One big Lesson in Patience

Things are a bit slow right now. We have been back from our trip for two weeks (almost) and I think we are having trouble getting back into the swing of things. It didn't help that Jared's band had a show last weekend and that Helena, and now Odessa came down with the good old fashioned flu. I'm just praying that Jared and I stay healthy, because that will really put us back! I did manage to prime all the trim in the Master bedroom and roll out the walls with primer. I started to roll out the ceiling, but I was getting flaking, so I went back and painted over much of it with a paintbrush, which I hope will help the paint stick to the ceiling when I roll it with a roller. (Phew, that was a sentence!) I patched some holes in the closets, and finished patching and sanding the girls' room. And I filled some of the holes in the hall and stairway. It really sounds like more work than it was. It's always amazing to me that the prepping for painting is really the most time consuming thing! I always think "i'll be painting tomorrow" and then I have to put down tape, and vacuum the floors and walls, and use a tack cloth, and then I'm like "oops! I forgot all my painting supplies at the other house!" Renovating is just one big lesson in patience!

On a side note, I was getting kind of bummed out about the quality of the walls in the girls bedroom, and was starting to second guess myself, if I should be skim coating them. But, now that our room is finished I realized that perfect walls+two curious little girls=an unhappy mother! I will be able to worry less about them doing "damage" to all my hard work if I leave the walls in their bedroom the way they are!