Thank you, sweetie! (blushing)
I just wish I had the energy I used to have when I was younger. I still get a lot done but it just takes longer for me to do it and I hurt more when I'm finished! :)
I finally let my second job go a month or so ago. It was seriously interfering with family time, so it was time to cut it loose. That freed up a substantial amount of time for me to do some home improvements around here.
Later on this summer, I'm going to take down a wall in one of my bathrooms and re-do it. The dummies that built this house put ceramic tile on top of drywall with no moisture barrier around the tub. After 30 years, the wall has basically disintegrated. A good friend of ours is going to help me with the job (he's an excellent carpenter and jack-of-all-trades). We're also going to pull up the carpet and the commode and put ceramic tile on the floor while we're at it. Then, if I survive that, I'm going to redo the little bathroom.
As an FYI to anyone doing any serious painting this spring: Buy yourself one of those Wagner power rollers. They cost about $50.00. They make painting a room a breeze. Using the power roller, it took approximately 10 minutes each to paint the 3 walls in my 10' x 6' home office. And the best part is they don't leave any tell-tale roller marks on the wall! I'm a really lousy painter so I need all the help I can get to do a good job! :) Cleaning up the power roller is a little time consuming, but it's well worth the cost of the roller, IMO.
You are a wonder to me. I stay home all day and don't accomplish in a week what you do in a day.
The power roller sounds great and I was looking at them a while back - but they are not worth the investment for the painting I've got in front of me. No walls, just doors and windows.
The original part of our house was built in 1945 and has been added onto - but every wall, and I mean every wall, except the bathroom, is panelling. I have already painted over it in our daughter's room and papered and painted in the kitchen. The living room and family room I will leave as is because it still look just fine - but the dining room and our room need major makeovers.
Once we finish the attic and I can get my "office" out of the dining room I will have a better perspective of what I want to do in here.