Ahhhh...

[averygoodun42]

Progress. Visible, tactile and veritable progress.

First, this is being written and posted from the desktop. Geoff managed to get the computer in (mostly) working order! Finding a sound driver that will work with windows 2000 might be a bit of a challenge, but, hell, I can wait on the youtube. I'm just glad to have internet again!

Second, the entryway is tiled! Not grouted, that's the job for Tuesday morning, but the backerboard went in, the tiles got cut and they are now waiting for the mortar to dry enough to step on them! Whee!!!! It's not the world's most awesome job of tiling ever, but, oh! It looks sooooo much better!

Third, the boxes are gone! Yes, we still have obstructions in our throughway, but they're shrinking. And soon, possibly as soon as Saturday, the new, beautiful, intact sink base will be installed, as will the countertops and suddenly it will look like a real kitchen again! Oh, how I'm looking forward to that day.

In the meantime, I still need to paint. And finish the shelves. And paint. And paint. And grout (blergh). And paint. And, yeah, paint some more. I'm hoping that someday this week I will actually be able to devote a few hours to artistic painting, but... Actually, no buts are allowed. I need to do some artistic painting. I just hope I have the energy.

And now I should go take down the kitchen light fixture to prepare for ceiling painting on the morrow. I don't know whether I dread the grouting or the ceiling painting more, but both will need to be done sooner rather than later.

Gosh. It's so good to be back. Hopefully I'll soon have enough time to actually comment on your journals instead of just reading them.

:-)

Comments

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

:-)

[benevolntgoddes.livejournal.com]

Welcome back!

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[junewilliams7.livejournal.com]

artistic painting?? ooh, the third painting in the trilogy - yay!!! glad to see you again. :=)

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's one of the paintings that needs to be finished, though really, the hp_art_project painting is more urgent as I haven't even started that one. *wibbles*

I'm glad to see you, too! It's been far too long.

[keladry_lupin]

It's so exciting that progress is being made!

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

It is! After a month of chaos... I'm positive you know how I feel, though. How long did it take for your bathroom to be done? ;-)

[keladry_lupin]

I first noticed a leak in the spring of 2007, and the plumber pulled open my bathroom wall that June. They finally figured out the source of the leak and fixed it last month. So yeah, I do know how you feel.

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

More power to you!

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[pigwidgeon37.livejournal.com]

That sounds very encouraging. Good luck for finishing the job!

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Thanks. This is going to be crunch week, since I really would like to get all the painting finished before the counters go in. It may happen...

[fishity.livejournal.com]

Yay for progress! If only the same could be said for my ever-growing pile of ironing :(

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Oh, the housework is in shambles. Pretty much, anyway. But at least the dishes are mostly clean... Right now. :-D

[apisa-b.livejournal.com]

*admires*
I leave the DIY mostly to Drone and am the devoted helping hand.

YAY for progress!

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

If I left the DIY projects to Geoff, nothing would ever, ever get done. He has traumatic childhood memories of renovation after renovation. ;-)

It's a plus that I mostly enjoy the work, though.