I'm back

I still have paint in my hair and on my toes and the back of my leg. Such is the price for do-it-yourself. I'm never doing this again...at least not with this kind of time crunch and by myself, to boot. This morning, I could finally close my left hand into a fist. My right hand is still too stiff and painful from wielding the roller. It sounds like I'm kidding, but I'm actually not.

Just for fun, here's how this week looks by the numbers:

Deadline: 9:00 a.m., Thursday, 8/4

Rooms to be painted: 3 (plus a large closet)

Hours logged in priming, painting, spackling, sanding, etc.: Approximately 50 (Saturday morning to very, very early Thursday morning)

Cans of primer: 5 (4 of them in one room alone)

Cans of paint: 7 (Polar Bear, Morning Breeze, Antique White and a custom color)

Supplies used: 14 roller covers, 3 rollers, 6 sponge paintbrushes, 6 regular paintbrushes, one edger, 4 mini-rollers, 7 mini-roller covers, 8 paint trays, 1 tub of spackle, 3 putty knives, 3 rolls of painters tape, 1 screwdriver, 1 paint can opener, 1 hammer, 2 pieces of sandpaper, 2 tarps, 1 extension pole and 1 ladder.

Injuries: 8-10 bruises, 1 scrape, 1 gash (on the bottom of my foot from stepping off the ladder onto the sharp end of a hammer...don't ask), 6 new calluses and a multitude of sore and strained muscles.

Falls from the ladder: 0 (though it was very, very close at least once.)

Cans of paint spilled: 0

Rooms completed: 3. The closet has been primed but not painted.

Time completed: 2:08 a.m., Thursday, 8/4

Carpet arrived: 9:30 a.m., Thursday, 8/4

A big thank you to my brother, Michael, who came over and helped me out every night for a few hours while my husband was in NJ for work (and eating in Little Italy and seeing a Broadway show...yeah, who got the sucky end of this deal?!?)

I hope to have at least a couple before and after pictures to show soon! : )