Tag: project

  • First Paint

    The window frame in my office had the auspicious honor of being the first object in the house to receive fresh paint. It was pretty grungy. I sanded and cleaned…

  • I Crashed

    My sister-in-law and I painted almost nonstop for I don’t even know…three weeks? [My sense of time is still kind of wacky. I feel like I dropped a few weeks…

  • Weary Feet

    You know that feeling when it’s rained for two solid weeks and you have to walk through a just-plowed-and-planted Illinois cornfield, and your boots get more caked with black mud…

  • While We Wait

    Initially we hoped the drywall crew would take two weeks. The reality has been a bit slower. But, they do seem to be doing a nice job, and paying extra…

  • Drywall Begins

    The GoFundMe allowed us to hire a drywall crew–saving us months of Saturdays of doing it ourself. The house feels very different! The hanging crew had everything hung within a…

  • Give Me Victory…or Let Me Die of Itchiness

    Two girls and I went back Monday afternoon and spent an hour cleaning up the mess left from the week of work, vacuuming and organizing tools. With the heat advisory…

  • A Week of Work, Continued

    Thursday While Menards and I had more morning quality time, the guys got an early start in the attic. We had an extra helper coming and the plan was to…

  • A Week of Work

    Matt took a week of vacation time to work on the house. It was an intense week. Saturday We started with a trip to Menards, this time for a trailerful…