- We are winding down here after a busy weekend.
- Yesterday, of course, was a “honey do” day with Mickey and me working on home improvement projects.
- Mickey worked SO hard in our kitchen getting the popcorn ceiling down and then having to sand and scrap the texture that was left. That was the dustiest job I have ever seen. Seriously. I cleaned up last night and there is still dust today. But, at least the hardest part is done. We hope. ;)The ceiling still needs to be repainted, but that little project can wait for now. We may have to re-sand part of the ceiling and we are just not ready to tackle that again yet.
- I worked in our half-bath downstairs yesterday. That bathroom had been just one of those rooms that I really didn’t like, but didn’t deal yet. The walls were this off-white/yellowish color and just look dingy to me. So, we did away with that. We repainted a nice chocolate brown on the walls and even on the ceiling. The trim is all white. The vanity has double doors in the front and I painted the inside panel of each door brown and left the rest white. We took down the huge wall-mounted mirror over the vanity as well as the outdated light fixture and towel ring. We replaced all of the older fixtures with brushed nickle fixtures and they look SOOO good with the chocolate colored paint. Yay! I forgot to take “before” photos, but I’ll try to remember to take “afters” once we finish up the little details like touching up the paint in places it’s needed.
- The girls spend the day with Papa & MiMi (my dad and step-mom) at their house yesterday and had a ball. They have talked and talked about it since they got home.
- Today hasn’t been all that busy, but it was busy enough.
- I knocked out a Wal-Mart run with Mariana’s help. Mickey worked on mowing the lawn and Macey was here with him. Those were our biggest home accomplishments today. And, that’s enough.
- Wait. I did try to remove some paint that I splattered on the carpet. So far most of it isn’t coming out, but I’m making progress. Does anyone know how to get latex paint (dried) out of carpet? Ideally, I’d just say let’s ripe out the carpet and put down new flooring, but…well, not right now. LOL!!
- It was a gorgeous weekend here, weather-wise. That is changing rapidly though. It’s been rainy all around us today, but we have missed most of the rain in our direct area. However, the temps are taking a nosedive. We were in the 70s yesterday and today, but tomorrow the high is supposed to be 40-ish. And, it’s supposed to be windy. Brrr. Come back, Spring!
- Well, it’s almost time to put the girlies to bed. Mickey and I are going to just chill out and watch a movie tonight. I recorded Baby Mama on our DVR, so we are going to watch that since there is no Amazing Race tonight.
Hope everyone has had a great weekend,
Kelly
Shirlee says
Hi, looks like yall have been busy!!
So “Baby Mama”…. I have watched that movie 4 times in the past 2 days…I think it’s HILARIOUS. Very funny.
Have you seen it before… if not…let me know how you like it. And then I can tell you my favorite part *wink*.
Christi L says
Lemon or orange essential oils will get the paint up. You might also try WD-40.
Kirsten says
I can not wait to see the pictures of your bathroom. I would love to see a pic of the ceiling too, I can not for hte life of me imagine what popcorn ceiling would look like.
kelly says
Shirlee – I thought Baby Mama was really funny. There were several parts when I laughed out loud. The plot even managed to throw me a few curves which was nice. What is your favorite part?
Christi – Will have to try WD-40. Have tried Goo Gone, Pinesol and Oxyclean so far.
Kirsten – This is a stock photo I found of popcorn ceiling. Basically, it’s just a textured ceiling instead of a flat painted one. http://www.sxc.hu/pic/m/t/to/tome213/610601_popcorn_ceiling_2.jpg
shirlee says
I kinda like the beginning…and then she is like, “too much for the first date?!” and the guy leaves.
my FAVORITE part by far is the part when she is singing, “Girls Just Wanna Have fun” that was pretty funny- I LAUGHED really hard for a while… lol
and then the whole club part where she is talking to her X and she is like well my uterus is T shape and that’s just (blah) and when she is dancing and framing her face and the girl is like no no don’t do that and she is like no no i think it’s good….
What was yours (?!?!)
Oh actually ONE more… I like the part where her water breaks and she is like, “Should we clean it up” THAT was funny…