No new adoption news worth mentioning. No, we have not been picked by a expectant mother. Okay... so now everyone knows what we know, but we do have some things happening.
So what have the Lundys been up to? Well, we aren't doing anymore work in the nursery for now. We are taking a much needed break but I do plan to put up the "mobile" hanging paper lanterns over the crib in the next couple of weeks. But we have been SUPER busy doing other house projects. I started taking down the popcorn ceiling over Thanksgiving break but then the craziness of Christmas happened and I couldn't get to it. So the last several weeks we have been taking down popcorn ceiling in the kitchen and also in the guest room. I started that one while Kent was napping! After the popcorn comes down, you have to sand the entire thing, then plaster any uneven spots, sand again, 2nd coat of plaster, sanding yet again, 1st coat of paint and finally 2nd coat. Oh and you have to put the a/c vents and lights back up! So we did all that to the kitchen and the guest bedroom. And to Kent's surprise, I told him that I've always hated the ALL white walls and ceilings and yes, even the ceiling fan/light so we painted that to match the nursery color, medium dark grey. My husband is amazing and took all of this work in stride and we got it done! I have a to-do "wish list" that I made up one afternoon of all the things that I would love to get done around the house by the end of 2015. I even tried to come up with possible deadlines for each thing so maybe that will help it not to feel so overwhelming because it is an entire front of a piece of notebook paper!
We also got a new dog! Her name (thanks to the people of Facebook!) is Sadie. She is a rescue that we got from my aunt and she is about 8 months old and a golden retriever mix. So far, she is fitting in well. She is extremely friendly to people and to other dogs but manners will need to be worked on. She thinks that barking non-stop is the only way to be around other dogs...poor people at the vet! I'll put up some pictures later.
Until then...
So what have the Lundys been up to? Well, we aren't doing anymore work in the nursery for now. We are taking a much needed break but I do plan to put up the "mobile" hanging paper lanterns over the crib in the next couple of weeks. But we have been SUPER busy doing other house projects. I started taking down the popcorn ceiling over Thanksgiving break but then the craziness of Christmas happened and I couldn't get to it. So the last several weeks we have been taking down popcorn ceiling in the kitchen and also in the guest room. I started that one while Kent was napping! After the popcorn comes down, you have to sand the entire thing, then plaster any uneven spots, sand again, 2nd coat of plaster, sanding yet again, 1st coat of paint and finally 2nd coat. Oh and you have to put the a/c vents and lights back up! So we did all that to the kitchen and the guest bedroom. And to Kent's surprise, I told him that I've always hated the ALL white walls and ceilings and yes, even the ceiling fan/light so we painted that to match the nursery color, medium dark grey. My husband is amazing and took all of this work in stride and we got it done! I have a to-do "wish list" that I made up one afternoon of all the things that I would love to get done around the house by the end of 2015. I even tried to come up with possible deadlines for each thing so maybe that will help it not to feel so overwhelming because it is an entire front of a piece of notebook paper!
We also got a new dog! Her name (thanks to the people of Facebook!) is Sadie. She is a rescue that we got from my aunt and she is about 8 months old and a golden retriever mix. So far, she is fitting in well. She is extremely friendly to people and to other dogs but manners will need to be worked on. She thinks that barking non-stop is the only way to be around other dogs...poor people at the vet! I'll put up some pictures later.
Until then...