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Out sick

Lack of posting has been due to the flu. Last weekend Ryan had to work all weekend and Sunday I came down with what i thought was a cold after we did manage to clean up leaves in the morning.

Unfortunately by noon Monday (I was at work to get some important tasks done) I knew it was more than just a cold and I headed home around 2 to sleep for 36 hours straight under the influence of NyQuil. On Wednesday I awoke from my stupor in less pain and finally able to get out of bed, I spent the day on the couch napping, this time not taking NyQuil which indicated I was on the mend for sure!

Now that I’m back to work I’m a little behind and have been busy. I hope this weekend to get a little done around the house, Ryan has to work again but I will figure out some things i can do before I head out to CA for the week.

Siding primed (updated with pictures)

After we finished up the last piece of siding, I got the siding caulked, sanded and then primed. Hopefully tomorrow I can get both coats of paint on it.

While I primed, Ryan worked on the window panels, putting the MDO panels into the completed panels and then caulking around them. We’re not sure when we’ll get to putting the moldings in so we want to make sure it’s water proof.

DSCN0609 — First window - panels almost done

Later Ryan had to work so I switched to the other side of the house and started painting the trim. I didn’t quite get it all done before it got dark, got 3 windows done and the soffit though. Tomorrow I hope to finish the first coat and later put on the second coat.

So tomorrow will be lots of painting. Ryan probably has to work again so it might just be a painting day. I couldn’t get pictures before it got dark so I’ll take some in the morning for tomorrow’s post.

Can’t wait for the day off tomorrow!

A girl night

We had the 3 cousins over for the evening Friday night. I took them to Joanns to get fabric for their halloween costumes, then we went to the park, made pizzas for dinner and watched a movie. It was a nice relaxing night before a weekend of work!

Ryan has Monday off for Columbus day so I also took the day off and we plan to get some outside work done around the house. So far the weather looks like it’s on our side and we’ve already managed to get the lawn mowed so things are looking good!

Out sick

In case you’re wondering why there has been a lack of posting lately – especially since I was on such a roll with the painting – it’s because I’ve been sick. The sore throat started Monday – turned into a sore-throat/migraine tuesday and even though the headaches are gone the sore throat continues. I am now on antibiotics and hope to be all cleared up and back to painting next week. Sleep has been a good friend of mine these last few nights 🙂 Especially since food has not been a friend.

Home to see family for the weekend and then back to the regularly scheduled program. Hopefully next week we’ll see the bathroom door completed finally and hung, and the Gym windows painted if the weather cooperates.

Weekend coming up

I love short weeks, taking Tuesday off this week, while I didn’t get anything done due to the heat and humidity at least made for a short week and the weekend starts tomorrow (or tonight!).

We’re up in the air about weekend plans. It looks like some thunderstorms might be coming which may convince Dad that he shouldn’t come out to help with windows 🙂 So we have two plans …

If my parents come out – try to get the 3 diningroom windows replaced
If they don’t – then we’ll board up the last livingroom window when it’s not raining and maybe work on crown molding in the gym when it is raining.

Either way we’ll get something done and if we don’t see mom and dad at least we’ll see everyone next weekend. We also have to order a new front door, they no longer make the door that we used for the side door (and we had hoped to have them match) so we have to either pick something similar or something totally different 🙂

3 Windows

Pictures of the finished 3 windows!

I can’t believe it but it’s actually hotter today than yesterday somehow. Ryan headed into the office around 11 and I got the demo area cleaned up again, some wood we had moved out of the way for windows is back where it’s being stored and I vacuumed. Then I swept up and cleaned up the porch area a bit. I may spend most of the day doing some projects in the basement because it’s cooler down there with the dehumidifier running. I also have some outside projects I can do…

Out sick

No house progress because I was sick the beginning of the week and not up for anything but sleep and some reading. I’m hoping tonight to get home at a decent time and fit in some house work since I got in to work so early. I’m psyched for the weekend, so many projects to choose from and the windows just begging to be put in!

Red Roses

Between the rain and the long hours working I haven’t gotten to check out my new roses blooming but I grabbed a quick picture as I got in the car this morning. The grass was too wet to get close so it’s a distant picture 🙂

We’re planning to have a great weekend. Aimee and Jason are coming out, we’re going to get the bathroom finished up (minus the actual door being done) and we might hit Rock n’ Ribfest. We have tons of around the house projects we can work on, I can’t wait.

Pig Roast

What a great pigroast we had this year! More family came than I had expected and it was a great surprise. The turnout was great and the pig tasted awesome.

The day after was calm but fun, I took a group of the kids up to the “tree” house to clean it up a bit and we had an “adventure” hiking around the woods exploring.

On the way home today we even stopped to see our nieces and Ryan got to hold our new niece for the first time! The girls were adorable and I got a good 10 minutes of imaginary play in after holding the baby for a bit. It was a quick visit, just a stop on our way home but we would have hated to miss the opportunity to see them since we were driving by.

Ryan holding his new niece for the first time

Tomorrow I have lots of plans for the house, Ryan will be in the office but I think I can manage. Most important is to finish up the tile in the bathroom. This includes some caulking, then some touch up painting (where I scuffed the walls), then finally sealing the grout and tile (shower, one wall and the floor).

After that I would also like to get the bathroom door stripped down so it’s ready to be refinished. If I don’t get to that it will be because I’m outside working on building a compost bin 🙂 I’m looking forward to the day!

Late night

I was spoiled yesterday and got to leave work at lunch time to go play with my 3 year old niece. We played for hours, her imagination is wonderful and it was such a pleasant break to not think about work at all! It was also great to see my new niece – who is just so tiny it’s unbelievable really, and she is SO adorable. They are both such beautiful girls!

Tonight it’s back to the norm. I’ll be working late tonight and hopefully working from home tomorrow to squeeze in 2 extra hours that I usually spend driving. Hopefully this way Thursday and Friday can be normal days as I get ready for the weekend.

And this coming weekend I have so many plans…
First off – definitely want to finish grouting the bathroom (Saturday)
2 – prime the trim around the bathroom door (Saturday)
3 – prime the areas I touched up on the walls/ceiling in the bathroom (Saturday)
4 – start painting the bathroom (Sunday) – one coat on ceiling, one on walls
5 – strip the paint off the bathroom door (Friday and Sunday)

Is that too much? I’d also like to work in the gardens some if the weather is nice … hmm.. I better not plan on sleeping this weekend 🙂