Optimus Prime(r): More Than Meets The Eye

We mudded, we taped, we sanded, and we (optimus) prime(d).  (For those of you who don't know who Optimus Prime is, he's the main 'good guy' in Transformers. Childhood geek-out commence!)  So, the amount of work we (my dad, Ed & myself) got done this past weekend would definitely allow one to pin it as progress. Remember that closet in the very front hallway - you know the one with the really awesome mirror (one was missing) door? The wall is primed; as in paint. As in uniform color. However, the yellow super-high-gloss-it-has-to-be-enamel-what-the-hell-were-they-thinking-?-it-is-literally-al-over-the-entire-house paint didn't want to stay put on the wall. We were able to take a putty knife and literally peel the crap-tastic yellow paint right off the wall. No chemicals needed. Yea, that's not supposed to happen.

*this wretchedness*

            

 *to this. isn't it fab?*

Along with the hallway, we also (optimus) prime(d) the bathroom. It too is one shade of primer white-ish. So, here's the thing, I'll show you a very exciting picture of the primed bathroom walls - you know to show uniform, but until that sucker is complete, no more bathroom pictures. The next pictures of the bathroom you'll see are 'after' pictures. I know, I'm a big ol' meanie. I bet you think I'm secretly working for the Decepticons under Megatron. I vow to you I am not; Optimus Prime is my homeboy.

*again: from this wretchedness*

*to this. vast improvement, no?*

*tid bit - remember the giant cubby behind the door so big you could

fit a family in there?  it's gone! donezo! happiness pie!!*

The kitchen also got primed; well most of the kitchen. It did, however, get fully holy sheet!rocked with the exception of the ceiling because while our little hatchback can carry a whole lot, it cannot haul holy sheet!rock. The ceiling will be done in 2 weeks time. And again, until we finish the kitchen or I have something REALLY exciting to show you, these will be the last 'before' pics I post. I swear, Megatron is outta this one.

*this....*

*to ... omg ... this*

Another check off the good ol' to do list was (optimus) priming the metal radiator covers that were so badly rusted they made me twinge. And I'm not even a robot. I had to go out and buy some mega-rust covering primer. But, before I could prime the covers a poop-brown color I had to sand them down with a very fine grit sand paper, clean them up and make sure no previous paint was peeling. The primer was able to do the job wonderfully (defeated the Decepticaons!) and soon, I will paint them again - NOT yellow. The covers upstairs are just painted green, so sanding will not be necessary.

One last thing that happened is that we got our new furnace installed!! She's green and energy efficient and has very expensive taste! All we have to do is put some oil in the tank-er-oo and whal-ah! Heat and hot water! I feel so advanced. 

Oh and one more thing: These are for Jan Kaplan, our awesome sauce realtor.  They're her fav's so I told her I'd take pictures of our blooming Rose of Sharon for her. We have three bushes! They remind me of the hibiscus in Hawaii. Oh Hawaii...               ok, I'm back! With pictures.

This upcoming week casa numero nine will have her long honey colored locks refinished. What's this I speak of? The floors are being refinished (or so we are told) and I am psyched! Also, this upcoming weekend marks the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Breast Cancer walk Katie Butler and I are taking on in Boston. We begin Friday morning early and end Sunday afternoon so we will not be working on the house this weekend to come. We will instead let the long locks of numero nine cure and ready themselves for their close-up when we return.

If anyone reading wants to donate to the 3-Day walk, you can learn about how to here and if you are interested on why we are walking you can read about that here.