So two nights ago we moved all the little things to the dining room from the kitchen and all the bathroom stuff to the bedroom. I didn't realize how much we had in either room until we started to move it all. You'd think I'd have known given I moved it all for the carpet cleaning. But that was a bit different. Anyway, the next morning we followed up with the last of everything, the drapes, playpen, etc.
The crew was here promptly at 8 with the boss. They said they'd be here at 8 and they were! As a matter of fact, all communication we've had with this guy has been right on schedule. He's never been late to anything. He gave very explict directions to his crew of four and left. He came back half way through the day to see how it was going. The guys were GREAT. They knew exactly what they were doing. I was so surprised at how easy they made it all look. They repaired drywall and I swear they could do it in their sleep. They were realy nice (always cooing at Maddy at the gate) and polite. Although, I'll be honest, I didn't understand their conversation about 1/2 the time. I caught most of it though. The walls and bathroom look FABULOUS. We do have a couple LITTLE things that we will likely need someone to come out and take care of. The drywall around our front lightswitch plate wasn't extended far enough so the cover doesn't cover the hole. But it's very VERY minor things like that (about three little things). Overall, I am EXTREMELY pleased with how it all went.
Maddy did a great job yesterday. She didn't wake up until everyone was here. But we stationed her in the kitchen and put up the pressure gate. Well, we tried to, but the gate broke. So I ran out to Kmart quick and picked up two more. Matt stayed home yesterday and that was very helpful. Once she was set up in the kitchen, she was really great and watched from the gate a lot. She rested during her morning nap (in her room, alone with people in the house) and slept REALLY WELL during her afternoon nap. I was so impressed. I thought for sure she wouldn't sleep. We didn't need to go out to the mall yesterday because she never really got fussy.
I was going to let Joe stay out and wander around during the painting, but they covered everything with plastic and given my plastic experience with him earlier this week I couldn't let him. So we put him in the bathroom with his food, water and litter box. When the guys went out for lunch, I called Ruthie and she finally came out from under the bed so I put her in the bathroom with Joe (with the litter box). They did really well during the day too.
Matt and I were able to get a lot accomplished in the spare room, family room and laundry room yesterday. We sorted, tossed, stored, gave away. We have two more big lawn bags of trash outside along with other big stuff. It's really getting there! I was frustrated last night when we had to quit. I really wanted to keep going and get it DONE. But that wasn't going to happen even if I stayed up all night anyway. So I admitted defeat and came upstairs. I was quite tired, sorting and organizing is really a lot of work. It may not be that physical, but it definitely is a lot of thinking!
Last night I had coffee night at Wegmans. I met a new mom from my mom's group. She is a really nice person and we talked a ton. I had a decaf caramel mocha and that was delicious. Before I met with her though I went through the bakery and found the peanut butter pie that I think is truly God's gift to man. I think it's a lot better than the Ultimate Chocolate Cake Wegmans carries. So, of course I bought one since they haven't stocked it for the last five times I've gone. (And yes, I do check every time.) After storing that in the car, I went back in and found my mom to have coffee with. I was back home by 10. Matt and I hung out, had pie, watched a Dirty Job and then off to bed!
OH! We did install the new bathroom light fixture, bulbs and glass lamp shades. It looks REALLY nice and completely updates the silver chrome in the rest of the room. I have BIG PLANS for the bathrooms now. But I will need to hold off on them for a while to let the budget cool off a bit. Maybe on the next budget cycle I'll get more of it done. But I also like to stick to one project at at time and right now it's the basement. We only changed out the fixture so the wall could be painted yesterday with the crew here.
I still can't believe the amazing job they did. Matt kept looking at the work they did on the drywall repair and kept saying, "It's like an ice skater. They make it look so easy." And it's the truth, they did.
Not a lot going on today. I'm excited to get the drape put up on the bay window now that the wall has been painted. That will be later tonight when Matt gets home from work. I want to work on the basement some more. I want to clean off our corner shower rack for the bathroom and see if I can scrub it up some but I don't want to make it worse than it is now. We'll see. If not, I can always buy some silver spray paint and paint it again. This weekend is more of the same.
Well, have a great day everyone! Maddy should be up pretty soon and then it's off to the races like a normal day!
Tea of the day: 2 cups Stash Green Chai Spice Tea
WO of the day: Elliptical for 30 minutes, stretching, situps, pushups, weights (I didn't get my workout in yesterday, oh well!)