When we realized we would close on the house on 7/29, but that our belongings wouldn’t come until 8/5, we cried decided that we would use the time to paint a few rooms.

Ahead of closing, Marie and Tabitha picked out a paint for their bedroom.

So early in the day on 7/30, Stewart and I headed over to the new house.  The plan was he would get the WiFi set up for me so that we could all be entertained a little as we worked.

We didn’t figure it out for days….

But we did figure out something else…

Painting was going to take longer than I thought.

First – I had some repairing to do.

Then I realized that even with the safe I brought to stand on, I was not going to be anywhere near tall enough to do the edging.  We had not realized just how high the ceilings were.

I took Stewart back to the rental, grabbed Tab and she and I went to the Hoyt’s to borrow their ladder.  Going up and down the ladder, moving it, and going up and down again slowed me down a lot. 

Thankfully, I had help.

We also decided that day that I would call Jesus, the painter, to get some quotes…