The house, the house...always the house!

I stayed up way too late last night. Callie and I didn't go to bed until around 1:30, which pretty much ruins the next day for me. I'm an evil monster if I don't get quality sleep before midnight. Even sleeping in the next morning doesn't usually help things. I would have stayed in bed longer, but while lying there contemplating falling back into a deeper sleep, I suddenly remembered that last night after removing the chicken enchiladas from the oven, I put in a large pan of asparagus drizzled with garlic butter. I forgot all about it! I was worried about the condition of those green buggars after cooking at 350 degrees the entire night! I hoped up and took a peak in the oven and discovered that Brian must have turned off the oven just after I put them in, thinking that I had left the oven on after dinner. Well, that's better than burning them to a crisp, but either way they were ruined.

I decided I would attempt to remove the popcorn ceiling in the girls room. I looked it up on the internet and to my dismay, found out that it's imperative that you have the popcorn paint tested for asbestos before removing! UGH! Considering the age of this home, I didn't want to mess with the possibility of removing it and giving everyone cancer in the process, so I left a message with some people that test the paint and hope to get an estimate in the morning. I can do 50 bucks. I don't want to spend $100. I hope it's cheap! My mother-in-law will not be pleased that I made absolutely no progress on that room. It's just a lot more complicated then what she thinks! So much work to do in one tiny room! Helen doesn't want me to remove the popcorn, but I'm insisting! Every room in this house needs serious attention. We haven't improved anything in this house and everything is falling apart or is in major disrepair. For once I want to do a room really well and not take shortcuts! So the popcorn must go! The carpets must be ripped out and we have to put in wood floors. The paneling on 2/3rds of the wall needs sanded, primed and painted. Two windows need completly removed and replaced with new windows. One wall needs the wall paper removed and painted. We have to rip out a sink and cabinets, build a closet....
When will we find the time? Baby steps, I guess.

We did get some other hotspots in the house cleaned so that was a big improvement. Tomorrow starts a new work week. Tuesday I'm going to try to clean Adrienne's house- she says 4 hours work and she'll pay me $100. I hope it's not too horrible in there!