03.11.07
Paint Fumes aside, it’s looking pretty good
This weekend, this beautiful sunshiny 
weekend where the temperature is 80 degrees in the sunroom I am slogging through my laundry room. After repairing a leak in the cealing, the DH, trooper that he is (actually he really had no choice but to do it) climed the ladder and put up accostical tiles. Half way through the job he had an AH -HA moment. He was doing it wrong and found, when he followed the directions written on the box, that there was a better and easier way. Now it is my turn. 
Painting the laundry room, 2 coats and all the ‘cut in’ work and my shoulders and hands are on fire. But it will be complete today, we’ll make the trip to Home-Boy depot and get indoor/outdoor carpet and we’ll be it will be finished.
In fact we will be so done, except for a few clean up, touch ups and a wiring of the cealing light, that I just may call the realtor next week to come a take photos and listing information. Of course I cannot actually have her list it until the following Tuesday. We’re going on a well-deserved mini vacation to Mt. Batchelor. We’ve asked the older boy come home next weekend to ‘baby sit’ the dog and cats and to watch over stuff. I’ve informed him he is to have no parties, and leave the house like he finds it. I’ll be just a little bit concerned.
I’ve reconciled myself to the fact that there will be no crowd of people standing in our driveway applauding our accomplishments over the past 5 weeks, no TV crew filming the improvements we’ve done, no kudos from anyone but we know the changes are many. I’ve had to accept that some things will not get done. That I cannot sweat the small stuff like the 
10 foot pile of brush piled at the back of the property; the tractor tracks left from the septic guy; the unpainted shed and the weeds in the front flower bed.
We’ve spend more money on this ‘clean up’ than we wanted to. There have been times I’ve been far too concerned by the small stuff like the fact all the electrical outlets the DH put in are recessed and the sunny side of the house is missing the final coat of paint. But everyone has been troopers. The kids have pitched in and the older daughter motivated me to get alot done.
I’ve said all along I didn’t care if the house sold. My theory is I’ve got everything done I wanted repaired/completed for the past 17 years. But I will be very discouraged if we get no traffic to look at it. I think it is a great price, in a wonderful area on a private road with 1/4th of the acre in forest. 
I guess we’ll just have to see.
So this week I have to finish up a few things and I can get back to the business at hand. Making my 1900’s costume and knitting some socks. Oh yes, I guess I should pack for the snow. Sometimes vacations are more work than they are rest.