day 4

it is crazy that it has been 4 days...four days of cleaning and painting
so far:
the livingroom is cleaned and primed and the walls painted the new colour and the ceiling painted
the diningroom is cleaned, primed and the walls edged in the new colour, the ugly built in cupboard was taken down and the track for the ceiling is primed (at a toss up as to replace the ceiling tiles or prime and paint them...or just wait until the plumber is done and then drywall the ceiling)
the front entrance/stairs/upstairs hall is all primed (ceiling too)
the bedrooms up stairs are all cleaned wall wise and ready to be primed as well as the upstairs bathroom
the kitchen has the wallpaper 1/2 off, the exhaust is cleaned and most of the upper cupboards are cleaned
the front yard has a whole truck load of brush cleaned away (my aunt came up and tacked this today...it was a crazy jungle)

this afternoon the gas guy should arrive to hook up the oven and disconnect the gas stove (I am moving into the middle of a wall rather than a corner

and tomorrow the plumber should arrive and hopefully install new toilets (one of them is constantly needing the handle jiggled as it is always running) and maybe install the new vanity and then tackle the craziness this week of my water pipes...the goal is to get the hot water heater from behind the upstairs bathroom door to the laundry room on the main floor. I would love it in the basement but I don't think that is going to happen

tomorrow the carpets are coming out of the bedrooms!!! and more cleaning and painting...

I am looking forward to walking into my house one day and it not stinking of cigarette smoke!!!