Day of Paint

Steve worked so hard in the kitchen on the tiling and cabinets (and before this the floor) - and dealing with the Lowe's FridgeGate that I told him I'd do the painting. It didn't seem like it would be too bad. But I started the dining room after work yesterday and it was a huge mistake. I was exhausted and the house was all torn apart. So I took a vacation day today and just knocked it all out. So now the kitchen, dining room, living room, and stairway are painted! WHEW!! 

Because I was home, Wm stayed with me and just walked up to school instead of going to Before School. So I was in charge of packing his lunch (Steve usually has morning duty and I have afternoon duty so I am not the usual Lunch Packer). I stuck a sour gummy worm (his favorite is yellow!) and a note in Wm's lunch. And showed off...

And I'm pretty excited to be done with painting!! Here is the finished dining room (the same taupe as we painted in the kitchen).

And Steve and Wm picked out a very light sage green for the living room/stairway. It was still a little tacky this evening so not much is hung up yet - but at least I got things put back to rights!! Here's a shot of the color next to the taupe.

Now we just have a zillion little jobs to take care of (like putting up the molding, painting the trim, etc). Stuff that isn't urgent and we'll probably do it little bits until we run out of steam. I am definitely out of steam. I can't wait to go back to work tomorrow!