Before and after, fun times........

 It has been a week my friends, quite a week.  Remember when I said I was going to enjoy some time alone, ha, you must have all laughed hysterically because there is so much to do when you are getting your house painted.  After work each day I tried to clean up as much as possible but it was tough with the mess.  The boys were in my office for four days, boy were they upset.  And every time my son or I had to take them out we tracked paint onto the wood floor.  I have scrubbed and mopped it five times and it still isn't all up.  One of them got sick in the office, they are both still not eating right yet. We had to sleep upstairs in the guest room for three nights which was an experience because they usually sleep in a crate in the laundry room, and we had to walk up and down plastic covered stairs.  I prayed every time I went down them holding on to their leashes that I would not be found with a broken neck, at the bottom of the stairs, by the painters in my pajamas.  The painters were, "done" on Wednesday so it has been all out clean up and unpacking since then.  "Done," is a funny word because they left so much that needs to be touched up and even left my dinning room light covered in plastic.  Here are some before photos that I came home from work to find on Monday and after as of today.

Before and after, my dinning room.  Disregard the double antique desk in the middle of the photos, that is going to be moved to the guest room as soon as I have two strong guys here to help.

 

Before and after, my living room.  I took another photo of the other side of the room but I can't seem to find it.  All the decorations on top of that big oak cabinet used to be above it on the planter shelf but it is really hard to reach up that high and really hard to clean up there with them so high up and in the way. I will see if I can stand it this way. 

Before and after, my family room.  I had my bedroom and bathroom painted but did not get a before of either.  The walls are a nice warm beige and the ceilings white.  Before this the walls and ceilings were all painted a pinkish beige, it was a warm color as well but ended up looking more pink than beige.  It was a 20 year ago color, not a 2021 color.  We have a lot of extra ridiculous ceiling details so I always want them to fade away, now everything up there is white even though I had to discuss it all several times with the painter.  According to him most people have the details painted both colors to draw attention to the ceiling, but I had to ask him why would I want people to walk in my house and look up at the ceilings?  The people who built this house payed way too much money for ceiling details that I just want to go away. 

Last night in bed I sewed on the buttons to my latest sweater.  This one took me almost two months to knit.  I think I have been a bit busy lately.  I finished half of the last sleeve yesterday while attending a pain management course online.  It was really interesting and I could knit the whole time because we were online but not visible, all we had to do is type our names in the chat box several times to make sure we were attending. 

Just like all the other Harebell's I have made this is made with Berroco Summer Sesame in the color Coral.  I don't even like orange or coral but it was an obsession buy and I like the finished sweater.  Made with 3.5 skeins so I am guessing 1,000 yards, size six and seven needles. Made with one inch extra for the body and sleeve length.  You all know the drill by now.  I used buttons I bought for the first Harebell because I had extra and didn't want to wait to finish it until I bought more. I have one more to make but am going to try to crochet for a bit.  My pattern plan may or may not work, we will see. 

This guy is having the time of his life.  But maybe a bit too much fun as the last two nights I have received FaceTime calls with a crying boy.  The first was that he missed me and wanted to be home because he had not seen me in like forever, for like a really long time!!!!!   After talking to him and quieting him down I had a little chat with Dad about Little Buddy being super over tired, he needs to not do so much because it hits him later not when he is out having fun.  Last night the call was about Dad, who is really, really mean because he took the iPad away, sigh.  We talked and did some deep breathing, calmed down and I told him to read a book for a while in the bedroom.  He was good as gold after a rest and dinner.  He will be home tomorrow and I will be so glad to give him a hug, but to be honest this was not the rest and break I really needed.  But I know once I wrap my arms around that little body I will be pleased as punch he is home.  Well unless he is having a fit about me!

I did fit in a dinner with a friend yesterday in an outside seafood restaurant and lunch with a friend in a Thai restaurant we love. We got there when it opened and slid in the first booth, away from everyone.  I am seeing more mask wearing so I hope people are understanding that Florida is really getting hit hard by the Delta variant, even though our governor seems to make light of it all, even writing an executive order that no school systems can mandate mask wearing, if they do they lose funding.  Really?  I know one little boy that will be wearing one, but it will be hard when other kids are not required to. 

Stay safe my friends.