Work week

It was so nice of my mom to volunteer to come up for a work week on the addition.

Never mind the fact that it was "supposed" to be a week of caring for kids so I could spend time with a new baby.

Today Matt was able to spend a bit of time hitting a few last mud joints in the morning before tackling his necessary business-work to finish off the week, so by this afternoon when he had the last of his things sent off, those joints were dry and he was able to finish sanding, making the bedroom closet upstairs and the laundry room both ready for paint.

Mom spent her afternoon while kids were napping cleaning up after the dust of sanding so she could put primer on both the closet and the laundry room! (The laundry room is one of the easiest "small" rooms to photograph because we have a large planned hole in the end of it that will be covered with a decorative sheet of finish-grade plywood from the living room side, but gives very easy access for maneuvering and hooking up appliances when necessary.)

Rinnah was excited to go out and "help" Grandma paint by sitting on these yard-chair cushions and looking at books. This is also how she occupied her time Thursday morning while Grandma was painting when the rest of us were at Krassi and Reuben's therapy center, and she was looking forward to doing it again today. I like this photo because it's a great reminder that our access to the addition is still through what used to be an exterior window. It's great for keeping the dust out of the existing part of the house, and also gives this 41-week-plus-three-days-pregnant mama a chance to stay limber every time she goes between the two!

After sanding the two rooms that mom wanted to paint, Matt got to work on the upstairs hall and stairwell. He found a few little spots that want a touch more mud which he will try to do after church tonight, but other than that, that stairwell is all ready to be cleaned up and primed. So, since I'm apparently not having a baby any time soon, it looks like there's the potential to get a lot more work done out there tomorrow.