House projects.....

Owning a house there always seem to be projects that need to be done, as well as things I want to do.  I have periods where I tackle house projects left and right, and then due to travel or extracurricular activities I seem to get pulled away.  The last two weekends I've used the opportunity to get some major tasks off of my to do list!  Finally. 

I finished painting my bedroom, it has literally been on my to do list for well over a year! I had patched a number of cracks that appeared in the walls and ceiling and even repainted the ceiling, before putting the project on hold.  Now its finally done!  Its so nice to go to bed at night and not see all the wall patches staring at me and reminding me of my uncompleted work.  Its even better to be rid of the pinkish taupe color that was on the walls.  Since my room does not get a lot of light, I wanted to brighten it.  Now I have one dark chocolate suede accent wall and three light colored walls. And its so much brighter.  My curtains are back up and all I have left to do is frame a couple of pictures and get them hung to be 100% complete.

I even finished painting the water closet in my bathroom that I've wanted to repaint even longer than the bedroom.  But because I'm the only one who goes in there, its always fallen off the list.  I used some of my leftover paint to finish the job, and am thrilled to check it off the list. 

Not only have I done some major painting over the last two weekends, but I've gotten a lot done outside too.  I cleaned my garage, washed some exterior walls, hung some new flowers on my patio, done some yard work and even tackled my gigantic century plant.  If you've ever worked with century plants you know they are lethal!  They have points on the end of each leaf like giant needles and thorns up and down the sides.  My job was to cut out all the babies that had grown beneath it (some were more like middle-schoolers they were getting so big).  I don't even think prince charming could have escaped from this vicious plant unscathed in any fairy tale.  It was brutal. My skin was poked and punctured so many times, I felt like a cartoon animal that was going to leak out a million different holes the second I drank some water.  Thankfully I had a friend to help me, but I don't think he fared much better.  It was tough work and took much longer than expected, and more blood than expected, but its totally cleaned out and looks better.  If anyone needs a century plant let me know, I have some babies growing in pots. Despite how lethal they are, they are fabulous and hearty plants that do great in Texas.  Just not one you want to plant too close to the house. 

Somehow even though I'm checking all these things off my list, I think I'm just going to find some more that needs to get done.  So I best go clean up before I figure out what is next on the list.

Comments

[Deanna]

That is sooooo sweet. And here I was getting my house ready so you, Dewey and Evan could come visit. :-)

I would definitely like to come visit, so I should work on my schedule.

[Merry]

When are you coming to visit? I have a long list of things that need doing around our house that you can work on. ;)