Adventures in Wallpaper Removal

For some reason, I thought that while each of the kids was at summer camp, it would be a great idea to re-do their rooms. Nathan went to boy scout camp last week, and I managed to get it all finished a few hours before he arrived home. This included scraping off the old wallpaper, patching the walls, putting a coat of primer on the walls, and then putting the paint on. (Not to mention the cleaning, sorting, and re-arranging of furniture.) My knees hurt from all the up and down on the stepstool and my fingers ached from scraping the wallpaper. But I did it! Nathan got home on Saturday, and then Hannah left the following day. In her room, I have managed to get all of the wallpaper down and the walls are ready for the primer, but I'm pooped! Hannah gets home tomorrow and there's no way I'll be done before she returns, so I guess she'll be sleeping with me and the dogs!

I was telling Joe on the phone yesterday that I could start my own wallpaper-removal business... but I don't think I enjoy enough to do that. Maybe it's more fun if you do it in somebody else's house??

The good news is that in the house there are two less rooms with wallpaper; only seven more to go!

A few pictures...

Here's Nathan all dressed up for the big end-of-the-year 8th grade dance. No, no date, but that was by choice, according to him. He and his buddies decided not to take "dates" (I use that term loosely at this age) because then they'd have to dance with the same girl all night. Sounds like "man-logic" to me!

Here's me with my 100+ pound lap dog. Rocky decided he was initially going to sit between me and the arm of the couch (a 10-inch space, maybe), and when he decided it was too small, he flopped down on top of me. I think I could still feel my legs at this point...