Painting overload

Maybe a better title for this post would have been "rain, rain, go away". It was a pretty wet week, and we got over three inches (according to our handy rain gauge) in a 24-hour period. Needless to say, we spent most of the week inside.

Back to the actual title of our post...we spent the better part of the weekend painting. The good news is that we're about 75% done painting the exterior trim. The bad news is we're really tired of scaling ladders and holding paint brushes high over our head.




We saved the three highest peaks for last (bad idea), and even with our ladder as high as it could safely go and an extension rod on the paint roller/brush, we couldn't quite reach the top of the tallest peak. Guess we'll be calling in someone else to take care of those last three feet. The good news is that we only have one peak to go...and hopefully we get that done (except for the top three feet!) next weekend before it gets really cold.



As for the rest of the weekend, Kim and her mom went to the Sauerkraut festival on Saturday morning and spent about two hours walking through the craft and food booths. While they were there, Eric helped Kim's dad with a woodworking project.

Congratulations to our nephew Ty on his baptism today. Wish we could have been there!

Current gas price: $2.49/gallon.