Oh I have so many things I want to share. But I've been overwhelmed. Which leads to no blogging. The impending spring is STRESSING me out. It's always a busy time of year, but with all the work on the house I'm feeling anxious about getting the yard drawn up, getting a new fence, moving the bees here before they become active, getting bare root trees in the yard, ideally like this week (except we don't know where they are going, what varieties we are getting or where we are getting them from), getting the raspberries pruned, starting seedlings, putting in raised beds, building bee frames and getting ready for the tiny additions coming in one month!
Even with scaling back my expectations of a garden this year, it still feels like a lot.
I was thinking painting the fireplace would be a quick, satisfying job. It was neither. We found a gray we liked for the brick, but painting over the white mantel turned out badly. I should have known with a paint name like "Raccoon Fur". Does that not conger up images of a dead, wet raccoon on the side of the road? The color is actually nice, just not where we put it. I'm taking a break and waiting for inspiration.
We finished phase II of the electrical work. The dining and craft rooms still need lights chosen. Hoping to get up to Portland soon to pick something out. As Aaron's friend checked out the electrical behind the insulation upstairs (we were not planning on updating this as it was wired in the 70's) and decided we should do it as well. The wires look like rat's nests. So that will be the next project. We moved everything downstairs that we had been storing up there to get ready to pull all the insulation out. Once that is done we will rewire, reinsulate and sheet rock. I'm so looking forward to hiring two of those jobs out! Oh and did I mention Aaron will also be building a rock climbing area in our garage attic? So many projects, so little time!
4 comments:
And I thought I was overwhelmed... You've got me beat! I must add my two cents on color: brown is the most difficult to choose the right one! I never get it right and therefore choose anything other than brown:)!
Hi Julie! I could not handle the project you are taking on! We have a rule about brown...there will be none except for natural wood. We still need to replace those brown shades on all the windows!
Phew! Good luck—I need to make my own pre-spring list. Looking forward to seeing all your progress in person. This morning I noticed a few of my tulip bulbs are coming out!
Thanks! I love tulips! Looks like we mainly have wood hyacinths. We'll have to get some better bulbs in the ground this year.
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