Progress, progress (mostly)

Our cleaning/packing project is going pretty well until today, when we hit a wall. I had a strange night last night, waking up around 5:00 a.m. with cold feet, which is so not me. I postponed our scheduled 9:00 weight training to wash and roll my hair, and was utterly exhausted by the time I finished. We did the weights, but took the day off from cleaning. This broke Roger's heart, of course (NOT!) We napped this afternoon and I feel better, but I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep tonight.

We cleared out all the closets upstairs over the past week and made various piles. We brought down the give-away stuff and it is piled in the entry-way awaiting my next French class, at which time I will take it and drop it off at Goodwill. Actually, we need to call Paralyzed Vets or the Salvation Army, who will come and cart it off for us. Perhaps next week . . . . We have several boxes packed, mostly books but some other stuff too. We have a LARGE pile of stuff for the girls to go through when they come in a couple of weeks. Roger says he feels like we haven't gotten rid of enough stuff. Maybe he is right, but neither of us wants to give up certain things!! I can't say that I share his feelings - I don't think that either of us is saving too much. After all, we do plan to have a life after we return from France. I think he may be worried about fitting it all into a 10x25 storage unit.

The powder room is coming along wonderfully. I textured it last weekend and Roger primed it yesterday while I was in Baton Rouge. He says it is not as deep a texture as he had expected, but it's not bad. I bought paint yesterday afternoon and will paint tomorrow or Sunday. I have spent the week ripping wallpaper off the master bath walls, which has been really easy, particularly when the room has been full of steam. It is vinyl wallpaper which has mostly separated from the glue paper underneath. This weekend I will get the rest of it off, along with the glue paper layer. All I have to do is moisten it lightly with a sprayer and use the stripper tool we bought, or even do it by hand. Nice. I may try to texture this weekend as well. This depends upon how much energy I have. If I feel tomorrow like I felt today, I won't have any energy, but I don't think this is going to hang on. I feel pretty good this evening.