I really need to get back to posting before the weekend. I will write this one as if I did.
Here are the projects for the weekend:
1. Fix cracks in the stairway baseboards. Update: This was relatively easy. I just had to use a scraper to get rid of the old caulk, which is the hard part, then lay down a new bead. I had to buy the kind that can be painted over. This stuff, made by GE (is there anything they don't make?), can be painted over in an hour and doesn't shrink. Hopefully that means no more caulking for a long time.
2. Paint the baseboards and railings in the upstairs hallway and stairwell. Update: I was able to get this all done, but the white paint I bought is just a bit whiter than the stuff still on the doors. So, Jen started painting those Sunday night.
3. Rip up the hardwood floor in our master bedroom closets so the carpet can be installed in early December. Update: I thought this was going to be easy because a neighbor told me his floors were of the floating variety. Well, they were not. They were glued down, which was my worst nightmare. I started out with a circular saw, a claw hammer and a pry bar that I had laying around, a Michigan bleacher seat for my knees, and a few bruises on my thumb. I think I was able to pull up about 1 square foot in about an hour. Only about 90 more to go. So, thinking there had to be a better way, I started researching. Turns out, I needed a heavier hammer, some knee pads, and something better than a pry bar (note the hand protector). I got all of that home, and increased my output by 1 sqft per hour, up to 2 sq ft per hour with only 88 to go. I went to bed distraught, and not knowing how I'd get it all done before the carpet guy showed up. More work will be in store for me Monday and Tuesday nights, as well as next Saturday and Sunday (meaning we have to cut our Trip to Michigan short).
4. Watch Michigan and the Lions lose. Update: After Thanksgiving, the 2008 football season will officially be over. What? 4 more games for the Lions? Darnit.
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