Painting Sucks!

It was another busy week at The Olson's.  We got lots of work around the house but still managed a social life at the same time.

Cody's buddy Jordan was in town this week for training. So, we went out to dinner with him Tuesday night after work.

Wednesday was our hospital tour.

I worked late on Thursday then we met up with Jordan, Marissa and the rest of the gang downtown.  We planned on just going out for an hour or two for drinks (well drinks for Cody and "angry dolphins" aka water for myself) but we ended up having such a great time that we were out until midnight. For two old folks like ourselves that have a set bedtime of 9:30 pm, that was super late for us (especially on a work night).

Cody managed a full day at work Friday after our late night and I got up early for a busy day myself.  I started out my morning with water aerobics and came home to start painting door jams right away (trying to beat the heat).  It was pretty hot Friday and painting in the heat in a house that lacks AC was pretty miserable.  It's sad to say but the whole time I was painting, I was wishing I was at work! When Cody got home from work, we headed out to our friends Katie and Buck's new house out in Beaverton.  I was rushing Cody out the door in a hurry because I wanted to make it over to their house before it was little Stella's bedtime!!! Normally I don't encourage him to drive like he watches Nascar but this was an exception :o) We made it just in time to see her just before she headed to bed (oh and what a cutie she is!). We had a great time over at their house and I loved having the chance to pick Katie's brain for all the baby/pregnancy/labor/breast feeding/etc info I could!

Saturday we spent all day painting.  I finally finished all the door jams in the house and Cody started on the doors. The lower temperatures on Saturday made painting more tolerable but it's still not my favorite task.

Cody was up early Sunday painting again and I took Caleb out to the airport. When I got home, I helped Cody finish up and then we took a little break to run out to our friend Cam and Sarah's house for Josie's 5th birthday (it's hard to believe she is 5 and going to start kindergarten...I remember her 1st birthday like it was yesterday).  When we got home, we painted some more until we finished the doors. Most of the doors are hung and looking pretty good.  Too bad we still have soooo much more painting to do around the rest of the house.  Next task: closet doors and window sills in the rooms and base trim throughout the house.

Since we have been so busy painting this week, the housework has been completely neglected.  We have company arriving this week and our house is a disaster! I think an easy dinner is in order for tomorrow so I have some time to get some stuff done around this messy house!