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Heather’s Bedroom Birthday Surprise Part 8–The Floor and Moving in

My hopes of a timely floor installation were misguided, lol. Everything my husband does, turns out amazing. He’s a perfectionist and has great skills. But that means it takes time and before he can start he has to know how…

Heather’s Bedroom Birthday Surprise Part 7

Sickness had me knocked to the curb. I got up early and try to prep the room for Darren to lay flooring but only got as far as emptying out the room. I was supposed to paint the closet trim,…

Heather’s Bedroom Birthday Surprise Part 6

This was the day I’d been waiting for, the day I got to see the new wall color for real. First I had to put a coat of paint on the ceiling, finish painting the wood trim, wash the ceiling…

Heather’s Birthday Bedroom Surprise Part 5

The plan for Day 5 was to prime and then paint the ceiling. Then catch up on laundry and dishes and cook a real meal. The wrencher: the fresh mud from the night before still needed sanding. I got up…

Heather’s Bedroom Birthday Surprise Part 4

Day 3 was brutal. We went to church in the morning, came home for a fast lunch of creamy tortilla soup from the slow cooker. And then to work! Normally we would nap, study and do other sacred things on…

Heather’s Bedroom Birthday Surprise Day 3

The goal for Day 3 was to peel the popcorn off the ceiling, then remove the carpet and baseboards. I woke up to the sounds of Eden’s tree crew in my yard! Hooray! It was going to be an even…

Heather’s Bedroom Birthday Surprise Part 2

We said goodbye to Heather at 5:00 pm on Friday. As soon as the car was out of sight, we started working. I was hoping that Heather didn’t forget anything and decide to come back for it—not sure what story…

Heather’s Bedroom Birthday Surprise Part 1

We’ve lived in our gigantic house that needs lots of love for 18 months now. The first room we did was our oldest daughter’s bedroom. She is 13 and will graduate High School in 5 years. It could be 5…

Bulk Cooking: Slow Cooked Ground Beef

As the weeks drag on without a kitchen, I’m starting to loose it a little. Our project was delayed in an unforeseen scheduling conflict with one of our professionals and our finish date is two months in the future…..sigh. But…

Sew a Child’s Painting Smock: Tutorial

In an effort to save money on school supplies, I’m stitching up a painting smock for Brandon, the Kindergartener. I started by following this tutorial. It is excellent! I made some changes since Brandon is too big for this size…