Work Day #2

Today was a much better day! This morning I dropped Alexander off at Scott and Laura's and they watched him for the morning while I went over to the house and cleaned the downstairs bathroom from top to bottom and the windows on the first floor.

And in the evening, Laura and Karen came to the house with me to finish cleaning. Karen washed the rest of the windows while Laura and I scrubbed the stove clean (oven cleaning to come) and cleaned out the kitchen cabinets - which took longer than I thought!

Then we taped the second floor with painter's tape to get that area ready for primering tomorrow (hopefully!).

While we were doing that, Jeff and Paul were downstairs trying to fill in all the holes and dents made by the previous home owner - there are a lot! But all that needs to be done tomorrow (hopefully) is sanding them down and starting the primering! SO exciting!

A new revelation: I was sort of concerned that the kitchen cabinets were so much higher than they should be (they are 27" above the counter top rather than the 18" that is standard). I wanted Jeff to lower the cabinets, which would take up more of his time, which is rather stretched now as it is. So I am going to buy shelves that I can hang below the top cabinets. I will put on them the everyday items, like our plates and bowls and cups and such. A very clever idea! I can't take credit for this idea, however. Mom gave me the idea first, and Laura offered that suggestion not 30 minutes later! I can't believe I didn't think of that before! The only explanation I can give is that my brain is overloaded with stuff - I can't think properly.

On that note, goodnight.