Where have I been…
Well, working 5 days a week educating the future. School has been a bit hectic of late.. we had homecoming, Open House, and a near tragedy that took up some emotional space, but has turned out very happily. We have also been battling the forces of H1N1. It is tough to have 2 -5 students out each week due to flu and try to catch them up when they return. But, this is normal work stuff.
When I am not at work, I have been here:
That is me, painting the eldest’s new bedroom. He chose a slightly brighter blue than we used elsewhere in the house.. looks very bright and cheerful. This was Friday night’s job. Saturday it was time to touch up his room, and touch up the middle child’s room – he chose a very pale grey which he plans to accessorize with bright punches of red.
Eldest's room, touched up and finished...upstairs doors ready to install.
Because of all the allergies the middle son has, we are putting down flooring in there rather than carpet.. so we need to get to installing these bamboo flooring planks…
We have invited people to dinner and then not let them leave until they helped paint… okay, that is only partially true. But we have needed some help. Sat night an entire group helped paint the upper common room white.
Saturday night I touched up the den paint and the man about the place touched up the ceilings. The den and our bedroom and the youngest child’s bedroom are a lovely blue.
Youngest son's room... lots of nooks and crannies.
The children have helped quite a bit.. they fetch and carry and have done some painting. They help cook dinner and do laundry.
Today I spent the day putting on the second coat of paint downstairs… the living room, hall and stairway are all a color named “applesauce”… which is a bit more buttery/yellowy than these pictures show. It took me about 6.5 hours with a bagel brought in by middle son and water brought in by youngest. Whew.
We are near the end of this process. It has almost been 2 months.. so it has not been long.. but I am ready for it to be over. No mother likes having chaos and uncertainty.
And there is this nice pale pink office/sewing space off my kitchen with my name on it… cannot wait.
And it feels odd to realize that while I have been microfocused on this house project, life has changed seasons and began to move toward darkness….
The view out the new dining room window confirms that fall is here. This view is lovely.. reds and greens and browns and yellows. It will be so much better when the equipment goes home. There is a family of mallards that have arrived for a few weeks and are fun to watch from the window. We need rain though.. pond is way down.
Well, that is where I am.. hope to join you more regularly soon!
More of today's handiwork.
