Transformation

I've just spent the last hour and a half writing about how redoing the kids rooms went. It was boring with barely an ounce of humor in it. So, I've tossed it all in the virtual trash in favor of starting over. I doubt this will be anymore entertaining, but at least it will be significantly shorter.


Day 1: We didn't make it nearly as far as we had expected. There weren't any serious mishaps, we just didn't get started as early as we had anticipated. I started clearing out the playroom at about 6pm that evening and finished just as Jeff returned from taking the kids to meet Granddad in Rockford. We finally put the paint rollers down and climbed into bed around 2am. The end result of the day was a cleared out playroom with two coats of primer and one cleared out shared bedroom with a coat of primer.


Day 2: Oh my goodness! What a day. We worked long and hard (once we finally got out of bed), but it didn't seem to matter how much effort we put into it. It seemed something was constantly going wrong. I shed tears and cuss words as my sewing machine opted not to cooperate. Jeff cut his hand on a few staples pulling out the carpet. The flooring took much longer than expected to get in.Neither of us noticed it had started to rain. It wouldn't have been too big a deal except we had a lot of supplies still sitting outside on the trailer and it takes paint longer to dry.  By the end of the day, 2am, Xander's room was painted and Eva's floor was finally in.


Day 3: My sewing machine decided it had tortured me enough the night before. What a relief! I could get Xander's flooring done. Of course, that was one of the few things that went perfectly smoothly. In an hour, I was able to finish the projects I had tried for several hours to get done the day before. At least we each accomplished something before we had to go to our other commitments. (Women's retreat for me and the company picnic for Jeff.) When we returned, we had a few more mishaps. The border wasn't a border, but wallpaper so we had to modify it in order to make it work. The canopy would not hang level, making it impossible to get the correct measurement for the tulle.I ended up with a third degree burn on my knuckle. (Skin flaked off, blistered the layer under it which popped, and exposed a bright red and raw third layer of skin.) Still, Eva's room was completed except for hanging up her tutus and two small pictures. I ran out of ribbon and the stores were closed. It was another 2am bedtime with both of us needing to work.


Xander's room still remains unfinished. We hope to get it done this weekend. There isn't much left to do. It's all stuff Jeff needs to do unfortunately. Baseboards and some wood detailing on the walls. A few hooks to hang things on. That's it! I just feel bad because those missing items would make Xander's room look so much better if they were in place.