Paint. Paint. Paint. Paint. Paint. Paint.

Ideally I would not post again until the house is on the market and sold and we've moved into our new place. Because I am physically only able to talk about real estate and honestly it's the only topic which holds any value to me at this time.

Talking about getting my house sell-able is about as interesting as watching the miles and miles of paint dry in my bathroom and Madison's room.

So I'll give you this quick story and then I have to go because I forgot to paint the closet door and the trim on the outside of the bathroom. It will never end. When I die from all of this painting, my tombstone will read: "She's painting all the clouds in heaven."

Logan put up the beadboard this weekend and had to take the sink off the wall. Logan doesn't believe in completing a job in one day, he likes to stretch it out over 3-100 days. Because of his beliefs he pulled the sink off the wall and then after reinstalling it, left it disconnected, he'll get to it tonight.

Which would be fine, except that last night at 11:30 the kitchen sink clogged and became unusable.

This morning as Maddie brushed her teeth, I told her to spit into the toilet and use the bathtub water to rinse her mouth out.

I failed to mention how she could use the bathtub to rinse her toothbrush out.

When she came out of the bathroom she said, "Was I supposed to rinse my toothbrush in the toilet too?"

"Uh...no."

"....."

My to do list for today is now as follows:

Fight kitchen drain.
Paint dresser.
Paint bookshelf.
Paint Trim.
Paint Max.
Paint doors.
Paint the cats.
Paint.
Paint.
Paint.
Buy new toothbrush for Maddie.

I'm really looking forward to being done with this chapter in our lives. I'm sure you are too.

Comments

[Birchsprite]

Oh take care and just imagine the joy of finally selling it and then buying your dream house (just don't get one that needs redecorating!)

[Susan]

What color are you painting Max? Perhaps a nice mustard yellow . . .

[Jazz Brown]

Just think of how nice it will be to be packing. It won't be fun work but at least you know where you'll be headed.
I've been living without a functioning kitchen for 16 months and I had a baby during that time. It could always be worse. Trust me on that one.

[Julie]

I actually love hearing about house stuff. I'd love to dump my house on someone else and find something better, but I can't...so living vicariously through your experiences makes me feel a teeny bit better.

[rootietoot]

It will be so TOTALLY worth it! When we were trying to sell our house, the realtor told us not to bother painting, as the colors in it were stylish. And it didn't sell. So we painted everything beige and got an offer a week later. Good luck!

[jonbeckett]

I both love and hate painting. I hate getting the wherewithal together to do it, but while painting I love it. It's therapeutic. Perhaps all menial jobs help your mind enter a routine. Perhaps that's the secret to relaxing.

It could probably drive you completely mad too though.

[Melissa Summers]

I've painted miles of trim and walls and ceilings and furniture and beadboard and it's still not done.

[Kim E]

I am SO feeling your pain right now. We bought our first home in May, a 'divorce special'...a good price for the sq footage and neighbourhood but mid-renovation. It has been a long and slow process to get any job completed as I can't even get my landscaper husband to prune our own hedge. I'm tempted to hire his cometition to do the job......

[m.]

LOL - I think you might be living in that 'Seinfeld' episode where Kristin Davis' toothbrush falls in the toilet and Elaine delivers the apt line, "You're just a quirk or two away from Full-On Dementia"! :) Let's hope the plumber doesn't have to jackhammer open a pothole to retrieve a Phil Rizzuto keychain outside your door...it might tip over some of the paint cans. And hey, have you seen that "copy cat" commercial for Staples? Why not get the cats to *help* you paint, like along the baseboards? :P

[Carson]

What brand and colour paint is that in your bathroom... above the bead board? I'm looking for a colour for our powder room... I was thinking a blue or a green and yours looks great.