Painting the Basement

On Thursday, July 24th, I was sitting on my recliner in the usual heating pad pose and Gary was lying on the bed in pain from a muscle pull in his lower back and we were really feeling like we were getting old--

when I got a text from our contractor.  We had asked for them to do some repairs and painting for us downstairs and he had said it would likely be in September or October which was fine for us.  I just wanted it done before our Christmas party in December. Anyway, he had an unexpected break in their schedule the following week and wondered if they could come and do the work and painting.  We said yes, but then laughed at ourselves.  We were both not well and getting the basement ready was going to take some energy over the next few days.  We still had lots of boxes not unpacked yet and cleaning and organizing the areas where we had unpacked.

In between the two of us--walking wounding--we got it done (although we did forget to clean out the water bottles from the small fridge and move it.).

And now we have a freshly painted game room, hallway, and bathroom and we can actually move into those areas and finally get rid of our boxes!  The grandkids will be so excited to finally have a place to play with grandma's toys again.  It has been five years for them.

Getting ready

Carlos working on the trim

The painting is done except maybe a few touch ups and the hanging of some doors and other things.  Probably no one will really notice, but this is a slightly lighter and "minter" color of green.  It is actually on the same "color strip" as the green in our master bathroom, but a shade lighter.  I like it.  I read that green was a good "social"color, so perfect for our game room.

toy closet--all green this time

They will finish up tomorrow and then we can start slowly moving things back into place and maybe finally feel "moved back in."

So at least, we "accomplished" something during July...well, Gary has accomplished a lot.  Even with his back being in pain, he continues to work on things around the house, do family history work, and serve at the temple. We are hoping to do a session this coming week--that will be a first since this kidney stone sage started.