Well I sent my boy off to school last week and it's been fun learning how to be a student again. I do feel a little bit like the Kindergartener moms who pack up lunch the first day and then worry as he heads from class to class. But he's settling into classes and does his homework every night. It is a bit strange that Art is now the one sitting in front of his computer all night and I'm watching HGTV... I'm okay with a little role reversal.
Despite now having to allot time for studying, homework, classes, review sessions, and just general life (I do occasionally forget to grocery shop, I'm trying to remedy that) we are still making progress on the house.
The drywall was all patched and textured, which meant that it was my turn to paint - 5 coats on the ceiling - yup, five coats of paint... don't even get me started.
Then I painted the walls...a much easier two coats. Oh how I prefer walls over ceilings.
We installed a few new lights, primarily because we had taken out so many of the old ones, and it gets pretty dark.
The cabinets are all installed, except the last uppers that are awaiting a few measurements in conjunction with the countertops (you know 1/32 is a mile in our house).
The tiling is done in the kitchen. It's lovely... and such a vast improvement from the linoleum that was here before...
This is my pantry wall, cleverly disguised as a tool storage area. And no, that is not where the microwave will permanently reside, but it's doing the trick while measurements are needed so frequently.
Today Art set the sink in order for our countertop template to be made tomorrow. This was our biggest splurge in the kitchen remodel (think splurge on a student and teacher budget - and yes we bought it on the internet so we could find the best deal)... It's very industrial and contemporary, I totally love it! Can't wait to have a kitchen sink again, but I don't think I'll be cleaning any paint brushes or grout sponges in it.
Up next:
- Countertop template
- Trim painting
- Building out and covering the columns and beams
- Painting the living room
- trim
- Finding a dining room light
- This is starting to get depressing... (and I'm not mentioning the basement - that just makes me cringe and cry)
I think I'll refocus on the things that are good. See, these are our lovely new pendants we found on clearance online. I love clearance.
This is my nicely painted hallway - I love being rid of the horrid dingy paint - and the new light fixture that I found on clearance. Art has turned over basic electrical to me (light fixtures, replacing plugs, etc.) thus electrical is getting done that isn't quite at the top of the to do list yet - I don't care though, I just like getting things done.
This week has been a bit of a chore in getting anything done because it's assessment week at school. Test every student; test every student below grade level again; organize all tests into massive spreadsheets; organize data on spreadsheets such that it can be useful to teachers; meet with all teachers; redo all intervention groups; go over progress of every student; summarize it all in a nutshell to the principal tomorrow morning. Let's just say that painting the kitchen ceiling was a nice reprieve tonight.
