long day of working in the house, I’m watching the CMA’s…say what?! Â Erin? Â Watching country music stuff? Â BWAHAHAHA!!!
Yeah, I’ve gone over to the dark side, it seems. Â I went to see Keith Urban and Lady Antebellum in September (purely because I’m in love with Lady A!!!) and had a BLAST! Â I’ve got tickets to see them with Tim McGraw in March and I’m counting down the months to that show. Â And now I’m sitting here clapping happily when Lady A won their 2 awards and very much enjoying someone singing about a big green tractor…
SERIOUSLY!?! Â What the eff is wrong with me?
It must be the end times or something.
Oh, UGH, the prep work for painting. SO not fun. At least that part is over now and you can get started on the fun stuff. Good luck!
“I’ll take you for a ride on my big green tractor…” Uh oh – sure to be in my head for the rest of the day!
Comment by Kacey — November 12, 2009 @ 1:53 pm