5

This day five years ago Joe and I decided to spend the rest of our lives together. It's unbelievable to me that it's been five years. What a crazy five it's been. I couldn't imagine having spent it with anyone else. Love you butthead.

Pictures and proof to come

I promise!

After an extremely embarrassing moment of locking my keys in the car, I was graced with a visitor. One who had seen the house when we were moving in, aka (f)ugly. She gave me the encouragement I needed, pointing out the drastic differences that I have made. I guess I'd forgotten all the work I had already done to the house.

I'm on a different (Joe's) computer and all my pictures are on mine, but I am motivated to prove to you the work I've done. And now that our Internet has improved a tad I may be able to load said pictures without sitting in the McDonald's parking lot!

One to go

Well, Joe started the Police Academy mid August. We knew it would be difficult with him working nights and going to school during the day. We didn't count on him being so exhausted that he could barely function. The man that is usually able to survive on a few hours of sleep just couldn't manage. Joe is a full time student now and we are down to one income. Oh boy.

Here's hoping the next few months go well!!

Spoiled

I have some seriously spoiled paint. Not to mean that I spoil my paint, although I did try to treat it fairly. Making sure it wasn’t too hot or cold. The five gallon bucket of paint that I had been using for the past month or so, went bad.

Can paint truly spoil? Oh let me tell you, it sure can. I made the mistake
of painting a wall, okay it was actually three walls in my laundry room with
this spoiled paint (thanks a lot face mask for protecting my nose and lungs from the icky smell). Let me just say, it looked beautiful. I edged like a pro; the color was looking sharp against the crisp white trim. It was just SO stinky. My best comparison would be some seriously nasty spoiled milk.

From the little I could find online, hello Google, there were mold spores in my paint. Wha?? That meant I just put mold on my wall. Oh. No. Research telling me the only way to truly fix the problem, was to primer the walls with oil-based primer. Have you ever been around oil based paints? It’s not a pleasant experience, they are nearly toxic. I got another mask, hoping this one would be safer for my lungs and got to painting. My laundry room is a lovely shade of white and it doesn’t smell! Now I need to get some paint mixed up to paint the remainder of my walls. I have the laundry room and stairwell still left to do in our tan color, then on to the master bedroom. The master will not be tan. I haven’t decided, but I’m thinking the same green I did in the spare bedroom. I am hoping to work on the spare bedroom soon. Turn it into an office/bedroom since it’s just me and the hubs and we only have two bedrooms, we need this
room to do double duty!