This has been on exhausting weekend. After Friday’s follies I spent the rest of the weekend doing so many chores that I’m actually achy tonight. Saturday I ran to the lumber yard to try to get some wood to use in place of my box spring to keep my mattress on the frame. My mattress has been on the floor since we got here because my box spring doesn’t fit down here in the basement. The lumber yard wanted to charge me anywhere between $50 and $60 for two pieces of plywood, depending on which kind I got. I don’t think so. I’d borrowed an electric palm sander for another project so I had to stop at the hardware store to get sandpaper. They didn’t have any wood.
We needed to sand the stairwell to Kara’s boys’ room because the wallpaper won’t come off and we need to paint it. We tried moistening it but all it does is reactivate the old glue and make the wallpaper bubble but it won’t come off. The only way to get it off is to sand it off down to the sheetrock. I did about four hours yesterday. I was covered in dust from head to toe – literally. Then, after I’d cleaned up, I found some wood planks in the garage and cut them to size so I could put my bed on the frame. Now I have a real bed again. It was comfy last night not to be sleeping on the floor.
At midnight Kara and I decided to start work on the room down here that we’re converting to a playroom for all the kids. We moved boxes, swept and all that good stuff. Didn’t get the room ready yet but we’re closer. I also folded three loads of laundry and was folding socks at 1:00 this morning. I finally got to bed at 2:00. Got up this morning to start another round of chores.
I cleaned this place top to bottom and it took me a couple of hours. I got rid of more boxes so there aren’t any more down here. It’s nice and spacious now; as it should be. I also got the Christmas tree set up and the lights on it so the kids and I could decorate it when they came back from their dad’s house. Then more sanding and laundry. Now I’m thoroughly exhausted and achy. The sanding caused my shoulders and neck to hurt and my sinuses are clogged. My cold needs to either come out full blown or go away completely.
Regardless, I’m still smiling. I got so much accomplished this weekend I almost can’t stand it. I got the pantry loaded up with linens; I got the bathroom stuff organized; cleaning; Christmas stuff; sanding; bed building…way too much physical work but things are now done and I feel better. Tomorrow I don’t have a lot to do so Kara and I will continue working on the playroom while the new carpeting is installed in her boys’ room. With luck and elbow grease, by tomorrow afternoon, the kids should have a playroom to enjoy together. Just more accomplishments around here.
That much work makes the weekend go by really quickly, though. I don’t think I got to sit and enjoy anything. I even ate really quickly because, by the time I got to sit down to eat, I was starving and just wanted food. I really didn’t even care what kind either. That’s okay; I feel good and am happy with my entire weekend. So happy in fact, that I’m not going to go into the crap that happened with their dad tonight. I’m just going to let it fall by the wayside and bask in my delight.
I do think I’m going to bed now, though; I really am tired and should sleep soundly tonight. I just love bedtime; getting all snuggled under the covers and relaxing. Aahh, so enjoyable. I’ll be back tomorrow with more positive stuff to tell, no worries.
Until next time…peace to all.
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11 years ago
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ReplyDeleteI don't know how much wallpaper you have left, but I'm an expert wallpaper remover. I've had to do it in every house we've lived in. I get a bucket of warm water and I get the wallpaper soaking wet with a sponge. You can also buy stuff to add to a bucket of water, it has some kind of chemical in it to soften the wallpaper.
let it sit and soften a little bit and then use one of those really cheap plastic putty knives to scrape the wall paper off. You can buy them for under a buck at most stores. The wetter the paper, the easier it is to get it off and then you won't have to reprime the drywall.
It'll probably still have some glue goo on it, but you can use a fresh bucket of clean water and your sponge to wash it off until it's clean and ready to paint.
I promise this works and is so much better than sanding. Anytime we deal with drywall and have to sand seams or anything like that, the whole house ends up covered in dust and I end up with a sinus infection. I'm seriously allergic to it.
But, to get the wall paper off, the bubbles are good. That's where you start to scrape with the plastic putty knife. Then you keep using your wet sponge to get the paper wet.
I promise it works. I can be messy, but much easier than sanding. When we moved in the house we live in now, there was wallpaper or wall border of some type in every single room. Same thing with out last house. What a nightmare!!!!
Good luck and talk to you soon!