As planned, yesterday we bought several necessary household appliances like a refrigerator and a dehumidifier and then went back to the house to continue painting. The people at the dehumidifier packaging plant must have known this one would be sent to a home with a bratty bottom in need of some discipline because they included a handy paddle-like piece of wood within the box. Or perhaps this is part of their new campaign like cereal companies have? Free toy inside??

While there is still lots to do, I feel like I’m finally making some headway. I managed to finish removing all of the wallpaper from the day-glow green room. What a chore that was!! Tedious and way too much like cornertime. In fact, I spent so much time staring at that wall, I think I should be excused from receiving any cornertime for the next two months. Don’t you agree?

Today we finished priming the vampire room. The most fun part for me was sitting up in the TV hutch to paint the inside. It’s the little things that amuse me so.

Also managed to get the living room completely painted and the phone/cable/internet service connected. Now I can spend as much time at the new house as I want without going through internet withdrawal.

Tomorrow will be another full day of spackling, sanding, painting and shopping for un-fun things like a dehumidifier (yawn) and a Shop-Vac (double yawn). But maybe on a break from all the “excitement” we can take a minute or two to explore the woodshed.