Another weekend

So we spent the weekend working on the outside of the house. Someone complained to the mayor about our grass and the stuff in our yard. (doors,wood, windows) But with all the rain we had last week (i heard it was almost 5inches) the grass was still to wet to cut. I let Brandon weed eat the big weeds. We spent saturday and sunday sorting wood, cutting some of the grass in between people coming to get wood and the old columns. (we had the keep pile and the give away pile) Sunday me, Brandon, Isabelle and sometimes Patrick worked on the flower beds. We weeded them, sprinkled in some zinnias and put rocks in to minimize the weed growth. The kids also found out the side walk extends out in the yard. It's just covered in grass so they were uncovering it.
Mike made a new door for the crawl space and i painted it this morning. I also painted 4 of the 5 columns on the front porch. One had water in the cap and the only way to get it out was dumping in and it went down the column.

I have more painting to do so it's back to work for me. TTYL

DOORS,Doors & more doors....

Yesterday I spent from 8am-2:30 painting all but 1 of the doors upstairs. Isabelle's i had stripped and stained the outside. We had a 5gallon bucket of a butter cream so that's what the doors and the outer trim was painted. Marissa's, Patrick's, both the kids closets, Brandon's, the grandma suite, the pink bathroom, the purple bathroom, our closet and the side door for Brandon's room. 10 doors in all.
Today I'm planning on finishing our bedroom. Some paint, a lil dry walling & mudding, and removing some plaster. Plus the lil hallway needs the paneling removed. Depending on how the plaster underneath looks. If it's in good condition alil paint. If there are big cracks i will patch them.
Plus the laundry room needs a second coat to be finished. Then i will move on to the dining room next week. Mike needs to move some of the big machines around in there.
Patrick's appointment with the plastic surgeon went well. He said it was healing well and he would see him back in 2 weeks. It took us longer to drive to the office then the dr was in the room.
Mike is at work and kids are at school so mom should get to work.....

Can'talope and Pumpkins

OK so I'm running out of titles. Lets start with I mowed the side yard again. (side with porch) Then I mowed half the other side before the people coming for the fuel tanks got here. 1 of the 250 gallon tanks was almost full, the other was mostly water. The people fulled up 3 smaller drums and took some wood from the piles. They should be back later this week for the rest of the fuel and the tank. We decided to keep the tank with water in it and attach a downspout to catch rain water. That way i can water the outside plants. Next summer I hoping to get back to gardening. I am planning on a raised bed out in the corner of the lot.
Mike got all the trim painted but the back of the house. He still needs to remove the rest of the balcony then repair and replace the siding before he can paint. I this week (i know it's only Tuesday) have got 1 coat in the laundry room, 2 on the back door, and the 3rd on the inside front door.(the title is the colors in the laundry room) Not to mention the cookies and rice crispy treat for lunches. I plan on painting the beam in the laundry room the dark brown like the doors. I going to try and get a few inside doors painted and out of the way. If anyone has a heat gun they aren't using could i borrow it..lol I was stripping a french door when ours just stopped working.
Tomorrow we take Patrick back to the plastic surgeon. I'll let ya'll know how that goes. Back to work for me.....

not so crazy week

On monday i had to pick Patrick up from school to go see the surgeon. He said it looked good and was healing nicely and we didn't have to go back and see him unless something happens. He also told us to follow up with the plastic surgeon. That appointment is next wednesday. I took Marissa to the orthodontist yesterday. (patrick couldn't miss any more school) The replaced the wire on the top and shortened the chain. I think they are slowly starting to move the tooth.

I started painting the trim in the laundry room. I should eat lunch so i can get back to work.TTYL

Some Pictures....

The dormer and trim that needed painted. The first is before Mike scraped and painted. The 3rd picture is Marissa in her room. The 5th is Patrick's leg bandaged. (we don't want to subject anyone to looking at it) and the last picture is the bestist cat in the world. I am not a cat person but George i like. I think because he is an inside outside cat. (no liter box to clean) We got him fixed back in the spring and he is sooo mellow. Funny thing that he does is follow people when every we are out side. Either taking the dogs for a walk or going to the bus stop and even just to the mail box.

What a week....

This is just an update from this week.

I took Brandon to the dentist on tuesday to get a filling replaced that he lost and they removed the tooth. The tooth was bothering him and it was a baby tooth so all is well now.

