As I was driving around doing errands in the pouring, drizzling, 60 degree temps this a.m. I was wondering…where did summer go? I was transported back to Oregon, in the winter, with black clouds darkening the skies, dripping trees and bushes, damp steering wheels, the musty smell of tracked in mud in the car, wet dog smell, and NPR on the radio. It was a veritable flash back of my winters in OR, and yet, it was the first day of August in Arizona. I had mixed emotions---I was so peaceful when I thought how much I liked those soggy chilly damp days I spent in OR, but I was cold and wanted to go hide under some nice warm snuggly soft blankets and take a nap. I also wanted the sun to come out and dry things up so running errands and going in and out of the house weren’t so miserable, and so that the paint would dry at the house.
Painting still goes on. Mindy and David came over with the kids today and helped. It was wonderful. They did so much painting, and Daniel was amazing. That boy grabbed a roller and away he went painting the bedroom walls, then the hall, then the dining room, and even walls in the living room until stuff piled up against them wouldn’t allow him to go any further. For a 7 year old, this kid is a painting dynamo!
It was depressing to go into the house and see water rings on the floor. First thing I did was jump up on the ladder and check the fresh painted beautiful ceilings I had finished in the last 4 days. Nope, they weren’t wet, so it wasn’t dripping. Well, that freaked me out, because all I could figure out was it must be coming from the bottom up. I looked around outside, but nothing readily showed…no streams going under the house or puddling. When Roy and Lou came back from breakfast, there were lots of ideas thrown around, but nothing definitive. David crawled into the opening and looked for pipe leaks but didn’t see any.
No idea what it is, but it was so depressing and disappointing. Every time we turn around there seems to be another problem to solve. I just want to get this place painted, the floors in, the trim up, the appliances hooked up, and the furniture and us moved in. Tomorrow we’ll contact Jeff and see what he thinks…Roy seems to remember something he said during the inspection, but can’t remember what it was or if it even pertained to anything that could be making this happen.
In the interim, I threw myself into my 4th day of painting. Took Thursday and Friday off to work on the house, and have been working like a young person the whole time….and I’m NOT!! This would have been so much easier at 30, or 40, or even 50. But 10 years later, this is hard work and I’m exhausted from the effort and the emotional ups and downs. Roy’s contribution to the disappointment was to leave me stranded at the house and go home and sleep and mope. Oh well, I guess we all handle disappointment differently, but that was NOT the response I needed. Some bolstering of my sagging spirits would have gone a long way to helping out and making me not think of maybe there could be a fire since we DID have insurance to cover that!
I didn't go to the house today...work was constant and I just wasn't up to it. So tomorrow I will go with pen and paper in hand for a punch list of each room and the things that need to be accomplished prior to moving in. I started painting the doors on the closets and little cabinet doors all in the spare room. I am painting them Ocean Kiss, the same color as the kitchen, dining room and hall ceilings. It is a wonderful color, and it will make the room look so sweet. I didn't want to do the ceiling in there as it is pretty low and keeping it white seemed a better idea. So the addition of the blue on the doors is just what it needed. I will work more on them tonight, as it makes me happy to see that color in there. The paint isn't drying too well because of all the rain and dampness, but I can lay them out a bit here and there and hopefully have them all done soon, paint the cabinet fronts, and then get them all hung up again and out of the way so I can finish the rest of the walls in there. I really can't be taking many more days off as we MUST be moved in by the end of August. I didn't leave it to Roy this time...I gave notice when I paid the August rent!
Some day we will take a hike up Granite Mountain or Thumb Butte...some day when I have a life again instead of just work and remodeling. Hopefully will find time to do some photos soon...it IS coming along, and I love the ceilings--Embellished Blue, a light teal matching the Teal Zeal in the closets and on one wall in our bedroom, is on our bath and bedroom ceilings, and the hall, dining room, and kitchen ceilings are Ocean Kiss..isn't that cool? I didn't pick put the color by name, we matched a lamp I had purchased at Salvation Army, but sure goes with the idea of a beach cottage.
If I ever get the time, photos of the beautiful Teal Zeal walls, and the Embellished Blue and Ocean Kiss ceilings will be posted. And if we ever get done, before and after photos will be posted via a PowerPoint. I hope it’s going to be as amazing a difference as my vision and goals.
So, off to bed….tomorrow is back to work and a month that is filled to the brim with projects and events there, so this all ought to be interesting, as usual.
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