It as been a crazy few weeks here. I am finally back home (last week).
- Celebrated my April 24th Birthday finally–this past Saturday.
- Worked all weekend outside trying to get some trees planted/transplanted.
- And getting the household back on track (laundry, bills, food, cleaning…you know what its like when you are away for awhile)
My son bought his very first home last year. He found a townhouse that needed lots of TLC just outside the DC beltway. My husband and I went down to Maryland for a week to help him finish tearing out the old basement and begin to finish off the basement again. It had a damp/mold smell.
- So we removed all the old drywall, sealed the walls, reframed it, used Mold-resistant drywall,
- removed the carpeting on the main floor and stairs,
- removed the dusty, dirty ceiling tiles they installed
- Made several trips to “the dump”, and
- redid all the crazy wiring the past owners had done.
Whoever did this basement was lucky that he townhouse didn’t burn down or that someone didn’t get electrocuted. Such a mess. Based on some doodling we found under the carpet, we thing the basement was finished around 1986.
Now my son has to spackle, sand and prime the walls before we go down again to finish off the ceiling, trim and lay the flooring (that he already bought). Slow and steady and with alot of patience he’ll have a great little “man cave”.
PROJECT LIFE UPDATE:
I posted another YouTube video here:
I am completely up-to-date with pictures and basic journaling and filler cards in all the slots right up through last week. However I haven’t done any embellishing and all the main journaling and week-in-review needs to be done. Thank goodness for my Filofax/Covey planners. They have all my schedules, thoughts and general journaling ideas all recorded for when I am ready to work on it again.
You never know when life is going to give you a curve ball. We intended on spending a quiet week home and go out to dinner one night for my birthday…
