BAD Reads
We're Making Progress, But We're Not Having Fun Yet--Maybe Not Ever
The Man got the third bookcase out of JR's room tonight, and he is NOT having a good time doing so.
He is also not happy because I had a contractor come in today and give us an estimate on:
1)Pulling the hideous paper off of JR's walls, fixing the plaster as needed and painting the room
2)Painting SC's room, mostly because she is going to be really ticked if her sister's room gets all fixed up and painted a COLOR and her's stays plain white.
3)Pulling the hideous PEELING wallpaper off of the walls in the hall upstairs, down the staircase, and all around the living room and painting, plus some plastering near the kitchen that's needed doing since we renovated the kitchen 4 years ago.
The total cost amounts to a 4 figure amount that is <gulp> considerably higher than we expected. On the bright side, we have a tax refund due us and some long held savings bonds that should cover the cost.
A month from now, the work will be done, JR will have a room that LOOKS like a room, and the rest of the house will look a whole lot better. And as the contractor points out, we probably won't be doing a job like this again for another 10 or 20 years.
But the Man is going to be a pain to live with. More than usual that is. Partly, I think, because he really likes doing these projects ourselves and hates spending all the money to have someone else do it.
I'm not crazy about it either. But the point is, it is going to get DONE. Finished. Completed. All those nice words.
And around here, that's worth every penny it will cost.
Stay tuned. This is bound to give me a LOT to blog about!
