Dang paint!

I am STILL working on painting the house. Ro's room has been boggling my mind; I cannot get paint to stay on the darn walls!!! Stripes were pretty much ruled out when I removed the painter's tape, only to find that the fresh coats of tan paint did NOT stay on the walls. Instead, I painted the one wall where his crib will be BLUE! It is absolutely gorgeous, and I couldn't be happier with the colors. I got both coats on it today, but when I went to remove the tape...again, it is pulling the paint right off the walls. This is only happening in Rowan's room, so I am stumped!
The kitchen ceilings are really high, so I finally got a ladder today and taped the ceiling. Autumn came over to help me get the edging done. We have the first coat of gold paint on the walls. Tomorrow I plan to edge the second coat and get the second coat done in there...then I will need to paint the trim, and I'll be DONE in there...oh yeah, and the red needs a THIRD coat of paint...

The MBR is done...one room down!!! Once the trim is done in the kitchen and Ro's room, I will move on to the living room and hall. I am saving Kyle's room for last. I am just anxious to get it all done! It seems like it is taking me FORRRRRRRRRRRRRREVER!!!

Wednesday

I am discovering that it is really difficult to get things accomplished these days! Today during Ro's nap, my aunt watched him while I went to the house to paint. I finally managed to get one whole room DONE! WOOHOO!!! The color in the MBR turned out wonderful, and I absolutely love it!
Tonight, Autumn came over to help me get the stripes on Ro's room. We first took all the tape off in the MBR, and I was pleasantly surprised! We did really well at not getting paint anywhere! YAY! Since I am only doing stripes on one wall in Ro's room, we first started with removing all of the other tape in there...well, not so easy! When we pulled the tape off, the paint started to come off the walls again. I was pretty much past the point of aggravated. Basically, I have some bare spots on the walls, and I am terrified to put the tape over the paint to do the stripes, for fear of removing MORE paint! Sooo...looks like we will not have stripes. I am still deciding what to do. I already have the gorgeous blue paint!!! ARGH! Melissa came over for a bit, but couldn't stay long, as her daughter is sick...poor Kayli! I am at a standstill with the rest of the rooms until I can get a ladder tall enough to tape off the ceilings...I have really high ceilings in all the other rooms. I am so anxious to get it all finished, especially the dang kitchen! Hopefully we will get it done by the beginning of next week...BIG GOAL!

house-free day

Today, I took a break from the house. Ro had his 15 month appointment, so we went to Spfld. and did a little house shopping before the doc. I got a picture for the kitchen and found a great deal on frames at Gordman's! I can't wait to see how the picture looks with the colors.
Ro is healthy as a horse, and strong as an ox...he got his shots and has had some diarrhea this evening. I let him stay up late and eat cookies...he was such a trooper today!

Wowza paint!!!

Today Autumn had the day off, so she volunteered to help me ALL DAY! Also, Melissa came over to help when she got off work. Do I have the best friends or what!!!??? We started around 9:30 this morning, and stopped around 7:00 tonight...long, tough day! I am so tired, I think I very well may go to bed with paint all over me! We got the second coat on Ro's room, tell me what you think of the color. We still need to paint the trim white, paint the blue stripes on the wall, paint the door, closet and area between the two bedrooms...however, we ran out of the paint!!!

We started on the kitchen so that we can get the appliances in. I loved the bottom, the red color (chianti to be exact), but I did not like the Thistle green above it (see picture behind stove). I love the color, but together it looked like Christmas! YIKES! So, I decided to go with the gold color instead (my first instinct), and I will use the two shades of green in Kyle's bedroom. Be honest, tell me what you think!!! I am going for the Tuscany look, think grapes and wine. I think it will look sharp when it is finished!!!

The last picture of the kitchen shows the bottom finished, but the top still needs a second coat. We were exhausted and needed to STOP! We need to paint around the cabinets also.
My goal: finish the kitchen upper coat, put second coat on sam

e, and get second coat on the master bedroom. I also need to do all that I listed above, to Ro's room. THEN, I will tackle all the other rooms! AHHH, I need a nap just thinking about it!

productive day!

Thanks to EVERYONE who has helped! I feel like I am finally making progress. I was at the house pretty much all day...and it was nice! The girls came over, and we got a lot done! We finished washing the walls in the nursery, primed and painted! We also got the master bedroom done...well, we need the second coat. For Ro's room, we need a second coat and then we will add the blue stripes! WOHHOOO

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House update

Well, it has been busy!!! Our new home is awesome, and I love it, but it sure is a lot of work!!! It is keeping me busy, keeping my mind off of Jamie being gone, so that is a plus! :-) I was anxious to get in and start painting. I wanted to start with the kitchen and Ro's room. Two days ago, my amazing friends, Melissa and Autumn, came over to help. We started priming the bottom of the kitchen walls (it was BOLD BLUE!!!) We got one coat on, and had fun doing it. Autumn and I decided to next tackle Ro's room. There was one wall that I knew I would have to prime; it had bright stripes on it...cute, but pink! Well, when I started, I went to check a piece that was peeling...turns out, it peeled ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE CEILING!!! WHOA!!! So, we just started tearing it all off, duh!

The next day, I went over to get the second coat on the kitchen

, and finish peeling off the nursery paint. I started to get really frustrated at the peeling...it was taking forever, trying to use only my fingernails! Well, my BRILLIANT hubby called and told me to go get a paint scraper! God love him! Well, in the meantime, I got the chair railing off the kitchen, in an effort to do a better job painting...OOPS!!! Well, there was wallpaper under it, no biggie...just peel it off! WRONG!!! Off came the paint, wallpaper, and primer I had just applied! OH NO! I was pretty much in tears at this point.

On a good note, it is fixable. I have to plaster it, sand it, then prime it...THEN I can finally paint! For Ro's room, I was told it is not completely hopeless. I need to peel the rest of the paint off the walls and ceilings (they used an OIL based paint, thus the peeling, and he suspected they used outdoor paint too), then sand it, then scrub it down making sure to get all the grit off, then prime it twice, and finally...paint!

My girls came over again tonight. LOVE YOU GIRLS!!! We got ALL the paint off, and sanded it down. We looked like we had been playing in flour or something! Tomorrow I am going to vacuum it up, clean the walls, and start priming! WOOHOO Check out Kayli, covered in paint! LOL

Sorry readers!

To my readers,
I want to apologize for being too busy to keep up with the blog! I did have Rowan checked by the radiologist, and it went really well. I will give details later.

We closedo n our new house, and I am working my butt off to get it ready to "move into". Lastnight, Melissa and Autumn came over to help. We got the garage mostly cleaned out, and primed the kitchen walls for paint. Also, we started on Ro's room...big mess, story later.

Basically, the couple who lived there prior, left the house full of JUNK! I am a little peeved. I'll give more details later!

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Hardly functioning!

It has been one heck of a long, busy day, and I am so ready to curl up in bed and just pass out!!! Ro had his doctor's appointment in Springfield today. Afterwards, we did a little shopping. Then we headed to OG for lunch with my mom and sis, I ran home, took Ro to my aunt's house, ran Autumn back home, headed to the bank...got there right at 2:00. In a nutshell, I closed on the house today!!! It is officially OUR HOUSE!!!!! WOOHOO I have a lot to do to it before I start moving stuff in, so it is going to keep me hoppin', I'm sure! Sorry to be short, but I am so tired!!!