I've Created a Monster!

So...some girl in our house (don't know who) decided that she wanted to do some painting to the house. We've been here almost 2 years and we've done a few things here and there...but there were still some things I wanted done. The first order of business, I wanted a yellow mud room. I picked yellow because I wanted something bright and cheerful to see when I got home and walked into the house, so yellow it was. We picked out our colors and I put Joseph to work on Friday, since he is back to working 4 days a week, 4 10's. I now have a yellow room. Here's a picture of it, and I hate that I don't have a before picture...



So...yesterday afternoon after the mess from painting the mud room was cleaned up Joseph and I looked at each other and couldn't decide what to do for the rest of the day, since it was cold and rainy outside. The silly girl said...let's paint the kitchen...it's the last room downstairs that really needs some attention. I decided better not start it tonight because on Thursday 11 of my friends will be over for Bunko, and I can not have a torn up kitchen. However, Joseph decided the room needed to be done, and promised it would be done before Thursday, so I agreed. Now, I have a torn up kitchen and a monster on my hands that goes by the name of Joseph. We decided the wallpaper had to come down, there was no way we could paint over it since some of it was textured, it just had to come down. We thought that would be our biggest challenge. We got a steamer and started talking it down. After 5 hours of scrapping and steaming, all the wallpaper is down. I must admit, it went a lot smoother then I thought it was, and I'm glad to see it all down. Now Joseph is putting up putty and sanding the walls. I have picked out my color...which will be a surprise, but I had to take it back because we did a test run last night, and well, it was not working. I think we've got a good color now though. Anyway...I did take a before picture of the kitchen...here it is before...



The after picture will hopefully be up before Thursday, so you'll just have to keep checking back to see it!

While I'm in the mood of posting pictures, I took this picture of Charlie, the smallest of the three cats. Remember in my "Free to a Good Home" post how all three precious little kitties were snuggling in the bed? Well...here is another picture of the same bed...



with just one kitty!!!! They have gotten so big, it blows my mind. Anyway...I'm off to go supervise the activity in the kitchen. Hope everyone has a great week, and I'll post a picture soon! Until next time, as always, please REMEMBER JACKSON!



PS-I added another poll. Take a guess at what color you think the kitchen might be. Maybe I can break my new high record of 6 votes...we'll see!