Great expectations...

So, last Saturday after spending 6 hours outside while the youth did the Maryvale service project painting houses and doing gravel landscaping- Myrna and I came back to my house to do some work.. when else is there time? So, I sat down and started a list of the majority of the things that still need to be done.. then decided that right now the most important room to work on is the front room. We even decided to do the moulding ourselves.. but first.. I needed to get the washer and drier back in the house. While we were standing in there- and thinking of bringing them in.. Leah & Myrna talked me in to painting it flaws and all- just so it would be done and look OK. Because realistically- when am I going to get to the washroom to fix it up nice? So, plans diverted and Leah started painting the wash room. Myna started painting base boards and I started doing touch-ups on the paint in the front room. I also spray painted one of Kent's old gold light fixtures white.. I'm going to use that in the washroom. It was Leah's idea- and it's free- that's the best part! It happens every time.. we go for one project and end up with 10 others. Oh, well, it was worth it because the washroom looks 100% better than it did before...

Above is a couple of the befores without the washer & dryer. Below is the almost done afters.. We didn't finish painting the edges because frankly the wooden ladder was too rickety.. and Kent's ladder doesn't have wide enough steps so it hurt my feet to stand on.. blah blah blah.. maybe we were just saving it for Lindy... lol!

Please excuse the mess in the washroom right now.. I had to take all of this stuff out of the kitchen so I could make Thanksgiving dinner today.