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it actually looked pretty dry in the field behind the house, wildflowers about done
the grass seed that steve put out is coming in pretty well, and when everything is mowed it looks like a yard!
caralea and carolyn came up to help knock out the upstairs painting. we are really lucky to have such good friends! got it done and had fun doing it.....this is caralea, who is an expert taper & wields a mean roller.
and carolyn, cutter- in and brush & roller cleaner extraordinaire.
echo and halle helped too. we're not quite sure how echo got his one little ear and nothing else painted.
halle did a more thorough job, getting ear, tail & parts between.
caralea putting on primer- we bagged the power roller after day 1. i'm not crazy about it either, and with 2 of us rolling it went pretty quick. the thing is a bear to clean too.
while we were slaving away inside, steve was finishing up trim painting.
carolyn doing an incredible job of cutting in with just her trusty brush....
saturday we got in one coat of primer and a coat of paint in one room & a coat of paint in another room (this being the whole upstairs except bathrooms- not a small area).
and carolyn, cutter- in and brush & roller cleaner extraordinaire.
echo and halle helped too. we're not quite sure how echo got his one little ear and nothing else painted.
halle did a more thorough job, getting ear, tail & parts between.
caralea putting on primer- we bagged the power roller after day 1. i'm not crazy about it either, and with 2 of us rolling it went pretty quick. the thing is a bear to clean too.
while we were slaving away inside, steve was finishing up trim painting.
carolyn doing an incredible job of cutting in with just her trusty brush....
saturday we got in one coat of primer and a coat of paint in one room & a coat of paint in another room (this being the whole upstairs except bathrooms- not a small area). we cleaned up, had a gin & tonic, went to the imi for yummy dinner (chicken fried steak, boneless pork chops, prime rib & sirloin and all of the appropriate sides), came home for a fabulous sunset
and blazing saddles (still hilarious!) on the $40 tv/vcr combo that steve found at a pawn shop.
sunday- second coat of paint in both rooms. this is the guest bedroom- ryegrass. the master is a cream (carolyn & caralea say yellow, but what do they know?) called opal cream.
we will actually be able to arrange furniture in the bedrooms now, and feel less like we're camping out. slowly but surely we're getting there.
and blazing saddles (still hilarious!) on the $40 tv/vcr combo that steve found at a pawn shop.
sunday- second coat of paint in both rooms. this is the guest bedroom- ryegrass. the master is a cream (carolyn & caralea say yellow, but what do they know?) called opal cream.
we will actually be able to arrange furniture in the bedrooms now, and feel less like we're camping out. slowly but surely we're getting there.drove home through the (now dry) marsh because carolyn has never seen a sandhill crane. we didn't see one, but did get to observe this guy sitting on a fence post.
and that's it for now!
and that's it for now!
2 comments:
Ahh - there is nothing like good friends! In the sunset pictures it looks like it is raining - somwhere in the distance. The pictures are great - as always :) Our 8 year old son is busy looking up the bird in one of his nature books!
-Liesl
yes, they saved us on this bit! we can live like real people upstairs now! let me know what kind of bird he comes up with- i think maybe a ferruginous hawk from our bird book. and it was raining- in the distance- those little threads of precip that come down are called virga (fun facts)!
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