As most of you know Patrick ended up with cellulitis in his right shin. We took him to the ER on Sept 2 after he fell at the skate park the week before. On the 2nd it was swollen and warm. The ER doctor said it was an infection gave him antibiotics. And to keep it elevated when possible. So he stayed home from school sept 3,4 and 5. We put warms compresses and it drain the next few days. He was keeping a dressing on it and wrapped. We ended up taking him back to the ER on sunday (sept 7). They just looked at it and said we should follow up with a plastic surgeon. No cleaning the wound...nothing. So we followed up with the dr in town. He walked in the room, looked at it. Then we told him about the ER visits he walked out called another dr, came back in and said I'm admitting him to the hospital tonight. I was freaking out. We took him to the hospital and they gave him some IV antibiotics and took some blood and did a few cultures. Mike stayed with Patrick at the hospital and i came home so I wasn't there when the surgeon came to see him. They took him to the OR and cleaned it and put on a sterile dressing. Then after appointments were made with the surgeon for Monday and a plastic surgeon today they discharged him. Before we left the hospital Marissa called to tell me one of places where she had her wisdom teeth removed was hurting and swollen. I told her to take some motrin and ice it, and we will be home soon. When we got home she was feeling better. A few hours later it erupted and she rinsed with salt water. WE still wanted her to be seen by her oral surgeon to make sure it was alright because her jaw is still swollen. So Friday is a mad house. We get the younger 2 off to school then leave for Hampton Roads. Me and the older kids in the truck and Mike following in his car. We park and leave the truck as i won't drive in Downtown Norfolk. The plastic surgeon told us to clean it twice a day and keep a dressing on it and come back in 7-10 days. It still may possibly need a skin graf. I am happy that he wants us to clean it. The surgeon didn't want us to take the bandage off til he sees Patrick on monday. Patrick has missed 5 out of the 9 days of school. Thank goodness they will be dr excused. Then after Mike drops us off at the truck he goes to work and we go to Marissa's oral surgeon. He said there was something there but it's gone and healing nicely (again)

I didn't get to work on the house much this week. I did manage to get the foyer painted. The trim is the carmel and the walls are taupe. I also got 1 coat of molasses (dark brown) on the inside of the door. I will get a picture later.
Mike is painting the last doormer. He may possibly get all the outside painting done today..WOOHOO!!

It's Monday!!

So lets jump in with the updates...The side porch is pretty much done.(pictures 1 & 2) A few touch ups on paint and such. Mike moved the scaffling to the other side of the house so he could paint around the top. (picture 3) The front is so pretty. (picture 4) Just need to remove the construction stuff from the porch. I finally got a picture of the door frame in the foyer that leads into the living room that i scraped last week and painted. (picture 5) The last picture is the front door that i scraped today (will finish tomorrow) and will paint.

Patrick finally went back to school today. We took him back to the ER yesterday because we were afraid the infection was not healing. They said it was healing fine but we should see a surgeon because the wound may need closing. I will take him to the town Dr on wednesday and see what he says. Tomorrow Brandon goes to the dentist to have a filling replaced. TTYL

Few more things getting done....

The side porch is almost complete..Yeah!!The only thing left is the wood around the top outside and some of the siding around the door. I have been scraping the door frames in the foyer. I finally got the one leading into the livingroom done. It was to dark to get a picture when i got done because it is raining. (thank you tropical storm Hanna) I will get a picture and post it tomorrow. I scraped of about 5-10 layers of paint and stain. Then i painted them a carmel brown. I think the walls with be some sort of light brown. I haven't decided yet.

Busy Week...

We have been super busy with the week leading up to school. Patrick turned 15 aug 30. (picture 1)I had to drive to chesapeake 2 times that week. On tuesday for orthodontist appointments and on thursday because Marissa was still in a lot of pain from surgery. Her oral surgeon said she was healing nicely. Wednesday was the high school open house and thursday afternoon was the elementary. The first week of school is going great for the most part. Patrick has been complaining that his right leg was hurting. It looked like he had poor circulation but it ended up being an infection. Mike took him to the ER tuesday. Today is his second day out of school. He is on antibiotics and warm compresses and elevating his leg. I hope he can go back to school tomorrow.

We started working on the entrance way on saturday.(pictures 2,3,4 &5)Mike took out the door framing for the 2 apartments downstairs. That opens up the entrance way and makes it look bigger. We scrapped the peeling painted over wall paper and found writing on the plaster. It's a bunch of adding and a paragraph that is smeared. I have been trying to remove all the paint from the door frames and trim so it will look nice when it's painted. I also have been working on the french doors that lead into the kitchen. I have 1 of 2 done.

We have also been working outside. Mike is working on the trim around the top of the house and replacing rotted wood. So yesterday i stained/painted the side porch (picture 6) It looked more red going on but now it's brown. It's very nice.

Mike also got the new chandelier hung in the living room. (pictures 7 &8) I feel better that i updated but now i need to get my butt to work. TTYL