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stream of consciousness | painting and plumbing

Hi guys!

I didn’t blog yesterday because I was a Very Busy Painterly Person.

We had a random, blessed, glorious, one-day break from summer humidity and so of course, I was like PAINT ALL OF THE THINGS!!!!

And this came after me spending the weekend tackling the project of painting my kids’ bathroom.

I have done so much painting.

Which is good. I always like to get a few paint-y projects done during our summer school break.

I spent pretty much all day sanding, priming, and painting, and a half hour before dinnertime, I was like, “Oh, right. Food. Ugh.”

I was tempted to get takeout, but man, takeout negates cost savings of DIY painting pretty quickly.

Luckily, I had a package of chicken sausages from Costco in the freezer, so I ran out to get some buns, chips, and cherries, and there, it was dinner!

I did spent $17 ($10 of which was cherries), but even so, it was still way cheaper than getting takeout for all of us.

Plus, heaven knows you don’t get fresh cherries when you buy takeout.

And we still have leftover chips and cherries too.

I want to show you all of my painting jobs, but alas, all I have right now are before pictures, and those are very not exciting.

Hopefully I can take some after pictures today.

Oh, and those of you who were asking how to paint a room: I took some step-by-step photos when I painted the bathroom, so a tutorial is coming soon.

You know how we’ve had a bunch of plumbing troubles of late?

Well, on Monday night, we starting getting sewage backing up into our shower, and a sewage lake in our backyard.

You guys, I cried.   I just had had it up to HERE with the plumbing problems.   Could not deal.

(Mr. FG suggested that a trip out to get some ice cream would be just the thing, so we went to get some $0.50 frosties at Wendy’s. That helped a little.   Also, my brother let me take a shower at his house. Definitely helpful. )

I was envisioning more multi-hundred dollar repairs, but apparently the septic pumping guy had forgotten to plug in our pump that moves water into the drain field.

We just had to plug it in and voila! The problem is fixed and free.

I am very relieved.

And I would really really like to not have to call a plumber again any time soon.

Ok.

I think that’s probably enough brain dumping from me for now. I’m off to finish painting! And take after pictures! Woo!

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P.S. Don’t forget to print your Froozer coupon!

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Alica

Thursday 27th of July 2017

Your summer sounds kind of like mine. Painting, painting, painting. We painted the entire inside of our rental house for my parents to move into. Sooo many days when mealtime came, I just couldn't pull it together, so I ended up going to get subs or we ate cereal. However...painting ourselves saved us a ton of money. It just took forever. But now my parents are moved and life has returned somewhat to normal.

Kristen

Thursday 27th of July 2017

There's something about a day spent painting that makes it hard to cook dinner! For sure.

Linda

Thursday 27th of July 2017

I also try to get painting projects done during the summer months. I am almost finished painting and redecorating my granddaughter's room. I had to take a break to keep up with the rest of the housework.

Kris

Thursday 27th of July 2017

Kristen, you are left-handed! :)

Cherries sound like they are expensive in your area. I live in a cherry-growing area so we are able to pick them, freeze them, and enjoy them year around at a reasonable cost. I need to be thankful for that blessing!

Kristen

Thursday 27th of July 2017

Yep! Mr. FG and I both are. But only one of our kiddos turned out to be a leftie.

BJS

Thursday 27th of July 2017

This is off-topic, but I'm loving your new kitchen countertops!

Dorthey

Wednesday 26th of July 2017

OMyGOSH Thank Goodness, I'm sooooo Glad that's all u had to do was plug it in.

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