Ahh...I have come to a conclusion. Extreme Makeover, Home Edition is all a lie. Seriously. They must make those poor volunteers wear the same clothes and do the same hairstyles for days on end to pull it off, but there is NO WAY they are completing a house in one week. Bah!!! It's taken us over ten days to paint my house. I say us, but really I mean my father. The ten days thing, TOTALLY my fault...but he's doing all the work. Let's clarify that part. Of course, any excuse I could find to not be doing the house, I did, so that also extended the wait time. AND THEN, we find out the paint they used before I came along was WACK so we get to go back, scrap and sand ALL the mill work and start over. Needless to say, I am constantly running Pastor Tim Burt's pod cast (definition of patience is CHEERFUL ENDURANCE) through my head. It's been good. my flesh sucks. but it's been good :) I obviously took the day off on Wednesday to go eat Chick Fil A for lunch and dinner. Now, before I start a huge uproar, let me just clarify that I did not go to show my hatred towards gay marriage. Do I support it...no. I went in support of a company who was willing to take a stand on a BIBLICAL issue, knowing it would cause a big uproar. *exits soap box. so I am continuing to scrap paint, sweat like an overweight, UNDERPAID construction man and count the days until help arrives. Grandma and Grandpa come Wednesday...Gordon, the 15th, and my good buddy Aaron is coming in the month of September. I'm spoiled. I have one more week before school starts so obviously I am crunching in as much of that as well. Its that constant struggle of "Do I go paint my house or set up my classroom??" Painting the house has won the last two weeks so my classroom (AND CLASS PETS WHOM I HAVE FORGOTTEN TO FEED OVER THE PAST MONTH) need some TLC. We've finished painting the house which is super exciting. Due to the mill work drama, I had to postpone my carpet installation a week...if you are my employer and reading this, please understand why I show up in shorts and a t-shirt for the first week of school. All my nice clothes are still packed neatly (debatable) away in storage. Bah! Summer is almost over. WHAT?!? Carpet is getting installed in the three bedrooms on August 16th. Pumped about that. Decided I am going to make (and by me, I mean Gordon) two different sets of bunk beds for the guest room so we can house visitors in mass at any point. Feel free to start planning your vaca now!! And here are some pictures...:)
Dining Room, Post Paint (new light fixture to come)
Smoke stained ceiling. Super fun.
Don't you worry...the entire ceiling used to be white.
Shelves, PRE paint
Now they're all a nice mocha brown
Where all the shelves will eventually end up.
Made the handles for the shelves turquoise. super pumped about that decision.
My room after a nice coat of paint...
Decided to add a bit more color.
Guest room closet and wall color.
Spencer's room.
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