travis' brain dump

Saying that it’s been a busy couple of weeks I think would be an understatement. After the DNC died down here the real fun began at him. Completion of that blasted downstairs family room. If I didn’t have a shaved head, I would pull out my hair. 🙂

The good news is. It’s almost done. We texture and paint this weekend then get new carpet down there on Monday. YAY! I’m running about a week behind however due to the lack of a window showing up last week so I’m a little irritated there but everything else is falling into place. Amanda has been super efficient at sanding and cleanup – I honestly don’t know how we would be as close to finished if she wasn’t able to knock out most of that during the day while I am working. We have just about everything to complete the room except the materials to build the swinging book case and hardwood floor the stairs… I’ll get to that maybe sometime after the new kiddo’s room is done as it’s not really that urgent. I’ve got to switch gears so I can get Arwen moved downstairs and get some much needed cleanup work done in her old room/baby’s new room before he gets here. It’s mainly left-overs from when we pulled the chimney that ran through her room for the old fireplace out but there are some other little things which definitely need attention up there. *NOTHING* in comparison to what we just did downstairs though… wow. I’m taking a year off fromanything major after this is done, lol.

I’ve updated a couple of pictures over in the photo gallery from the during portion of the project so there are some new progress shots. Hopefully I’ll have the finished section up before the end of next week. I think that will primarily depend on how swamped we are with cleaning. Once this room is done, it’s top to bottom all over the house to get all the plaster dust out of everything… I hate that stuff. No matter how much you do to prevent it from spreading, it finds a way to land on EVERYTHING! I’m seriously going to have to clean out every piece of electronic equipment in the house, lol. It’s a good thing I own a compressor.

Other than that, life is good. I completed round one of my workout plan with some really nice results, now its time for round two but I need to definitely wait until after we’re done with this room. Trying to balance in a workout schedule alongside this project just doesn’t work. Just trying to get things taken care of before the baby arrives is the biggest challenge. Only about another 5-6 weeks and the whole house will be turned upside down yet again…. I hope we’ll be able to maintain our sanity. 🙂

Well, that’s my little update for now. I needed to post something up besides a rant… LOL