Resolution to catching up
Instead of trying to go back and catch everything up, I’ve changed the way I’m doing things. I’m going to spend at least 10-15 minutes EVERY DAY on my blog, regardless of what else goes on. It has been my sanity in the past, hopefully it will just be a good release.
So, we’re painting the house. We moved into our home in 1994 and it was in great shape. The former owners took exceptional care of it and we enjoyed how well they had done so. Over the years, though, we kept promising ourselves to paint the house. We got close a couple of times, even taking the paint chips home and looking them over. But alas, we never resolved to do it.
This year, we were determined. Diana was more determined than I, so it was important to me as well. We agreed on a color early in the spring and it got put aside again. But around the middle of May we were at the Home Depot and picked up some more paint chips to look at and matched one with the color we had settled on over the winter. We went ahead and bought the paint, plus some white for the trim, some roller kits, brushes, tape, everything we thought we’d need. We had some stuff left over from when we painted the studio, so we were ready to go.
On Memorial Day Sunday, we had a lot of help in doing a lot of the prep work and starting the painting. Jeff and Mike removed a lot of the caulk and replaced it around many of the door and windows in the front. Jill and Diana worked on trim and the front patio. I was power washing the house and trying to remove much of the damage done by ivy vines we had over the years. The power washer was phenomenal in removing most of the grime, some of the paint, and a few pieces of the siding. 🙁
After lunch, Tara came by with some friends and worked on the north side of the house for an hour or so before they had to leave. Jeff kept working on painting that side of the house, fighting with a bush. I went to pick up crabs while Diana finished washing the house, and Jill continued painting the trim.
We cleaned up around 7 and sat down to some great crabs and fixin’s.
Thanks much to Jeff, Jill, Mike, Tara and her friends and of course my lovely wife Diana.
Since that time, we have been dabbling. I went to the Wal-Mart and picked up a Wagner Power Painter. Why hadn’t I done this before? Holy moly.
After figuring out a new plan, I decided to spend each evening doing the edge work (around windows and doors) and then this weekend I’ll use the power painter to do everything else. I can’t believe how fast this thing covers. I’m really looking forward to getting it all done. The gutters in the back are next, then a thorough cleaning of the gutters.
I’m off to bed. I have a location sitting on Wednesday. Looking forward to it. 😉