paint, paint & more paint

29-apr.  arrived at house at 19.15 in the evening.  spent the evening relaxing & was in bed by 22.00.

30-apr.  woke at 7.00, wasn't sure what time menard's would be arriving with insulation & cabinet delivery.  8.45 received call, delivery truck was 10 minutes away.  36 rolls of insulation (1,800 sq/ft) and a 21" wide base cabinet for the kitchen dropped off.  hauled the insulation up to the attic for storing, no need to rush & unroll it now until this fall.  cabinet placed next to stove.

spent rest of afternoon outside working on the lawn.  mowed the grass for the first time of year.  the lawn has been downsized a little with the new planting areas recently carved out in front & the compost pile in the back.  after mowing (an arduous 10 minute task), i moved on to planting the vines & flowers from brecks & spring hill nursery, and two honeysuckle vines found through a grower on ebay.  the honesuckle can get unruly so am using it in area between sidewalk & street (need something to fill that in).

1-may.  finished repainting the guest room (first coat last weekend).  next on agenda was finish the corners/edges in the living & dining rooms.  lastly, the trim in living & dining rooms needed repainting.  all walls & trim painted white.  the bedroom trim is still the original stain & i am leaving that as-is.  only repainting trim where it has already previously been painted.  also, back door received a coat of black paint.

finished the weekend by cleaning up the mess caused by all the painting.  still have to reorganise the attic, but most everything is back in order now.

next weekend plans - more planting (once final plant order arrives), paint kitchen base cabinets (existing ones need sanding first).  need to repair siding on back porch.