With my summer quickly dwindling away, I need to get my poop together and get some stuff done around here! While pondering this the other day, I decided that I needed to get moving on some projects before heading back to work at the end of August. One of the projects that has been hanging over my head for a couple of years is painting the kitchen ceiling. (Look! I made a punny!) Unfortunately I knew it would not be a simple project. This is because in addition to painting the ceiling I also need to repaint the walls because the paint is peeling. So I decided to start peeling paint of the kitchen walls so that I could start the process of painting the ceiling.
Why am I peeling the paint off of the kitchen walls? Because whoever owned the house before painted a latex paint over an oil-based paint. If you aren't familiar with paint - painting latex over oil is a HUGE no-no. This is because the latex simply peels off of the original oil based paint. And when I say peel I mean PEEL in huge sheets. Not all of the paint peeling has been in huge sheets. There has also been a lot of chipping that crap off with a razor blade.
Well, as the Hubs and I were finishing up the walls today we made a horrible discovery. The ceiling has to be peeled too. UGH!!! This just added even more time/work/money to this "simple" summer project. So, in order to get everything done that I would like to do this summer I am having to be a little more structured with the remainder of my time off. This being said, I am putting my "TO DO" list on my blog in the hopes that someone will actually read it and hold me accountable for making sure I do this. So here is goes...
Monday:
-Work on Dissertation for at least 4 hours
-Make purees (butternut/yellow squash, red pepper, cauliflower)
-Call Assistant Principal about possible Professional Development Presentation for faculty
Tuesday:-Work on dissertation during Babycakes' nap
-Work on Little Firecracker's baby blanket for at least 30 minutes
Wednesday:
-Peel paint
Thursday:
-Swimming with Babycakes (it is summer after all!)
-Dissertation during nap
-30 minutes on Little Firecracker's Blanket
Friday:
-Minimum 4 hours on dissertation
-"Catch-Up" on household chores
I know this may not seem like an enormous list of things to get finished in a week's time when I don't have to go to work and Babycakes is in pre-school 3 days a week. But I am not very good about finishing projects and I need to get something done! Please keep me motivated!
Thanks! I hope you all have a wonderful (and productive) week!
