Lazy weekend

Eli had a sleepover Friday night with his buddy Sam F. Nobody's talking, but we're guessing there wasn't a whole lot of sleep at the sleepover. Eli had a second get together at Ian K.'s house Saturday afternoon and night; it was to have been another sleepover, but Eli pooped out about 9 PM. This is him Sunday afternoon. Thank goodness Monday is a school holiday. Briggs has had a cold this week and it was really kicking his butt this weekend. Lots of quality time in front of the TV.

Last bit of painting

I finally have been able to work on painting the stairwell. It took two weekends, but I managed to avoid buying any new equipment. It only felt like it was 75 feet up! You think this photo is dizzying; imagine being 10 up a ladder with brush and pan in hand, cantilevered across the abyss to reach the trim! We used a lighter shade from the living room color palette for the upper reaches of the stairway walls, and then the same trim shade as in the entry and living room. That's a total of three shades of yellow. Fun to look at, but a bitch to clean brushes for each color! The new colors really, really brighten up the stairs. The new fixture we bought months ago now can actually do some good instead of competing against the dark paneling.

That's it; everything's now been painted on the main floors. Nothing to do now but start touching-up the scratches we've inflicted the past 10 months.