travis' brain dump

Well, it’s another Monday and here I am. This weekend almost passed with a flash I was so busy. Both good and bad I guess. Personal deadlines are like a freight-train barreling towards my car and I’m stuck on the tracks… But I’m slowly getting out of the way, lol.

I was able to get the downstairs walls primed this weekend. They still need a little work, but overall they’re looking pretty good. It’s nice to have them all one color now, lol.  I think the worst part was the cleanup afterwards. Wow… Talk about a pain. I honestly think I’ll still be finding sheetrock dust for months to come, but everything is pretty clean.  It also gave me a chance to clean out all my computer equipment as well so that made me happy.

I also installed new outlets the downstairs and upstairs, so no more fighting with the outlets to hold onto a plug. Everything seems like it’s moving along, however slowly. I just feel like it’s never going to end. Oh the joys of remodeling. I think my next project will be an easy one… changing out the doors in the house, lol. I’ve got a few more things I have to get completed downstairs, but then I’m taking a break for a few months. Money and time. I do need to change out two more windows at least before winter however, so I think those will take priority. I’d like to knock out three if possible, leaving only the small kitchen window and the bathroom windows to change out. I’m just glad I got Arwen’s and the guest room done last year, you could definitely feel the difference with just those two alone. I do need to revisit the bottom of the french doors in the kitchen though, oddly I had some cold air somehow getting in along the bottom and it was turning the kitchen floor around it a little cold.

In addition to getting remodel related stuff done, I was able to completely clean the family room and the living room, right down to steam cleaning the carpets. Oh they look so nice now. Just now keeping them that way will be the challenge. lol I think during Arwen’s birthday party I’ll setup the baby gate again, lol keep people out of the rest of the house and confined to the kitchen and backyard.

At least all that’s left for this week is cleaning and laundry. Oh yeah, and mowing the yard. *whew* By Friday night I’m going to be beat. But hey, I’ll feel pretty darn good about getting all this stuff cleaned up and I can go into the weekend relaxed. 🙂

In other news, much to my surprise, a friend of mine from highschool will be in town today. It will be good to see him again as it’s been about a year and a half since I saw him last. He’s in town for a few days doing something for the Airforce so we’re going to go do something and catch up today. I can’t wait. It’s been six years since he’s been here and even then it was a brief trip for us while Randy was graduating from the AFA down in the springs. Wow, I can’t believe I’ve been here over six years. It still sounds so weird to think I’ve settled down. LOL

Well, back to work. 🙂