(picture of the office, before I got the ceiling fan hung, it is lying on the floor." My husband picked these colors." His computers and work stations are at the other end of the room)
This week I have dedicated myself to work. I got all of the Christmas presents wrapped, boxed and shipped. I got all of the Christmas letters written, cards addressed and even made a collage of pictures of the kids to put in the envelopes. I have cleaned places that didn't know they were dirty. And now I am working in the basement. The last two years I have been remodeled the basement. I put up studding, put in windows, hung doors, installed insulation, ran wiring and finished off two rooms. Ana's bedroom and Tom's office. Tom retired in Dec. , so his office is turning into a bedroom. I am moving out all the office furniture and moving in bedroom furniture, it looks nice. It does need some curtains though. So now I am working on the three other rooms. One is going to be Nick's bedroom, one a closet, and the largest is going to be a family room/media center. Since there isn't any plumbing above two of the rooms, I have put sheet rock on the ceiling. So now I am in the process of taping the drywall in one of the rooms. It goes slowly because this is work over my head, literally. I must have one arm over my head applying mud, while holding a tray of taping mud in the other hand, while balanced on a ladder. As you must have guessed, I have been feeling better.
These rooms are large, they run the whole length of the house, so they are something like 16x24 feet. That is a lot of ceiling. Once I get the cracks taped, then I will begin a skip-trowel texture. I am hoping to have one of the ceilings done in three more days. Then I can paint. I won't have the walls done, because that takes another two coats of mud. Each coat getting smoother, smooth enough to wallpaper, if I should so desire.
I have used about 200 - 2x4's and about 80 sheets of drywall, a couple bags of electrical receptor boxes, several rolls of wire, three 60 lbs tubs of taping mud, 9 doors and five windows. I can bang a window up in about 4 hours. (When I am feeling good.) Oh I forgot to mention the 2x12 treated lumber for the headers. I have been told that I could hire out as a carpenter, yeh.......well, I am working as fast as I can go to try and get done before my body says, "NO MORE." There comes a time in every woman's life when she can no longer work like a man.
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