Many hands make light work!

Many thanks to Tracie B. who has dug right in and made my load much lighter each Wednesday night.  She has taken over much of the "hand work" of keeping the kiddo's records up to date.  This leaves only the computer work for me, it has reduced my at home catch up work time by a couple of hours a week!  I love that I do not have to worry about carving out time for records during the week, now if there is something to be done, it only takes a few minutes and it is no big deal!  So Tracie, THANKS THANKS THANKS!

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I also want to take a minute to thank Patriot.  What a huge help he has been these last few weeks.  He has been getting up the ladder to paint, working extra hours at the shop, cutting a putting trim on the wall, and what ever else I can dream up for him he does.  Love that man.

UPDATE ON THE HOUSE:

           Exterior:  I think that we will be done with the painting this weekend if the weather holds.  We have only to finish the white trim on the sides and the back, I think one more coat will get that done.  Then we have to paint the underside of the eves green on both sides, two coats should do it so I think by saturday we will be able the say the exterior painting is done.  That will leave just the dirt work, we need to level off and put top soil on the west side of the house so that grass can be planted.  Hopefully we can get that done in the next week also.

        
           Basement:  I got two coats of white on all the walls in the open area and up the steps, I have a little touch up work to do and some high brush work that will be tricky, but the painting is basically finished.  We need to put floor trim and door trim up in that area and then I will fill the holes, prime and touch up the paint and the basement will be ready for carpet!  Yeah, only about two more weeks until we can get our bedroom back.


         Kitchen:  All the red cupboards are painted and just two of the doors need to be hung for those.  I need to paint the cupboards that will be white, but we need to remove the doors, sand, attatch trim, spackle and resand....and then I can paint the doors.  Once the cabinets are finished and the doors re hung the only things left will be the flooring (which is going to be a much bigger project than we first thought) and the counter tops, new sink and stove top.  When this project is done I will really breathe a sigh of relief.  


       Misc:  I need to paint the bedroom door and have Patriot re hang it.  I also need to paint the laundry room door, and both closet doors.  So I will be a busy little bee for a while yet.    Patriot needs to change out the light fixtures in the bedroom, and then change out about 8 outlets as well.


Once all of these projects are finished, we will look at the small bathroom, the back entry way, the front hall and the living dining room. All will need a fresh coat of paint, paint on all the trim, and something done to the walls.


I think we will be busy for the next few months.  But that is just fine with this American Mom.  Anyone out there that want to volunteer their many hands to one of these projects?