One step forward, two...

So picking up from last time, the work on the garage is 95% complete. The only stuff that is left is the little stuff - trim on the window and doors, and painting the fascia. Otherwise, it looks great! A weekend ago Tish took the kids to Michigan, and I spent three days cleaning up, and painting the drywall. It took two coats of primer before the seams were covered. I had bought some cheap paint at Menards. As soon as I rolled it on, I discovered why it was so cheap. The consistency was no better than water. So I could get just one roll on the wall before I had put fresh paint on the roller. It was painful. I also took out all the old fluorescent light fixtures. The ballasts on them must have weighed 20 pounds. Glad none of them fell on my head.


Oh that reminds me.. The reason for the title of this post. A lot of my financial planning for this year was dependent on us being able to refinance our house at a much lower rate. A few weeks ago I got a call from my mortgage broker who told me that somehow she screwed up, and our rate was not locked in. So we missed the low point of the rates. She promised me that one way or the other she will get that rate for us, but that my response to that is, uh huh. The garage project was already commissioned, so things will be tight. But its like that for everyone else, so we will be ok in the end.

It finally got warm enough to put the pool out! But I think I got some pretty bad exposure setting it up. All of today I was in a little bit of a daze, with its associated lack of good mood. Yea... not much fun being around a grouch! Next time - set it up when its evening, and drink more water.

Our trip to Shedd Aquarium