This weekend was a full one (not quite the relaxing few days I was hoping for). Saturday I went over to Christy’s house and then we went to the Friends of the Library Book sale in downtown Gainesville. I found 9 decorating books and two crafting books on rug making. I got all eleven for $17.25, which was almost exactly what I had in cash on me. The place was packed, which made me a little anxious but well worth it for the deals! We went to Zaxby’s afterwards and then back to Christy’s house. I showed her the pics of the house I’m interested in- she mirrors most everyone else’s sentiments- that house COULD be wonderful but will take a ton of work. The house buying is moving along- pre-inspection is on Thursday and will let me know if there is any structural damage (which means I can’t get it if the IS). I’m trying to balance the overwhelmingly positive and enthusiastic friend with the overwhelmingly negative and doubtful friend. So far, the optimistic one is winning (which is strange for ME).
Sunday was going to be a nice relaxing day- I slept in until about 8 am, had a bowl of cereal, read the paper… and then decided to paint the back porch stairs red to match the front porch. Two hours later I had some lunch and Chris managed to trick me into a nap! Once I woke up though, I decided to push ahead and rip the rotting wood and shingles off the back porch roof. Despite the constant reminders to “be careful” and to “watch out” from Chris, I managed to get all the nasty shingles off and part of the rotting wood. My arms and legs are exceedingly sore this morning!
The plan may be to pull down the roof all together and make an open deck- that way we can put the grill on the porch and possibly either a covered swing or porch set with an umbrella. It’s so cramped with the roof on so this is probably going to be the next step of the project…
